CLIA

CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Reform "Unnecessary, Obsolete, or Excessively Burdensome" Medicare Participation Standards

On February 4, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a proposed rule to reform Medicare regulations that CMS views as unnecessary, obsolete, and/or excessively burdensome on hospitals and health care...more

CMS Proposes Changes to Overly Burdensome Rules

On February 4, 2013, CMS proposed certain reforms to Medicare regulations that would eliminate or change rules seen as unnecessary, obsolete, or excessively burdensome on hospitals and other health care providers. The...more

CMS Publishes Proposed Changes to CLIA’s Proficiency Testing Regulations

Yesterday the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) filed a proposed rule (the Proposed Rule) that would make significant changes to existing regulations governing the proficiency testing (PT) process mandated by the...more

Proposed TEST Act May Provide Greater Flexibility to CMS

Since its enactment in 1992, the Certified Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) have imposed severe sanctions for the referral of a proficiency testing (PT) sample to an outside laboratory. PT is a test sent to a...more