Missouri Revised Statutes Title XII. Public Health and Welfare § 208.437. Reimbursement allowance period--notification of balance due, when--delinquent payments, procedure, basis for denial of licensure--expiration date

1. A Medicaid managed care organization reimbursement allowance period as provided in sections 208.431 to 208.437 shall be from the first day of July to the thirtieth day of June. The department shall notify each Medicaid managed care organization with a balance due on the thirtieth day of June of each year the amount of such balance due. If any managed care organization fails to pay its managed care organization reimbursement allowance within thirty days of such notice, the reimbursement allowance shall be delinquent. The reimbursement allowance may remain unpaid during an appeal.

2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any reimbursement allowance imposed under the provisions of sections 208.431 to 208.437 is unpaid and delinquent, the department of social services may compel the payment of such reimbursement allowance in the circuit court having jurisdiction in the county where the main offices of the Medicaid managed care organization are located. In addition, the director of the department of social services or the director's designee may cancel or refuse to issue, extend or reinstate a Medicaid contract agreement to any Medicaid managed care organization which fails to pay such delinquent reimbursement allowance required by sections 208.431 to 208.437 unless under appeal.

3. Except as otherwise provided in this section, failure to pay a delinquent reimbursement allowance imposed under sections 208.431 to 208.437 shall be grounds for denial, suspension or revocation of a license granted by the department of commerce and insurance. The director of the department of commerce and insurance may deny, suspend or revoke the license of a Medicaid managed care organization with a contract under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(m) which fails to pay a managed care organization's delinquent reimbursement allowance unless under appeal.

4. Nothing in sections 208.431 to 208.437 shall be deemed to effect or in any way limit the tax-exempt or nonprofit status of any Medicaid managed care organization with a contract under 42 U.S.C. Section 1396b(m) granted by state law.

5. Sections 208.431 to 208.437 shall expire on September 30, 2029.