The Secretary must specify verification methods and a score methodology
Making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes, section 6220, Sec. 6220.
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The Secretary must specify verification methods and a score methodology
The document says “shall”Who acts: Secretary of Health and Human ServicesHow: statuteSec. 6220 in the PDF
What the document says
“The Secretary shall specify plan verification methods, such as using telephonic verification or other approaches using data sources maintained by an MA organization or using publicly available data sets, that MA organizations may use for estimating accuracy scores”
The new paragraph requires the Secretary to specify the verification methods plans may use, such as telephone checks or approaches using plan data or public data sets, and for each method to specify a methodology for estimating the score. Each methodology must take into account the administrative burden on plans and providers and the relative importance of particular directory information to an enrollee's ability to get care.
What the document actually says
“The Secretary shall specify plan verification methods, such as using telephonic verification or other approaches using data sources maintained by an MA organization or using publicly available data sets, that MA organizations may use for estimating accuracy scores”
That sentence, in plain words
The health chief must name the ways a plan may check its list. A phone call is one way. Using data the plan holds is another.
What this is about
If each plan checked its own way, the scores could not be set side by side. Set methods make them fit together.
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, Public Law 119-75, sec. 6220, 140 Stat. 656 (2026). https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-119publ75/html/PLAW-119publ75.htm
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“The Secretary must specify verification methods and a score methodology,” Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026, section 6220, Sec. 6220. Read the Mandate, https://readthemandate.org/consolidated-appropriations-act-2026/proposal/sec6220-accuracy-score-method/ (retrieved August 26, 2026).
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