Texas Children’s Hospital to Open First U.S. Detransition Clinic After $10M Settlement
Texas Children’s Hospital will launch the nation’s first detransition clinic by October and fire five doctors after a $10 million settlement over alleged Medicaid-funded gender transition procedures, whistleblower Vanessa Sivadge said.
A $10 million agreement requires Texas Children’s Hospital to establish the United States’ first detransition clinic by October and to remove five doctors linked to alleged Medicaid fraud involving gender-transition care. Former nurse Vanessa Sivadge blew the whistle in May 2023, asserting the hospital concealed patients’ biological sex on claims, employed false diagnoses, and billed for procedures prohibited by Texas law.
She was fired shortly after and struggled to find employment until Donald Trump’s administration supported her, prompting a congressional hearing and a Department of Health and Human Services probe that introduced a publicly accessible tip line. Sivadge, now president of Protecting Texas Children, says the clinic will provide free mental and medical services for up to five years to victims across the country. Speaking at a Heritage Action summit in Phoenix, she urged continued advocacy for children’s welfare and highlighted what she described as a spiritual attack on traditional gender design.
Why it matters
It creates the first U.S. clinic for people seeking reversal of gender-transition care and signals governmental scrutiny of alleged Medicaid fraud.
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