‘Wolves in White Coats’: HHS finds $50M in fraudulent billing to hide sex-change procedures on kids

August 17, 2026

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has released a report alleging that hospitals and doctors used incorrect medical billing codes to obtain insurance payments for sex-change procedures on minors.

The Christian Post reports that the report titled “Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of ‘Gender Medicine,'” reviewed nationwide insurance claims from 2015 to 2025.

Investigators found that nearly $50 million was billed to public and private insurers for puberty-blocking drugs administered to patients ages 9 to 17 using a diagnosis code that doesn’t reference gender dysphoria.

According to the report, 239 puberty-blocker patients had their treatment billed under that code, generating more than $42 million in claims.

Additional patients were billed under other vague codes, including 50 patients listed with “Other Specified Endocrine Disorders” at a cost of more than $2 million and 48 patients assigned “Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Unspecified” at a cost of more than $1 million.

According to the Christian Post, the report also identified $11 million in puberty blocker claims coded as “Precocious Puberty,” a diagnosis for children whose puberty begins abnormally early and that doesn’t clinically apply to patients ages 13 or older.

HHS reports that these intentionally false billings totaling nearly $50 million are a potential violation of the False Claims Act.

Vice President JD Vance, who leads the White House’s anti-fraud task force, said, “For years now, some hospitals and healthcare providers have been subjecting children to horrific, experimental treatments in service of radical gender ideologies,” and requested a Justice Department investigation.

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