AHA submits comments on CMS proposed rule on prohibiting ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ for children

WDI USA comment on proposed rules CMS-2451-P and CMS-3481-P

The board has submitted this comment with respect to two proposed federal rules that would restrict funding for medical procedures to disguise the sex of minors:  CMS-2451-P, prohibiting Federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funding for sex-rejecting procedures on minors. CMS-3481-P, adding a Hospital Condition of Participation that bars Medicare- and Medicaid-participating hospitals from performing sex-rejecting on ch…

AHA submits comments on CMS proposed rule on prohibiting ‘sex-rejecting procedures’ for children

The AHA Feb. 17 submitted a comment letter responding to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ proposed rule that would prohibit hospitals participating in the Medicare and Medicaid programs from performing “sex-rejecting procedures” on individuals under 18 years of age. See the AHA’s comments, which address, at a general level, the agency’s proposal to expand the Medicare Conditions of Participation to forbid particular treatments for p…