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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".05" citation="COMAR 10.09.96.05" title_num="10" subtitle_num="09" chapter_num="96" heading="Participant Eligibility for Services.">
  <text>A participant is eligible to receive remote patient monitoring services if:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>The participant is enrolled in the Maryland Medical Assistance Program on the date the service is rendered;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>The participant consents to remote patient monitoring services and has the capability to utilize the monitoring tools and take actions to improve self-management of the chronic disease;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>The participant has the internet connections necessary to host the equipment in the home;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>The participant is at risk for avoidable hospital utilization due to a poorly controlled chronic disease capable of being monitored via remote patient monitoring; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>The provision of remote patient monitoring may reduce the risk of preventable hospital utilization and promote improvement in control of the chronic condition</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>