"Pediatric and adolescent gynecologist Dr. Jason Jarin, who works at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, is accused of not listing patients' gender correctly and using the wrong billing codes in order to prevent Texas' Medicaid and CHIP programs from denying claims while treating trans youth with hormone therapy and puberty blockers. Texas bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth, but it doesn't ban such care for cisgender youth."
"The lawsuit says that Dr. Jarin continued to prescribe hormone therapy for his trans patients after September 1, 2023, when the state's ban on gender-affirming care went into effect, so that his patients wouldn't have to detransition. The law allows for patients who were receiving hormone therapy before that date to continue getting hormones for 12 months, but only with diminishing dosages so that they could be "weaned off" the treatments."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit alleging pediatric gynecologist Dr. Jason Jarin misreported patients' sex assigned at birth and used incorrect billing codes to obtain Medicaid and CHIP reimbursement for gender-affirming hormone therapy and puberty blockers for trans youth. The complaint names Children's Health System of Texas because Jarin is a division director; the health system says it complies with applicable laws and prioritizes patient well-being. The suit alleges Jarin continued prescribing hormones after the September 1, 2023 ban to avoid detransition, despite the law allowing a 12-month tapering period for prior patients. Jarin has no comment.
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