Rule 23-225-2.2 - General Provider InformationA. Providers of remote patient monitoring services must comply with all requirements set forth in Miss. Admin. Code Part 200, Rule 4.8 for all providers in addition to the provider specific requirements below: 1. National Provider Identifier (NPI), verification from National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), 2. Copy of current licensure card or permit, and 3. Verification of social security number using a social security card, military ID or a notarized statement signed by the provider noting the social security number. The name noted on the verification must match the name noted on the W-9. B. Remote patient monitoring services must be delivered by an enrolled Medicaid provider acting within their scope-of-practice and license and in accordance with state and federal guidelines. C. The use and delivery of remote patient monitoring services does not alter a covered provider's privacy obligations under federal/and or state law and a provider or entity operating telehealth services that involve protected health information ("PHI") must meet the same HIPAA requirements the provider or entity would for a service provided in person. D. Providers of remote patient monitoring services must have protocols in place to address all of the following: 1. A mechanism for monitoring, tracking and responding to changes in a beneficiary's clinical condition, and 2. A process for notifying the prescribing physician of significant changes in the beneficiary's clinical signs and symptoms.23 Miss. Code. R. 225-2.2
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA") of 1996 (as amended by the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act ("GINA") of 2008 and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act ("HITECH Act"), Title XIII of Division A, and Title IV of Division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA") of 2009) and its implementing regulations, including 45 C.F.R. Parts 160 and 164, Subparts A and E ("Privacy Rule"), and Subparts A and C ("Security Rule"); Miss. Code Ann. § 43-13-121.