House Oversight Committee investigating after claims of fraud, gender transition care for kids

The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating whistleblower claims related to fraudulent billing to Medicaid programs for pediatric gender transition care, including at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston (TCH).

In letters sent to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), members of the committee expressed concern that medical providers at TCH are falsifying diagnosis codes for patients seeking gender transition care not covered under Medicaid.