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HHS, based on Do No Harm data, named Mount Sinai Hospital, based in New York City, and Boston Children's Hospital as some of the top billing providers of the services for minors................
NEW YORK, Aug 13 (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services accused dozens of hospitals and healthcare providers on Thursday of improperly billing for gender-affirming care and referred them to the Office of Inspector General and the Justice Department for investigation.
HHS released a report titled "Wolves in White Coats" that argued some gender-related treatments were ​paid for under unspecified conditions or, in some cases, based on diagnoses of early puberty. The report includes contributors who have been critical of gender-affirming care.
HHS said the providers billed for the therapies to treat minors aged 9 to 17, documenting an unspecified endocrine or hormone-related disorder diagnosis rather than gender dysphoria. The report � alleged inaccurate diagnoses resulted in payments from both private and government-sponsored health plans..........................
The Trump administration finalized a rule this week barring two major federal health programs from funding puberty blockers, hormone therapy and surgeries to treat gender dysphoria, which ​is distress from a mismatch between a patient's sex at ​birth and gender identity.
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