The Department of Justice is investigating UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh over alleged fraudulent billing practices connected to gender-transitioning medical treatment for minors, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
The probe is part of a broader Trump administration review of medical facilities nationwide that provided hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and related services for transgender youth.
Federal investigators are examining whether hospitals misrepresented diagnoses or services to insurance companies in order to obtain coverage for treatments that otherwise might not have been reimbursable.
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