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Cleveland Clinic to pay $2 million for detransition care in DOJ settlement

Cleveland Clinic to pay million for detransition care in DOJ settlement

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The Cleveland Clinic agreed to set aside $2 million for transitional care as part of a settlement with the Justice Department to resolve allegations that the hospital system submitted erroneous insurance claims for gender-related medical procedures for minors.

Agreement, Announced on June 5It requires Cleveland Clinic to pay $308,000 to resolve billing claims and allocate $2 million for what the Justice Department describes as “restorative care” for those who detransition.

“We are pleased to be working collaboratively toward a solution to the unintentional coding issue that concerns a small number of patients,” Cleveland Clinic said in a statement to Fox News Digital on Thursday. he said. “We remain focused on providing exceptional care to our patients and communities. We have and will continue to comply with all federal and state laws.”

The clinic already provides transitional care to patients who request it, he added.

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Four surgeons walk down the hospital corridor in scrubs. (iStock)

A press release from the Department of Justice emphasized that Cleveland Clinic’s settlement comes less than a month after Texas Children’s Hospital agreed to pay a $10,000,000 penalty for similar violations; This included billing Texas Medicaid for “impermissible and illegal ‘gender transition’ interventions” as well as starting a clinic to treat detransitioned people, according to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

“These historic commitments pair stopping these dangerous practices disguised as medical treatment with significant investments in healing the devastation they cause and restoring the health of victims,” the press release said. The statement was included.

“In working toward this resolution, the United States recognized that it had taken significant steps that gave it the right to cooperate with the Department in the investigation of the Cleveland Clinic,” he added. “Cleveland Clinic remained collaborative, proactive and solutions-focused at all times during the investigation, as highlighted by its multi-million dollar commitment to providing care to victims who need it most.”

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Cleveland Clinic main campus entrance reflecting pool near University Circle

Daytime view of the Cleveland Clinic main campus entrance reflecting the pool near University Circle in Cleveland, Ohio. (iStock Cleveland Clinic)

Brett Shumate, assistant attorney general for the Civil Division, said in a statement that he was “grateful that institutions like Cleveland Clinic and Texas Children’s decided to be part of the solution, not part of the problem.”

He added: “Cleveland Clinic’s commitment to provide millions of dollars for the care of transition survivors is emblematic of just that. I am grateful to Cleveland Clinic for this decision, but our work is not done yet, and our department will continue to work tirelessly to protect America’s children and hold accountable those who prey on vulnerable children, whether pharmaceutical companies or medical providers.”

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