The CMS is demanding hospitals that offer gender-affirming care for children turn over financial information and clinical protocols related to the services, in an escalation of the Trump administration’s efforts to restrict healthcare for the transgender community.

Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz gave unnamed “select” hospitals 30 days to respond to the probe, warning in a press release that he would not “ turn a blind eye ” to procedures that the he says lack a “solid foundation of evidence.”

In letters sent Wednesday, the CMS asked the hospitals to provide “complete financial data for all pediatric sex trait modifications” paid for by the government. Regulators also want hospitals to detail their informed consent policies for youth gender-affirming care procedures, how they document

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