In Beverly Healthcare-Murrysville v. Department of Public Welfare, 828 A.2d 491 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003), a nursing home operator who provided care for a patient challenged the denial of an application for medical assistance so that it could get paid for care that it rendered to that patient. In holding that it did not have standing to make the challenge, the Court stated: Nursing home lacks standing even under the traditional standing standard that one must be an aggrieved party to have standing. Beers v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 534 Pa. 605, 633 A.2d 1158 (1993). To be considered aggrieved, the party must have a direct, immediate and substantial interest in the outcome of the appeal. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, 464 Pa. 168, 346 A.2d 269 (1975). An interest is "direct" for the purpose of standing when a person claiming to be aggrieved may suffer harm to his or her interest from the outcome of the appeal. Upper Bucks County Vocational-Technical School Education Ass'n v. Upper Bucks County Vocational-Technical School Joint Committee, 504 Pa. 418, 474 A.2d 1120 (1984). An interest is "immediate" when the protection of the type of asserted interest is among the policies underlying the legal rule relied on by the person claiming to be aggrieved. Id. A finding that a party has no standing simply means that the asserted interest is not protected by a statute. Wm. Penn Parking Garage. It is well established that the medical assistance program is intended to benefit recipients, not providers. St. Christopher's Hospital for Children v. Department of Public Welfare, 128 Pa. Cmwlth. 144, 562 A.2d 1021 (1989); Harston Hall Nursing & Convalescent Home, Inc. v. Department of Public Welfare, 99 Pa. Cmwlth. 475, 513 A.2d 1097 (1986). Therefore, the interest of nursing home, as a creditor against patient's estate, in the outcome of the determination of eligibility for medical assistance, is neither direct nor immediate. Beverly's collateral concern for the outcome of the appeal does not satisfy the traditional standing requirement. Wm. Penn Parking Garage. 828 A.2d 496-497.