 In Fischer v. United States ( 2000 ) , the Court held that the jurisdictional requirement of $ 10 @,@ 000 in federal funds can be satisfied by any funds that flow through the organization , for example Medicaid reimbursements which a hospital receives indirectly through the patients . The only requirement is that the funds be traced to a statutory appropriation , and that their receipt be in furtherance of a federal policy . 
