A Pittsburgh hospital may reportedly have been involved in “fraudulent billing practices” uncovered as President Donald Trump’s administration reviews medical facilities that provided transgender services to children.
Federal authorities claim in court filings that U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) officials have “evidence” that there may have been such fraud at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, but there were no specific allegations against that facility, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Thursday.
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The Oct. 2 filing asserts there are “allegations and evidence” that the Lawrenceville hospital — and its cross-state counterpart, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia — lied about children’s diagnoses to get insurance companies to cover prescription drug