KRS 205.8457: Responsibility of managed care primary physician.

Any provider agreeing to participate as a managed care primary physician of the state's

Medical Assistance Program shall be responsible for prior approval of all medical -related

services and goods, except transportation, of recipients assigned to the prima ry

physician's care as set forth under administrative regulation promulgated by the Cabinet

for Health and Family Services pursuant to KRS Chapter 13A. No primary physician may

delegate that primary physician's authority to anyone except a provider designa ted by the

managed care primary physician to temporarily be responsible for the primary physician's

managed care patients during the primary physician's absence. The temporarily designated

provider shall be approved by the Department for Medicaid Services. Procedures for

delegation of authority to a temporarily designated provider shall be approved by the

Department for Medicaid Services in accordance with any applicable federal laws or

regulations.