Trump administration to close Miami organ donation group it calls ‘failing’
September 18, 2025
The Trump administration is moving to shut down a Miami nonprofit that recovers organs from deceased donors. The Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency is one of 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, that coordinate the recovery and matching of donated organs to patients on the transplant waiting list. Officials cited unrecovered organs and unspecified unsafe practices. Life Alliance can appeal Thursday’s decision. Meanwhile, Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, said would-be donors should be reassured the donation and transplant system is safe.