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.