; and (6) new models of value-based payment and care delivery should consider the holistic needs of the patient population, including social determinants of health and behavioral health needs. 442. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services quality payment program (a) Integrating achieving health equity across measures and activities (1) In general The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Quality Payment Program (in this section referred to as the Quality Payment Program ), developed through implementation of the provisions of and amendments made by the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 ( Public Law 114–10 ) relating to improving quality and payment under title XVIII of the Social Security Act, shall explicitly integrate achieving health equity across all measures and activities under the Quality Payment Program, including under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System under section 1848(q) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(q) ) or alternative payment models in accordance with this section. (2) Identification of limited-English proficient individuals as underserved group The Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (in this section referred to as the Administrator ) shall identify individuals with limited-English proficiency as a specific underserved group within the Quality Payment Program and give high weight under the Quality Payment Program to measures and activities relating to providing language services for non-English speakers. A clinician or other professional may demonstrate performance on measures and activities with respect to this category by developing language assistance plans, providing oral interpretation services, and providing translated documents for the population served or eligible to be served. (b) Stratified data (1) In general The Administrator shall include an explicit reference under the Quality Payment Program indicating that data stratification and reporting is one way of working to achieve health equity. (2) Stratification of data The