COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW
CHAPTER 35
HOSPITALS FOR INDIGENT SICK
31-3508. limitations on payments for necessary medical services. (1) Each hospital and provider seeking reimbursement under the provisions of this chapter shall fully participate in the utilization management program and third party recovery system.
(2) The board and the county responsible for payment of necessary medical services of a medically indigent person shall pay an amount not to exceed the amount recommended by the utilization management program and the current medicaid rate. The bill submitted for payment shall show the total provider charges less any amounts which have been received under any other federal or state law. Bills of less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall not be presented for payment.