Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) caught in the rebate storm: Aifen exposed the rebate flow. The hospital executives involved said it was "turning over the old account"

A year later, Evan was on the bar with Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) (300015, SZ).

Recently, AI Fen, director of the emergency department of Wuhan Central Hospital, posted a number of photos, including a list of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) surgical rebates in Suqian. According to the reporter's statistics, this list involves more than 500 patients, and the rebate amount involved is 785500 yuan. Is this list true or false? The reporter randomly called more than 10 referrals in the above list as a patient, and there were 10 calls that could be connected. Most of the names, positions and other information were consistent with those on the list. Most of the referrals denied or could not remember the rebate, but one referrer indirectly said that Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) could provide a rebate.

An executive of Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital told reporters that in 2019, the Local Discipline Inspection Commission had been involved in the investigation and handled the matter, and AI Fen was "turning over the old account". He also said that taking kickbacks is actually a normal thing, which exists in many industries.

It is worth noting that in the evening of January 9th, the official account of WeChat public, "Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital" issued a statement, saying that "the information transmitted by the Internet has been corrected in 2019 according to the relevant requirements of the board of directors, and the staff of the violating staff have been seriously dealt with and the management team has been replaced". However, the listed company Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) has not responded to this.

the online list involves more than 500 patients, with an amount of 785500 yuan

At the end of 2020, Wuhan doctor AI Fen had a medical dispute with Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) because of postoperative retinal detachment. Now, Evan is against Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) again.

In addition to the screenshot of the list released on the microblog, Aifen provided a more detailed list to the reporter of the daily economic news on the afternoon of January 7. According to Aifen, the source of the list she provided is a microblog netizen who pays attention to her, possibly a former employee of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) .

This list is actually a seasonal wage account borrowed from 2017 to 2019. The payroll account is very detailed, including "the position of the referrer, contact person, amount, Bank of deposit, card number, patient name, operation date, disease type, operation fee", etc. According to AI Fen, the hospital involved in the list is Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, and the amount column is the rebate paid by Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) to the referrer.

The reporter saw that the wage account involves more than 500 patients. The diseases of these patients include femtosecond, cataract, etc. the operation cost is as little as thousands of yuan and as much as tens of thousands of yuan.

Specifically, in 2017, more than 100 referrals introduced 166 patients to Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital in Jiangsu Province for surgery, and received a total of more than 180000 yuan of surgical rebate; In 2018, more than 100 referrals introduced more than 300 patients and received more than 500000 yuan of surgical rebate; In 2019, dozens of referrals introduced more than 60 patients and received more than 100000 yuan of surgical kickbacks. Overall, the amount of rebates received by the referrer is as little as tens of yuan and as much as more than 2000 yuan, which is about 10% ~ 20% of the operation cost. The total amount of rebates related to more than 500 patients is about 785500 yuan.

According to the wage account, the identities of these referrals involve doctors, nurses and pharmacy employees in many hospitals, as well as college staff and some national public officials. In this regard, AI Fen questioned Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) the above behavior in her microblog, which is suspected to constitute the crime of bribery.

several referrals admitted to taking kickbacks

Is this list true? According to the wage account, a patient named "Wu" underwent femtosecond wave difference surgery on January 29, 2019, with an operation cost of 11800 yuan and a corresponding rebate of 1770 yuan. The corresponding referrer is "Wei" and the position is "director of Student Department of Zeda College"; According to the public information released on the official website of Suqian Education Bureau in April 2018, Zeda college does have a staff member named "Wei".

On January 8 and January 9, the reporter of the daily economic news called a number of referrals in the list, involving doctors, community workers and other different positions. In the 10 calls that can be connected, the names, contact information and positions of most personnel can correspond to the contents listed in the list. Only one referrer denied that he was the person on the list and the corresponding position, and said that the reporter "dialed the wrong number".

As for whether the patient was introduced to Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) , the three referrals admitted that it was true, but denied taking kickbacks, and did not do relevant business at present. However, one of the referrals indirectly revealed some clues about the kickback of Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital during the conversation. As relatives and friends of the patient, the reporter dialed Zhang Wen (pseudonym), a referrer. The list shows that the referrer is a doctor and recommended a patient Li Lin (pseudonym) to Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital for femtosecond surgery in 2018.

At first, Zhang Wenyu denied the rebate received from Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) , but in the subsequent dialogue, Zhang Wen further said: "since you directly talked about the problem of (\'eating rebates\'), I was not afraid of your trouble. I just talked to you about this. They (referring to Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) ) told me, \'will this (rebate) be returned to you?\' do you want a rebate? \'and I said,\' I don\'t want it. I\'ll give it to him directly \'."

According to the upstream news report, three people in the details told the upstream news reporter that the rebate was true. After being reported in 2019, relevant departments have handled it and they have returned the rebate.

hospital executives involved: the Local Discipline Inspection Commission has investigated and handled

How does Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital respond to this rebate event? The reporter contacted an executive of Jiangsu Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital. The other party said that he was not the company spokesman and did not represent the company's opinions, but only his personal views. The executive believes that, in fact, taking kickbacks is a normal thing. This situation exists in many industries, which does not exploit the interests of patients, but gives back the company's profits.

For example, the executive said: "for example, we are friends. You introduced me to a project to do, or introduced me to a job to do, and I invited you to dinner. Is that a benefit? In fact, it is a matter of nature, but it involves some public officials, and there are indeed violations."

According to the executive, the Local Discipline Inspection Commission has been involved in the investigation and handled this matter in 2019, and now (Aifen) has begun to "turn over the old accounts". From a personal point of view, he believes that, first of all, the matter had been dealt with at that time; Secondly, this is a phenomenon that exists in many industries.

The executive said that the ophthalmology department of many hospitals is only a small department, so doctors refer patients to more professional hospitals, and some patients are introduced to Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospitals.

It believes that the introduction fee is actually a kind of "favor", but now it has become an "accident". The executive pointed out that at present, the operation of the hospital has not been affected, and it is unclear whether relevant personnel will continue to earn "introduction fee" after being handled by the Local Discipline Inspection Commission in 2019.

Another senior executive who once worked in the branch of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) disclosed to the reporter of daily economic news that in Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) , the rebate may be reflected in the name of financial expenditure, such as consultation fee, commuting fee, telephone card, shopping card and other benefits; If the account is concealed by the referrer, the payment information can also be provided according to the identity of the referrer.

According to the executive, Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) rebate is particularly common in the annual college entrance examination season. The branch of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) will ask for information about potential refractive surgery patients from relevant personnel of the Enrollment Office in advance and pay the so-called "information fee". However, this situation has not been corroborated by reporters from other channels.

It is worth mentioning that on the evening of January 9, The official account of WeChat public, Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital, issued a statement. "Our hospital attaches great importance to the recent online information related to the non-standard business behavior of our hospital. After preliminary verification, we hereby declare as follows: the current online information has been rectified according to the relevant requirements of the board of directors in 2019, the illegal employees have been seriously dealt with, and the management team has been replaced. The current leadership takes this as an example to further strengthen the hospital management and adhere to the standard operation 。 At the same time, strengthen the daily education of employees and improve the service level. Strive to win patient satisfaction and social recognition with advanced technology and excellent service. "

Hengshui Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) was fined 190000 yuan for kickbacks

What is the relationship between Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital and Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd? According to the national enterprise credit information publicity system, Suqian branch kangaier facial features hospital Co., Ltd. was established in June 2015 and renamed Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. in November 2021. The legal representative of the company is Zhou Ming, with a registered capital of 18.5 million yuan.

According to the data of qixinbao, in addition to Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd., Zhou Ming also served as the legal representative or executive director and senior management of Shiyan Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd., Datong Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. and Fuyang Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. At present, the above three companies are Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) holding subsidiaries.

In terms of shareholders, Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. has four shareholders, namely Suqian vision medical management partnership (limited partnership), Tianjin Aixin enterprise management partnership (limited partnership) (hereinafter referred to as Tianjin Aixin), Nanjing vision medical industry investment partnership (limited partnership) and Shanghai Shikuo enterprise management partnership (Limited partnership).

The above shareholders and Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) have cross equity or cooperation in many aspects. The latest transaction is Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) announced at the end of 2021 that it will acquire the equity of 6 hospitals held by Tianjin Aisin, with a total transaction price of about 299 million yuan.

In addition, as one of the four shareholders of Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd., Shanghai Shikuo enterprise management partnership (limited partnership) holds 40% equity of Wuxi vision medical industry investment partnership (limited partnership), while Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) and the latter hold 63.8571% and 30% equity of Wuxi Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. respectively.

As one of the four shareholders of Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd., Nanjing vision medical industry investment partnership (limited partnership) holds shares in Suqian Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. and Wuxi vision medical industry investment partnership (limited partnership), which is a partner of Wuxi Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd.

It is worth noting that Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) is not the first time that rebate is involved. On June 17, 2020, Hengshui market supervision and Administration Bureau issued the punishment document "Hengshi Jianxing punishment decision [2019] Zongzhi No. 092", which imposed a fine of 190000 yuan on Hengshui Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. because the unit introduced patients through doctors and transferred them to recommended doctors according to a certain proportion of operation expenses.

According to the data of qixinbao, Hengshui Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) hospital Co., Ltd. was established on July 31, 2017 with a registered capital of 30 million yuan. Its major shareholder is Hunan Liangshi Changyin medical industry investment fund partnership (limited partnership) (hereinafter referred to as Hunan Liangshi), holding 70% of the shares of the company.

According to the announcement issued by Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) on December 26, 2017, Hunan Liangshi is invested and established by Lhasa Liangshi Venture Capital Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) with its own capital of 190 million yuan as a limited partner. According to the Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) announcement at that time, the purpose of the company's investment in Hunan Liangshi is to make full use of the professional investment team and financing channels on the basis of the company's industry experience, enlarge the investment capacity through various financial instruments and means, and accelerate the expansion of ophthalmic hospitals, ophthalmic outpatient departments, ophthalmic upstream enterprises and ophthalmic related industries, Reserve more M & A targets in the field of ophthalmology for the future development of the company.

He bin, a special researcher of the public policy research center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, said in an interview with the daily economic news that corruption in the medical field includes but is not limited to kickbacks on drugs and devices. Corruption comes from administrative monopoly caused by prescription right monopoly and market access control. He also said that the anti-corruption action in the medical field will not stop in the future.

The reporter of the daily economic news also tried to interview Wu Shijun, the Aier Eye Hospital Group Co.Ltd(300015) board secretary, and sent an interview request through telephone, SMS, wechat and other channels, but as of the press release, no reply has been received.

(source: Daily Economic News)

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