If a respiratory therapist refers a Medicare patient to a particular home care company and receives a finder's fee in return, this is an example of:
a. moonlighting.
b. Medicare referral.
c. providing care without physician direc-tion.
d. Medicare fraud.
ANS: D
Generally, these statutes state that anyone who knowingly or willfully solicits, receives, offers, or pays directly or indirectly any remuneration in return for Medicare business is guilty of a criminal offense.
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