please see post #87. Such "referral fees" are as realistic a belief as the belief that straightening a back curvature actually treats any disease. It makes sense that he who has one belief also has the other.
And in reference to your prior post, you also have the belief that physicians seek to profit from a persons pain by drawing out their illness and doing many expensive tests; you believe that they have no interest in any modality that actually helps patients, if it detracts from their income. This is such a twisted view of reality that I realize that we have no common frame of reference from which to discuss the issue. I hope the Mother Ship comes for you soon.
The Medicare Fraud Statute prohibits "referral fees" or "kickbacks". NYS prohibits kickbacks to any practioner.