Advisory Board March 23, 2023
The Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) on Wednesday announced plans to overhaul the U.S. organ transplant system, proposing to break up some of the functions performed by the system’s manager, the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
The proposed changes
The 1984 National Organ Transplant Act established that the transplant network would be run by a nonprofit organization acting as a “quasi-governmental agency” under a single contract. Since then, UNOS has run the American transplant system.
Carole Johnson, administrator for HRSA, said the agency intends to invite other organizations to take over some of the responsibilities of UNOS — which is the only entity to ever operate the U.S. organ transplant system.
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