{"id":"9827e2e3-7f3a-4799-83ef-24f58e4d7415","task":"Meet PERS (personal emergency response system) monitoring service requirements","domain":"state Medicaid/DME regulations + UL","steps":["Confirm PERS equipment complies with the applicable UL safety standard for home health care signaling equipment, UL 1637, rather than a general burglar-alarm standard.","Confirm the monitoring center can simultaneously handle multiple concurrent PERS emergency signals and maintains primary and independent, interchangeable backup receivers.","Check state-specific PERS program rules when serving Medicaid/waiver clients, since state Medicaid PERS manuals define required response times, documentation, and monitoring agency obligations at the state program level, not federally.","Maintain a logging system that records time, date, subscriber ID, and emergency code for every signal received, as required by state PERS program manuals.","Verify response-time and callback protocols meet the specific payer's (state Medicaid/waiver program) contractual requirements before billing for PERS monitoring services."],"gotchas":["Don't cite UL 1069 for PERS — that standard covers hospital nurse call/signaling equipment, not household personal emergency response units; the correct reference is UL 1637.","PERS monitoring requirements are largely defined by state health/Medicaid regulations rather than a single national alarm-industry standard, so confirm the specific state program's manual before contracting."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-14T16:27:25.349Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/9827e2e3-7f3a-4799-83ef-24f58e4d7415"}