The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decertified the Kentucky-based organ procurement organization, Network for Hope, due to persistent patient safety failures. This decision, strongly supported by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., aims to protect patients and restore public trust in organ donation practices. The move comes after reports of abuses and safety lapses within the organization, which also served Indiana. Kennedy announced the decertification during a visit to Lexington, highlighting the need for urgent reform in organ transplantation oversight.