{"data":{"id":"us/42-cfr-431.800","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"42 CFR 431.800","heading":"Basis and scope.","body":"This subpart establishes State requirements for the Medicaid Eligibility Quality Control (MEQC) Program designed to reduce erroneous expenditures by monitoring eligibility determinations and a claims processing assessment that monitors claims processing operations. MEQC will work in conjunction with the Payment Error Rate Measurement (PERM) Program established in subpart Q of this part. In years in which the State is required to participate in PERM, as stated in subpart Q of this part, it will only participate in the PERM program and will not be required to conduct a MEQC pilot. In the 2 years between PERM cycles, the State is required to conduct a MEQC pilot, as set forth in this subpart.","path":["Title 42—Public Health","CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE \u0026 MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER C—MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS","PART 431—STATE ORGANIZATION AND GENERAL ADMINISTRATION","Subpart P—Quality Control"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-42.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:11Z","sha256":"8249bc1397c9b747938ed7c73bf13a4942ddae6ae748b3e1ee05f31de584f884","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/42-cfr-431.715","next":"us/42-cfr-431.804"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}