{"id":2644684,"date":"2026-08-13T20:28:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-and-rfk-jr-refer-hospitals-and-clinics-to-doj-in-response-to-wolves-in-white-coats-report\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T20:31:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T00:31:53","slug":"jd-vance-and-rfk-jr-refer-hospitals-and-clinics-to-doj-in-response-to-wolves-in-white-coats-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jd-vance-and-rfk-jr-refer-hospitals-and-clinics-to-doj-in-response-to-wolves-in-white-coats-report\/","title":{"rendered":"JD Vance and RFK Jr. Refer Hospitals and Clinics to DOJ in Response to &#8216;Wolves in White Coats&#8217; Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjd-vance-and-rfk-jr-refer-hospitals-and-clinics-to-doj-in-response-to-wolves-in-white-coats-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2644684&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Vice President J.D. Vance has raised concerns about a new report that alleges widespread fraud by some hospitals and healthcare providers related too transgender care for minors. The report, titled \u201cWolves in White Coats,\u201d claims that certain medical institutions have engaged in questionable billing practices, such as misusing diagnostic codes like \u201cendocrine disorder, unspecified,\u201d to obtain insurance coverage for gender-affirming treatments, including puberty blockers, which have shown questionable diagnoses in studies. Vance and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. have referred these institutions to the Department of Justice for inquiry, citing allegations of financial fraud and improper billing to Medicaid and private insurers. The report also highlights a significant increase in diagnoses of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >endocrine disorders amid questionable coding<\/a>, and suggests that hospitals coudl be profiting considerably from these treatments. The administration emphasizes the need to prioritize children&#8217;s health over financial gain and vows to scrutinize and hold accountable any entities involved in illegal or deceptive practices related to transgender healthcare for minors.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Vice President J.D. Vance referred hundreds of hospitals and clinics listed in a new report to the Justice Department for alleged fraud in relation to providing transgender-related care to minors.<\/p>\n<p>Vance posted a link to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/hhs-wolves-in-white-coats.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a>, \u201cWolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of \u2018Gender Medicine,\u2019\u201d which he wrote contains \u201cdeeply disturbing allegations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years now, some hospitals and healthcare providers have been subjecting children to horrific, experimental treatments in service of radical gender ideologies,\u201d the vice president explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt turns out that convincing vulnerable children to reject their gender can create patients for life, earning hospitals tens of thousands of dollars in additional revenue per child,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wj-straw-poll-rubio-dominates-field-passes-jd-vance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vance<\/a> added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report contains deeply disturbing allegations, and I encourage every American and every parent to read it. More than just pushing these procedures on kids, hospitals and providers may have been defrauding Medicaid and private insurers by using misleading or fraudulent billing codes to get insurance to cover the costs,\u201d the vice president said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">For years now, some hospitals and healthcare providers have been subjecting children to horrific, experimental treatments in service of radical gender ideologies. Today, thanks to the Wolves in White Coats report released by <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/HHSGov?\">@HHSGov<\/a>, we know why: profit. It turns out that\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B7K7iumpYC\">pic.twitter.com\/B7K7iumpYC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2087939909239677308?\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Health and Human Services Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/rfk-jr-crushes-fauci-fitting-one-liner-hearing-debacle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> stated, \u201cThe findings raise serious questions about what families were told, what insurers were told, and how these procedures were billed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoctors and hospitals must put children\u2019s health ahead of ideology and financial gain,\u201d Kennedy further said in a Thursday HHS <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/hhs-report-insurance-coding-sex-rejecting-procedures-minors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news release<\/a>. \u201cThis report identifies troubling billing practices that demand scrutiny. HHS will follow the evidence, protect taxpayers, and hold accountable anyone who broke the law or violated the trust of patients and families. Under President Trump\u2019s leadership, we are restoring transparency and integrity to American medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance said, \u201cToday, Secretary Kennedy and I referred hospitals and clinics identified by this review to the Department of Justice and the HHS inspector general for possible violations of federal law. These allegations are crazy, and they demand investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Some 225 hospitals established pediatric gender programs, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hhs.gov\/press-room\/hhs-report-insurance-coding-sex-rejecting-procedures-minors.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HHS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In his Thursday criminal referral letter to Attorney General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blanche-appears-poised-ag-confirmation-gop-senator-announces-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Todd Blanche<\/a>, the vice president wrote, \u201cSome pediatric gender clinics and children\u2019s hospitals have apparently used misleading or even fraudulent diagnostic and billing codes to ensure that insurance companies will cover the procedures.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">This Administration will not stand idly by while some in the medical community harm our children in search of profit. That is why today I am referring this matter to the Department of Justice to launch a federal criminal investigation. We will stop this fraud and restore trust in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FCAsl4wpY4\">pic.twitter.com\/FCAsl4wpY4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JD Vance (@JDVance) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/2087939911747834289?\">August 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The alleged fraudulent billings were often listed as \u201cendocrine disorder, unspecified.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Vance noted that a study showed only 4.7 percent of patients diagnosed with the condition actually had it.<\/p>\n<p>A separate study documented a recent 30 percent increase in endocrine disorder diagnoses despite the unlikelihood of such an unexplainable spike.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis miscoding has allowed hospitals to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaignvance-orders-fraud-probe-into-doctors-for-concealing-trans-surgeries-should-go-to-prison\/\" title=\"... Orders Fraud Probe Into Docs For Hiding Trans Surgeries\">bill insurance companies tens<\/a> of millions of dollars for medications like puberty-blocking drugs,\u201d Vance wrote Blanche.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/08\/13\/vance-wants-justice-department-to-investigate-transgender-care-01036842\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Politico<\/a> pointed out, \u201cThe report alleges many providers may be using incorrect diagnostic codes to get insurance coverage for gender-affirming care procedures, which aren\u2019t always covered by commercial insurance. HHS analyzed claims in a nationwide database from 2015 to 2025 and found that public and private insurance was billed nearly $50 million for puberty-blocking drugs for patients ages 9 to 17 who had an endocrine disorder diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn January, the Justice Department announced it made more than $5.7 billion in health fraud recoveries. Some of those recoveries stemmed from illegal kickbacks by insurers to brokers to boost enrollment, but others were linked to unsupported or invalid diagnosis codes,\u201d the news outlet said.<\/p>\n<p>Politico noted that the Wolves in White Coats report comes two days after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services cut off Medicaid funding to hospitals offering so-called transgender care for minors.<\/p>\n<p>In December, a federal judge blocked a CMS proposed rule that would have cut off both Medicare and Medicaid funding to hospitals providing the procedures.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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