# charitable funds

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.