Cleveland Clinic settlement

Date

June 5, 2026

State

Ohio

Counterparty

DOJ Civil Division

Dollar figure

$2,308,000

The dollar figure is the one the announcement states. See the terms for what it covers.

Terms

Cleveland Clinic agreed to stop performing or offering puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors over multiple decades, pay a $308,000 penalty to resolve false-billing allegations, and commit $2,000,000 to restorative care for detransitioners regardless of insurance status or ability to pay.

Summarized from the official announcement.

Documents

• DOJ press release: resolution with Cleveland Clinic (26-611, June 5, 2026)↗(opens another site)

  Press release · June 5, 2026

• Settlement Agreements among the United States, the State of Ohio and the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (signed binder: civil settlement and False Claims Act settlement)

  Settlement agreement · June 5, 2026 · 26 pages

  Source: U.S. Department of Justice↗(opens another site)

Federal action

Settlement: Cleveland Clinic agrees to decades-long ban on gender-affirming care for minors (June 5, 2026)