The outreach must cover coding and must draw on stakeholder input
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6215, Sec. 6215.
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The outreach must cover coding and must draw on stakeholder input
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6215 in the PDF
What the document says
“Such education and outreach shall include information on how to account for such screening services in evaluation and management code selection. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, seek input from relevant stakeholders to inform such education and outreach.”
Section 6215 requires the education and outreach to include how to account for the screening in evaluation and management code selection, and requires the Secretary, so far as practicable, to seek input from relevant stakeholders. The outreach may also address other relevant screening services furnished through telehealth, as the Secretary finds appropriate.
What the document actually says
“Such education and outreach shall include information on how to account for such screening services in evaluation and management code selection. The Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, seek input from relevant stakeholders to inform such education and outreach.”
That sentence, in plain words
The teaching must cover how to code the check on a bill. Before it goes out, the health chief must ask people in the field.
What this is about
A doctor picks a code to bill for a visit. The check has to fit into that code. Doctors will skip it if they cannot bill for it.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6215, 140 Stat. 655 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
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“The outreach must cover coding and must draw on stakeholder input,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6215, Sec. 6215. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6215-coding-and-input/ (retrieved October 10, 2026).
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