Prisma Health seeks split with SC organ transplant coordinator facing decertification

By: Skylar Laird

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: March 9, 2026

Words: 1,395

Last Updated: 20 hours, 2 minutes ago

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COLUMBIA — One of South Carolina’s largest hospital systems wants to part ways with the state’s only nonprofit overseeing organ transplants after a federal rule change put the organization at risk of losing its certification.

Prisma Health is asking the federal government for permission to switch its organ transplant services to LifeShare Carolinas, which is based in Charlotte. Permission from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services would sever ties between a dozen …

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