The Anti Kickback Law prohibits remuneration in exchange for what practice?

• A. Referrals
• B. Health insurance premiums
• C. Medical records copying
• D. Hospital bed availability

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that payments or gifts intended to influence referrals for services that are paid for by federal health care programs (like Medicare or Medicaid) are illegal. The Anti-Kickback Statute targets any remuneration given to encourage a patient or physician to refer business to a particular provider or supplier for those federally reimbursed services. That’s why the option involving referrals is the correct one—the law is specifically about inducements to steer referrals.

Remuneration can take many forms, not just cash, and the concern is the incentive to refer, not the act of paying for something like premiums. The other choices don’t describe inducements for referrals in the context of federally reimbursed services (premiums, copying medical records, or hospital bed availability aren’t the forbidden trigger the statute addresses).