Overview
- The recommendation by Magistrate Judge Cyrus Y. Chung finds the subpoena not reasonably relevant to any identified violation, with the Justice Department given two weeks to object before a district judge rules.
- The subpoena sought personnel files, billing and coding data, contracts with drugmakers, and identifiable medical records of minors; the hospital offered de-identified records, which the government declined.
- Chung described the stated focus on unlawful drug promotion as pretextual and wrote that the government presented no evidence of manufacturer misconduct.
- Children’s Hospital Colorado and Denver Health have paused new prescriptions and renewals for puberty blockers and hormones for minors following recent federal actions.
- HHS referred Children’s Hospital Colorado, Seattle Children’s Hospital, and Children’s Minnesota to its inspector general while also advancing proposed rules to restrict funding and coverage for youth gender care that face state lawsuits and a pending review process.