ICD10monitor April 23, 2025
EDITOR’S NOTE:
Following last Monday’s Monitor Monday Internet broadcast, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) posted new guidance and an online portal, soliciting complaints to the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) for consideration.
The new posting—“Whistleblower Tips and Complaints Regarding the Chemical and Surgical Mutilation of Children” – and made available on the web via www.hhs.gov/protect-kids1—appears to be a doubling-down by the agency of its incorrect assertion that providing evidence-based, gender health service is somehow inappropriate, or, more seriously, considered a crime by the HHS.
In this instance, the HHS seemingly conflates legal, sub-specialty care with “fraud, abuse, or misconduct,” encouraging the public to serve as “whistleblowers” for both on a single online portal1. The current...
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