The Department of Health and Human Services is calling for greater scrutiny of hospitals and clinics that provided gender-related drugs and procedures to minors after a new federal report identified what the agency says are troubling insurance billing practices and financial incentives.
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On Thursday, HHS released Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of “Gender Medicine.” The commissioned report examines the growth of pediatric gender programs across the United States, insurance claims associated with puberty blockers, and the financial structures surrounding the provision of what HHS calls “sex-rejecting procedures” for children.
According to HHS, more than 225 hospitals and health systems established pediatric gender programs nationwide. The report analyzed insurance claims from 2015 through 2025 and identified approximately $50 million in claims for puberty blockers billed under E34.9, a diagnostic code for an unspecified endocrine disorder.
HHS also reported nearly $11 million in claims involving patients between the ages of 13 and 17 that were billed under a diagnosis code for precocious puberty. The report does not establish that all such claims were improper; rather, HHS says the patterns warrant further examination to determine whether coding practices accurately reflected the treatment patients received.
That examination could now become a federal investigation.
Vice President JD Vance, in his role as chairman of the White House Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. referred hospitals and clinics identified in the report to the Department of Justice and the HHS Office of Inspector General, respectively, for review of possible violations of federal law.
“Doctors and hospitals must put children’s health ahead of ideology and financial gain,” Kennedy said. “This report identifies troubling billing practices that demand scrutiny.”
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz similarly emphasized the government’s responsibility to determine whether taxpayer-funded programs were billed appropriately.
“When billing practices obscure what care was actually provided, especially when children are involved, we have an obligation to follow the facts,” Oz said.
The report draws from nationwide insurance claims, federal medical coding guidance, scientific literature, hospital records, whistleblower testimony, and interviews with patients and parents. HHS also released a short documentary featuring individuals it describes as victims of pediatric gender medical practices.
The findings come amid a broader effort by the Trump administration to restrict medical interventions intended to alter the sex characteristics of minors. The administration has argued that puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries can expose children to serious or irreversible consequences and that federal health programs should not facilitate such treatments.
The new HHS report adds a financial and legal dimension to that debate. Rather than focusing solely on the medical evidence surrounding pediatric gender medicine, federal officials are now examining how the treatments were billed, whether diagnostic codes accurately represented the care being provided, and whether hospitals or other providers violated federal requirements.
Importantly, the referrals themselves are not findings of criminal wrongdoing. The DOJ and HHS inspector general will determine whether the billing patterns identified by HHS merit further investigation and whether any providers violated applicable law.
For years, intercessors have prayed for children facing pressure and confusion surrounding sexuality and gender. This report raises additional questions about the institutions entrusted with their care and whether financial incentives played a role in medical decisions with potentially lifelong consequences. Let’s pray that every legitimate concern uncovered by investigators comes to light, that wrongdoing is held accountable, and that physicians across America would honor their responsibility to protect rather than harm vulnerable children.
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(Info taken from the Department of Health and Human Services. Photo Credit: Official White House Photo by Abe McNatt)
