# Atlas Commons research objects — Medicare Advantage organization directory entry for Verda Health Plan of Texas (contract H5163) — context brief

CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory entry for Verda Health Plan of Texas (contract H5163): organization identity (type, plan type, parent, CMS region), enrollment, and directory contact — all verbatim CMS-published values (RECORDED). Epistemic status of each figure is labeled. This is an organizational directory — not plan benefits, premiums, or star ratings; use medicare.gov/plan-compare to compare actual plans. CC0.

Claims (warrant · source), each re-fetchable to verify:

- **Verda Health Plan of Texas (contract H5163) is a CMS-contracted Local CCP offering HMO/HMOPOS plans** — RECORDED · CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage)
- **Verda Health Plan of Texas (contract H5163) has 3,927 reported CMS enrollment** — RECORDED · CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage)
- **CMS MA Plan Directory contact for Verda Health Plan of Texas (contract H5163)** — RECORDED · CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory (https://www.cms.gov/medicare/health-drug-plans/medicare-advantage)
- **What this Medicare Advantage directory entry is — and is NOT — for Verda Health Plan of Texas (the epistemic boundary)** — INTERPRETATION · Coverage Atlas framing (over the CMS MA Plan Directory facts above) (https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-advantage/h5163)

Do not take these on trust — re-fetch each named source. Full structured object: `https://coverage-atlas.ryanjhunter.workers.dev/coverage/medicare-advantage/h5163.jsonld` · anatomy of the research object: see /commons/the-research-object

**Verda Health Plan of Texas (H5163) — CMS MA Plan Directory identity (all RECORDED)** (11): Contract number — H5163 — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory; Legal entity name — VERDA HEALTH PLAN OF TEXAS INC — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory; Organization marketing name — Verda Health Plan of Texas — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory…
**Verda Health Plan of Texas (H5163) — CMS MA Plan Directory contact (all RECORDED)** (6): Contact name — Dorothy Chan — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory; Contact title — Chief Operating Officer — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory; Contact phone — 1-888-256-5123 — RECORDED — CMS Medicare Advantage Plan Directory…