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CBC News - Posted: May 17, 2013


Taxpayers Federation outraged after acupuncturist's alleged fraud


The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is outraged that a Richmond, B.C. 
acupuncturist was able to allegedly defraud the province's Medical 
Services Plan for years.

Mubai Qiu is being investigated by the industry's regulatory body for 
billing MSP over $1.2 million last year.

It is the second time Qiu has been investigated.

The ministry raised a red flag on his practice after a 2009 review 
showed he was one of the province's top two billing acupuncturists. But 
when MSP auditors tried to recover $632,000 in over-billing in 2010, 
they ended up settling for $100,000.

"This is our money. This isn't government's money. This isn't the health 
ministry's money. This is taxpayers' money," said Jordan Bateman, B.C. 
director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.

"We need to know this money is being taken care of and we need to know 
that when people are bilking the system, we're getting as much back as 
possible."

Qiu claims to have seen up to 461 patients in a single day, but an 
investigation by the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine 
Practitioners and Acupuncturists of British Columbia found his clinic 
nearly empty during an inspection last July.

"Taxpayers are the ones feeling all the pain in this story. Amazing that 
this could be red-flagged and then take years for them to actually 
pursue," Bateman said.

The College of Traditional Chinese Medicine has held a hearing into the 
allegations against Qiu, but reserved its decision until the end of May.
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