DOJ launches broad probe into pediatric gender-treatment practices amid fraud and ethics allegations The U.S. has launched a broad investigation into alleged fraud in pediatric gender?transition care, issuing over 20 subpoenas to doctors and clinics involved in treating minors. Some Attorneys General supporting the probe have characterized certain treatments as “mutilation under the guise of care,” suggesting ideological or medically dubious motives. The DOJ is focusing on possible misdiagnoses or misuse of billing codes (e.g., diagnosing “central precocious puberty”) to secure insurance payments for puberty blockers, hormones or surgeries. Hospitals under scrutiny are pushing back, warning that demands for internal documents, consent forms,…

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