{"id":719,"date":"2019-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/when-is-a-doctors-referral-fee-a-crime\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:40:18","slug":"when-is-a-doctors-referral-fee-a-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/when-is-a-doctors-referral-fee-a-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"When is a Doctor\u2019s Referral Fee a Crime?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is unlawful for a doctor to receive any kind of payment or thing of value when the underlying services are payable by a Federal Health Care Program, including Medicare and Medicaid.\u00a0 Services may include medical services, drugs or supplies.\u00a0 The thing of value can include money, restaurant meals, event tickets, hotel rooms etc.\u00a0 Less obvious might be additional and\/or excessive compensation for a particular job, such as a consultancy.\u00a0 In legal terms such compensation is called a \u201cremuneration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Based on the Anti-Kickback Statute, found at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/uscode\/text\/42\/1320a-7b\">42 U.S.C. \u00a7 1320a-7b(b)<\/a> it is a crime to either pay or receive such remuneration.\u00a0 The law indicates as follows:<\/p>\n<p>(b) Illegal remunerations<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/when-is-a-doctors-referral-fee-a-crime\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading When is a Doctor\u2019s Referral Fee a Crime?\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is unlawful for a doctor to receive any kind of payment or thing of value when the underlying services are payable by a Federal Health Care Program, including Medicare and Medicaid.\u00a0 Services may include medical services, drugs or supplies.\u00a0 The thing of value can include money, restaurant meals, event tickets, hotel rooms etc.\u00a0 Less [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>When is a Doctor\u2019s Referral Fee a Crime? | Barone Defense Firm<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The federal laws behind a doctor&#039;s referral fee being a crime can be confusing to understand. 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