# psychiatric hospitals
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China’s Aier Empire Exposed: Psychiatric Hospital Fraud Lifts the Veil on a Hidden Medical Network
Allegations of systematic medical‑insurance fraud at several psychiatric hospitals in Hubei have revealed links to Aier Medical Investment, the non‑listed vehicle controlled by Chen Bang, founder of listed Aier Eye. The case spotlights how opaque ownership layers can shield high‑risk healthcare businesses and raises the prospect of intensified regulatory and market scrutiny across China’s private medical sector.
From Charity to Claims: How an Ophthalmology Empire Is Tied to Systemic Medicare Fraud in Psychiatric Care
Journalistic investigations have connected Aier Eye Hospital's chairman, Chen Bang, through a chain of affiliates to seven psychiatric hospitals that repeatedly billed China's public health insurance illegally. The pattern—duplicate billing, split charges and fictitious treatments—mirrors earlier concerns about Aier-linked charitable funds flowing back into affiliated providers, raising systemic governance and regulatory questions.
How a Chinese City Ended Up with More Than Twenty Psychiatric Hospitals — and Why That Matters
A cluster of more than twenty psychiatric hospitals in parts of Hubei has prompted allegations that some facilities operate as profit-driven long-stay institutions, admitting people for low upfront fees and billing per bed-day while presenting routine chores as therapeutic rehabilitation. Provincial authorities have launched an investigation into hospitals in Xiangyang and Yichang, highlighting broader problems with incentives, oversight and community mental-health provision in China.
Fraud in China’s Psychiatric Wards: How Payment Rules and Weak Oversight Open the Door to Insurance Abuse
Chinese authorities are investigating multiple psychiatric hospitals for alleged large-scale insurance fraud, exposing systemic weaknesses in how mental health care is paid for and regulated. The combination of per‑day payment rules, limited objective documentation of care and fragmented oversight has created recurring opportunities for abuse, especially among private psychiatric providers.
How ‘Free’ Psychiatric Beds Became a Lucrative Fraud: Inside China’s Private Mental‑health Market
An undercover probe by New Beijing News uncovered systematic insurance fraud and abuse at private psychiatric hospitals in Hubei, where facilities recruit patients with promises of free care, fabricate diagnoses and billable treatments, and sometimes coerce or harm inpatients. The practices—paired with “fake discharge” tactics to evade audits—have siphoned public medical insurance funds and left vulnerable patients mistreated and trapped.