Former Penghu County Health Director Zheng Hongyi’s clinic filed an administrative lawsuit against illegal declaration of health insurance premiums but was dismissed

Former Penghu County Health Director Zheng Hongyi opened an internal medicine clinic. He was suspected of multiple violations in reporting medical expenses. Although he signed a cut-off letter with the Central Health Insurance Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, agreeing to return 3 million points in improperly declared expenses, he later filed an administrative lawsuit because he was dissatisfied with the National Health Insurance Administration's punishment of terminating the special contract and not granting the special contract within 5 years. After the Taipei High Administrative Court concluded the trial, it was ruled that Zheng Hongyi’s lawsuit was dismissed and the litigation costs were borne by the clinic.

The court pointed out that Zheng Hongyi has many years of professional experience, served as the health director of the Penghu County Government, had the experience of suspending a contract before, and has the ability to understand legal effects. The audit process was detailed, and the clinic failed to provide specific evidence of coercion or fraud. The Taipei High Court determined that the two parties had reached an agreement and the administrative settlement agreement was legally established.

Zheng Hongyi Internal Medicine Clinic is run by Zheng Hongyi and serves as the physician in charge. It has signed a national health insurance special medical service agency contract with the Central Health Insurance Administration, and has agreed to be a special medical service agency to handle national health insurance medical services. Due to previous incidents such as false reporting of medical expenses, the contract has been suspended for three months and will be implemented until December 31, 2021.

After an investigation by personnel from the Central Health Insurance Administration from September 24, 2024 to September 26 of the same year, it was believed that Zheng Hongyi had "registered for medical treatment and declared medical expenses by providing medicines, nutritional supplements or other items that were not needed for treatment to the insured persons" and "did not treat the insured persons but committed suicide." For serious violations such as "breaking medical records and falsely reporting medical expenses", Zheng Hongyi signed a cut-off letter on September 26, 2024, stating that he would voluntarily pay back a total of 3 million points in improperly declared medical expenses from January 1, 2022 to July 31, 2024.