On Dec. 28, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that updates Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) fees and clarifies CLIA regulations.

A complex—and occasionally, inconsistent—patchwork of federal and state regulatory requirements apply to entities that perform human subjects research in the United States. Differences in certain ...

CLIA stands for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. The CLIA of 1988 established certification requirements and more stringent quality standards for laboratory testing of human specimens.

CAP accreditation is recognized as a leading benchmark for laboratory quality, reflecting rigorous standards for operational excellence, technical competence, and quality oversight. Together with CLIA ...

Nursing homes will be required to have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waivers to perform COVID-19 point-of-care tests. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is ...

The onset of COVID-19 proved to be a real-time stress test of America’s clinical testing system. The experience exposed several flaws in the system that policymakers should address, specifically, ...

In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a pro.found article entitled "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System." The very first line of the publication reads, "Health care ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sapient, a biomarker discovery organization providing bespoke services for metabolomics and lipidomics data generation and analysis, announced that its high complexity CLIA ...