The House Ways and Means Committee just dropped a bombshell on the New Jersey Organ and Tissue Sharing Network—one of the nation's 55 federally designated organ procurement organizations. The details are disturbing.
According to a letter the Committee released, investigators have uncovered what they call "extreme abuse of public trust" and potentially illegal conduct.
We're talking about trying to recover organs from people who didn't consent to be donors. We’re talking about allegedly misleading families into believing the organization had authority it didn't have. We’re talking about hundreds of organs reportedly procured and discarded just to hit federal performance metrics.
And then there’s the incident that reads like everything never supposed to happen in health care: A patient was declared dead. The organ recovery team started the process. And then … the patient reanimated.
Whistleblowers told investigators that the CEO instructed the team to "proceed with recovery" anyway. Thankfully, hospital staff intervened.
If that weren’t enough, the Committee says documents tied to the incident were deleted or manipulated, and that the organization has allegedly made misleading statements to Congress throughout the investigation.
This one checks every box of what not to do as an employer, a leader, or a human being. Abuse of trust? Check. Ethical collapse? Check. Potential criminality? Check. A complete disregard for the people whose bodies, families, and futures they're supposed to honor? Check, check, and check.
By instructing employees to commit murder, this employer has earned its nomination as the Worst Employer of 2025. The bar is high. Somehow, they cleared it. And not in a good way.
That's officially a wrap on this year's batch of nominees. Please come back next Tuesday, Dec. 9, when I'll open the polls so that you can vote to determine this year's winner.
According to a letter the Committee released, investigators have uncovered what they call "extreme abuse of public trust" and potentially illegal conduct.
We're talking about trying to recover organs from people who didn't consent to be donors. We’re talking about allegedly misleading families into believing the organization had authority it didn't have. We’re talking about hundreds of organs reportedly procured and discarded just to hit federal performance metrics.
And then there’s the incident that reads like everything never supposed to happen in health care: A patient was declared dead. The organ recovery team started the process. And then … the patient reanimated.
Whistleblowers told investigators that the CEO instructed the team to "proceed with recovery" anyway. Thankfully, hospital staff intervened.
If that weren’t enough, the Committee says documents tied to the incident were deleted or manipulated, and that the organization has allegedly made misleading statements to Congress throughout the investigation.
This one checks every box of what not to do as an employer, a leader, or a human being. Abuse of trust? Check. Ethical collapse? Check. Potential criminality? Check. A complete disregard for the people whose bodies, families, and futures they're supposed to honor? Check, check, and check.
By instructing employees to commit murder, this employer has earned its nomination as the Worst Employer of 2025. The bar is high. Somehow, they cleared it. And not in a good way.
That's officially a wrap on this year's batch of nominees. Please come back next Tuesday, Dec. 9, when I'll open the polls so that you can vote to determine this year's winner.