Key facts
- Seven executives and staff members from a psychiatric hospital in China's Xizang autonomous region have been sentenced to prison.
- The individuals were convicted of defrauding the state health insurance fund.
- The total amount defrauded was over 9.6 million yuan ($1.43 million).
- The convictions were announced by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the National Healthcare Security Administration.
Seven executives and staff members at a psychiatric hospital in China’s Xizang autonomous region have been sentenced to prison for defrauding the state health insurance fund of more than 9.6 million yuan ($1.43 million), authorities announced Friday. The Supreme People’s Procuratorate and the National Healthcare Security Administration detailed the convictions in a joint release of landmark enforcement cases, highlighting Beijing’s ongoing crackdown on medical fraud.