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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".04" citation="COMAR 10.09.96.04" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="96" heading="Provider Conditions for Participation.">
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>To provide remote patient monitoring, the provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Be enrolled with an active status as a Maryland Medical Assistance Program provider on the date the service is rendered;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Be a:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Physician;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Physician assistant;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Certified nurse practitioner; or</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Home health agency when remote patient monitoring services are prescribed by a physician; and</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Meet the requirements for participation in the Medical Assistance Program as set forth in COMAR 10.09.36.03.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Medical Record Documentation. A remote patient monitoring provider shall:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>Maintain documentation using either electronic or paper medical records;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Retain remote patient monitoring records according to the provisions of Health-General Article, §4-403, Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Submit the preauthorization on a form developed by the Department; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Include the participant’s consent to participate in remote patient monitoring.</text>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Remote patient monitoring is not a substitute for delivery of care. Provider shall see patients in person periodically for follow-up care.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>