Taipei prosecutors yesterday charged 109 people with medical insurance fraud in a case allegedly involving the Dianthus Medical Group, as well as insurance sales agents and people who filed insurance claims.
Suspects charged with fraud and document forgery include Dianthus Medical Group chief executive officer Lin Tzu-hung (林思宏), four doctors, other company medical personnel and 19 insurance agents, the Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office said.
Eighty people who filed insurance claims naming Dianthus were also among those indicted, prosecutors said.
The company operates 10 clinics in Taipei and two in Taoyuan that specialize in maternal-fetal medicine, gynecology and other areas, its Web site says.
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Dianthus Medical Group (禾馨醫療集團) chief executive officer Lin Tzu-hung (林思宏) was released on NT$5 million (US$181,002) bail yesterday, after he was questioned by prosecutors over an alleged medical insurance fraud that involved collusion with patients over services costing NT$30 million.
The Taipei District Prosecutors’ Office and the Criminal Investigation Bureau on Thursday searched five Dianthus clinics in Taipei and other cities, detaining 25 people for questioning.
Five doctors at Dianthus clinics were yesterday released on bail ranging from NT$1 million to NT$3 million after questioning by Taipei prosecutors.
Taipei-based Dianthus operates clinics specializing in pediatrics, maternal-fetal medicine, dentistry and ophthalmology, and focuses on
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