Provider Manual

Telemonitoring services covered

Telemonitoring services must include:

A mechanism for monitoring, tracking and responding to changes in a member's clinical condition
A mechanism for monitoring weight, blood pressure and pulse daily
A standard of acceptable and unacceptable parameters for member's clinical parameters, which can be adjusted based on the member's condition
A process for physician identification of acceptable and unacceptable parameters for member's weight, blood pressure and pulse
Policies and procedures which address how monitoring staff will respond to member values outside of identified parameters
A process for dealing with defective equipment in a manner that protects the safety of Priority Health members
A process for notifying the physician for significant changes in the member's clinical signs and symptoms

Last modified: 4/14/2011