208.163. Direct payment on request by authorized providers of services. - Missouri Statutes

Direct payment on request by authorized providers of services.

208.163. The state treasurer, in making benefit payments formedical assistance on behalf of eligible needy persons asauthorized in section 208.151, may, at the request of thehospital, nursing home, or other provider of services authorizedto receive such payments, disregard the provisions in section30.180, RSMo, and section 208.160 requiring the treasurer toconvert the warrant requesting payment into a check or draft, andmay wire transfer the amount directly to the hospital, nursinghome, or other provider of services authorized to receive suchpayment.

(L. 1980 H.B. 1840)