Rush Imaging Requests

Rush payment requests begin with approval from Payment Services. Imaging and Documentation Services (IDS) is not part of Payment Services and cannot approve rush payment requests. 

To request a rush payment, you must complete the Rush Approval Request Form. 

Once the Rush Approval Request Form is submitted, Payment Services will review and process your request. If your voucher cover sheet and supporting documentation have already been submitted to IDS and uploaded into the Image Retrieval System (IRS), then you do not need to resubmit your document(s). Vouchers submitted to be imaged through the standard process of uploading to the Payment Processing Box folder will be processed into the IRS within one business day.

If you have not submitted your document(s) for imaging, you will do so through the Rush Approval Request Form. After processing your request, Payment Services will submit the document(s) for imaging and IDS will complete the imaging within one business day. Submitting your voucher through the Payment Processing folder and through the Rush Approval Request Form is unnecessary and creates a duplicate imaging request.

If your rush request is approved after 11:00 am, your request may not be processed in time to have payment issued as part of that day’s payment cycle. Requests not approved in time for that day’s payment cycle will still be approved but will have payment issued as part of the next business day’s payment cycle.

Departments must keep a copy of any documents submitted for imaging until they have verified that the vouchers have been final approved or released to the IRS.

For questions about rush processing for payments, please visit the Payment Services website.