Clinical Lab Quality: CMS and Survey Organization Oversight Should Be Strengthened
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A letter report issued by the Government Accountability Office with an abstract that begins "The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) strengthened and extended quality requirements for labs that perform tests to diagnose or treat disease. About 36,000 labs that perform certain complex tests must be surveyed biennially by either a state or one of six private accrediting organizations. CMS oversees implementation of CLIA requirements and the activities of survey organizations…
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Date:
June 16, 2006
Creator:
United States. Government Accountability Office.
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