A nursing home in Namyangju, Gyeonggi Province, run by the family of former President Yoon Suk-yeol's wife, Kim Keon-hee, was recently ordered suspended for improperly claiming long-term care benefits.
Namyangju city said on the 29th that it imposed a 104-day business suspension in mid this month on nursing home A, where improper claims for long-term care benefits were confirmed.
Earlier, the National Health Insurance Service investigated nursing home A, run by Kim Keon-hee's mother, Choi Eun-sun, and her older brother, Jin-woo, and found that about 1.44 billion won in long-term care benefits had been improperly claimed.
After being notified of these findings, Namyangju city determined that nursing home A fell under Article 37, Paragraph 1, Item 4 of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act for the Aged, which covers "when claiming benefits by false or other fraudulent methods," and issued the administrative disposition accordingly.
Accordingly, nursing home A is reportedly in the process of transferring current residents to other facilities. The suspension will take effect around the end of next month, once the transfers are completed.
The National Health Insurance Service also plans to proceed with directly recovering the benefits that nursing home A improperly claimed.