Whether it’s billing fraud or corruption: Reports of misconduct in the healthcare sector have risen at the AOK Plus health insurance company in Thuringia and Saxony. According to its own figures, the health insurance provider processed 1,667 reports and cases from 2024 to 2025—a 44 percent increase compared to the 2022/2023 reporting period.
The health insurance provider estimated the total losses over the past two years at approximately 2.9 million euros, of which about 2 million euros were recovered. According to the report, the tips led to criminal charges in 60 cases. The data indicates that about 85 percent of the tips came from insured individuals, family members, investigative authorities, or service providers.
Every euro that is misused ultimately deprives people who depend on medical care or nursing care, said Ilona Wojnowski, a member of the AOK Plus executive board. “Anyone who intentionally abuses the system is therefore not harming a single health insurance provider, but the entire community of insured individuals,” she said, according to the press release.
