The attorney general's office said it was surprised that Vanderbilt University Medical Center informed patients about releasing the records.
FILE - Vanderbilt University Medical Center stands in Nashville, Tenn., July 16, 2013. The medical center has turned over medical records for transgender patients to the Tennessee attorney general's team in what his office confirmed is an investigation into potential medical billing fraud. A Vanderbilt University Medical Center spokesperson confirmed to The Tennessean on Tuesday, June 30, 2023, that the hospital provided the records to Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti's office.
News of the investigation broke earlier this week when the hospital confirmed that it had been providing transgender patient records to the attorney general's office. The attorney general's office said this has happened since December 2022 and has maintained that the records are confidential. But the investigation has sparked unease among families living in a ruby red state where GOP lawmakers sought to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth and limit LGBTQ rights.
“The Attorney General has no desire to turn a run-of-the-mill fraud investigation into a media circus,” the office said in its statement. It's unclear if the incident that prompted the attorney general investigation is related to videos that surfaced last September by conservative commentator Matt Walsh. Those videos included footage of a medical center doctor touting that gender-affirming procedures are “huge money makers” for hospitals.afterward, while Republican Gov. Bill Lee and others demanded an investigation was necessary — though to date, no law enforcement has confirmed those videos led to one.
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