MANHATTAN, NEW YORK (November 22, 2023) – Internal emails from LiveOnNY showed employees are being incentivized to hit goals for organs, new organ donors and musculoskeletal tissue donors.
New York City reporters are saying that this was part of the agency’s “employee incentive bonus program.” LiveOnNY is a non-profit which is contracted to obtain organs from deceased patients across New York state.
The organization is then reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and by private insurance providers. The emails said that employees must meet or exceed their stretch goals.
These goals included 1,300 organs transplanted, 450 organ donors and another 700 musculoskeletal tissue donors. Employees who meet their goals could expect to receive a maximum 5% bonus.
This incentive structure raises concerns that organs are being improperly harvested. Our law firm is representing one of the victims of illegal organ harvesting.
Any person that believes that their rights may have been violated through organ harvesting should contact our law office at (516) 908-9792.
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