Trump asks DOJ to probe hospitals over trans health coding

BOSTON - The Trump administration referred over 200 hospitals and clinics to the Justice Department and Inspector General at the Department of Health and Human Services, seeking investigations into what it says are possible violations of federal statutes related to pediatric gender-affirming care and warning of possible harsh penalties for offenders.Major hospitals including Boston Children’s Hospital and pharmacy providers like Cigna‘s Accredo Health Group are among those referred to the investigatory bodies over concerns that billing claims require further scrutiny.The move is the latest by the administration to emphasise “biological sex” and investigate access to gender-affirming care and other services to transgender individuals, ranging from HHS rulemaking to DOJ and Federal Trade Com