Penalties vary from place to place for defrauding medical insurance funds, taking Anhui Province as an example, as follows: According to the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Basic Medical Insurance in Anhui Province, employers, insured persons, contracted medical institutions and contracted pharmacies who defraud medical insurance funds shall be ordered to return by the medical insurance administrative department, and a fine of more than 2 times and less than 5 times shall be imposed; Agencies and their staff who cheat or assist others to cheat or cheat medical insurance funds and cause losses shall be liable for compensation according to law.

Legal objectivity:

Article 34 of the Interim Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Basic Medical Insurance in Anhui Province stipulates that if a medical institution violates the provisions of Article 17 of these measures, the administrative department of medical insurance shall order it to make corrections within a time limit. If it fails to make corrections within the time limit, it shall suspend the medical insurance settlement relationship from 1 month to 6 months according to the agreement until the service agreement is terminated; If the medical insurance fund is defrauded, the administrative department of medical insurance shall order it to return the defrauded basic medical insurance fund, and impose a fine of more than 2 times and less than 5 times the amount defrauded by the medical institution; If the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel are qualified, their qualifications shall be revoked according to law.