Newborn Checkups Clause Samples

Newborn Checkups. HMO must have mechanisms in place to ensure that all newborn Members have an initial newborn checkup before discharge from the hospital and again within two weeks from the time of birth. HMO must require providers to send all THSteps newborn screens to the TDH Bureau of Laboratories or a TDH certified laboratory. Providers must include detailed identifying information for all screened newborn Members and the Member's mother to allow TDH to link the screens performed at the hospital with screens performed at the two week follow-up.