Members of Congress are investigating nonprofits that procure organs in the United States, amid concerns they may be abusing the Medicare system.
Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.), chairman of the House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee, and Rep. David Schweikert (R-Ariz.), chairman of the committee’s Oversight Subcommittee, announced on July 23 that they’re probing three organ procurement organizations, or nonprofits that help find organ donors and assist medical staff when donors are found.
Smith and Schweikert said in a letter to the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network that they’re looking into allegations that the network received reimbursements from Medicare for research that was never performed….