# CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services)

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-05**: Decertification Announcement — HHS Secretary Kennedy announces the process to shut down Network for Hope at a press briefing, citing persistent safety failures, with the patient’s sister in attendance.
- **2025-01**: Safeguard Implementation — Network for Hope implements a first-of-its-kind system allowing anyone to call a pause in donation planning if safety concerns arise, according to the organization’s statement.
- **2021**: Alleged Safety Incident — Network for Hope’s predecessor pressures a Louisville hospital to retrieve organs from a man who showed signs of waking from a drug overdose; the surgery is canceled after he squeezes a doctor’s hand.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### HHS Decertifies Kentucky OPO Over Safety Failures—55 OPOs Under Scrutiny
2026-08-06 03:47:50 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 6/10 · Sources: 6

The Trump administration's move to decertify Network for Hope sets a legal precedent for OPO oversight, testing the boundaries of federal enforcement power under the 2024 rule. With an appeal pending, the case will clarify due process rights and the definition of 'persistent safety failures' for monopoly contract revocations.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/hhs-decertification-network-hope-legal

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