aBOUT periscope

We see the full picture

Periscope was built on a simple belief: that better clinical information leads to better decisions - for health plans, for clinicians, and for the people who need care.

A different kind of clinical expertise

Periscope delivers clinical insights health plans can trust. By visiting members in their homes, we see what charts and claims can't capture and deliver the structured clinical reports clients need to act with confidence.

Functional mobility findings

Observed in the member’s environment: how they actually move, transfer, and navigate their home, not how they perform in a clinic.

Daily life

Context

Safety and environmental observations

Fall risks, home barriers, and hazards that directly affect a person’s independence and safety, all documented with clarity and context.

Stair navigation required at all entrances to home

Bathing access requires step over tub wall

Level of assistance required

A clear, quantifiable picture of what a person can and cannot do independently. Structured, documented and tied to clinical rationale.

Structured narrative reports

A comprehensive clinical narrative supported by media that tells the full story of a member’s needs, environment and functional status.

Supporting media

Flight of stairs required to access bathroom

Walk-in shower with grab bars and handheld shower

Clinical rationale

Every finding is objective, clinically grounded, and documented in a way that supports the health plan’s review process.

Needs

Context

Observations

Second-tier quality assurance

Every assessment report undergoes a two-step clinical review, ensuring accuracy, consistency and integrity.

See How It Works

25+ years of clinical clarity

A medical director faced complex equipment decisions with incomplete documentation, lack of objective data, and limited visibility into members' true needs.
Solution: an independent, objective clinical assessment at home, where the full picture emerges. Periscope’s story is one of consistent growth and deepening purpose.

Founded as DME Consulting Group, to deliver in-home assessments for health plan members in California when a wheelchair was requested.

Assessment expertise had grown to span multiple types of DME: all types of power and manual wheelchairs, scooters, bath equipment, standing frames and pediatric equipment.

Initiated assessments for home and environmental modifications with a clinical evaluation of physical barriers and accessibility needs that support a member’s ability to live safely and independently at home.

Launched personal care worker assessments to evaluate daily activities and provide insight into the appropriate level of in-home support members.

Rebranded as Periscope which reflected a company that had grown beyond DME assessments to provide objective, unbiased insight into the full picture of a member’s needs.

Expanded into in-home medical device training to bring licensed clinicians and credentialed trainers to provide hands-on training.

150,000+ assessments across 50 states and a growing national network of licensed clinicians committed to delivering the information that matters most.

Our values guide our decisions

Human

Compassionate

Courageous

Objective

Honest

our mission

Revolutionize healthcare by addressing comprehensive needs

Periscope is committed to revolutionizing healthcare by uncovering and addressing comprehensive needs. At Periscope, every employee and contractor plays a crucial role in uncovering and addressing the evolving needs for medical equipment, home modifications and services.