Question

Receiving payments in exchange for Medicare or Medicaid patient referrals violates the

A. Say-Tachs Act.
  B. Wilson-Friedman Antifraud Amendment.
  C. 1972 Claims Submissions Act.
  D. Medicare-Medicaid Antifraud and Abuse Amendments

Answer 1

I think the correct answer is option D. Receiving payments in exchange for Medicare or Medicaid patient referrals violates the Medicare-Medicaid Antifraud and Abuse Amendments. It is a bill that is directed to detect, punish and prosecute activities that are fraudulent under the medicare and medicaid programs.