The hospital will also pay $308,000 to resolve allegations it submitted inaccurate claims for gender procedures on minors.
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As part of a settlement with the Department of Justice, the Cleveland Clinic has agreed to pledge $2 million toward detransition care, along the way settling accusations that the hospital system submitted inaccurate insurance claims related to gender-related medical procedures for minors.
Announced June 5, the agreement compels the Cleveland Clinic to pay $308,000 to settle billing allegations and allocate $2 million toward what the DOJ described as “restorative care” for detransitioners, according to a story by Fox News.
“We are pleased to have worked collaboratively toward a resolution related to an unintentional coding issue involving a small number of patients,” Cleveland Clinic told Fox News Digital in a statement Thursday. “We remain focused on providing exceptional care to our patients and communities. We have complied and will continue to comply with all federal and state laws.”
In addition, the clinic stated that it had previously given detransition care to patients who requested it.
The Department of Justice highlighted in a press release that Cleveland Clinic’s settlement came less than a month after Texas Children’s Hospital settled to pay a $10,000,000 penalty for comparable transgressions, including billing Texas Medicaid for “unallowable and illegal ‘gender-transition’ interventions,” according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, as well as starting a clinic for treating detransitioners.
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“These historic commitments pair the cessation of these dangerous practices masquerading as medical treatment with substantial investments in remediating the destruction they cause and restoring the health of the victims,” the press release read.
“In working towards this settlement, the United States acknowledged that Cleveland Clinic took significant steps entitling it to credit for cooperation with the Department in its investigation,” it added. “At all times during the investigation, Cleveland Clinic remained cooperative, proactive, and solution-driven, as highlighted by its multi-million-dollar commitment to providing care to the victims who most need it.”
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