Implementation Deadline Approaching for Adapting to Proficiency Testing Regulations Clinical laboratories produce test results that are crucial to providers’ decision-making in ensuring patients receive consistently high-quality care. How do laboratories ensure...
Heads Up, Laboratories! Dengue Virus, Novel Influenza, and More Increased Risk of Dengue Virus Brings Lab Capacity Expansion On June 25, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Health Alert Network (HAN) message about an increased risk...
U.S. Agencies Monitoring Avian Influenza While Measles and Mpox Demand Attention, Too Posted: May 6, 2024 Influenza A/H5 Subtyping Diagnostic Tests Being Licensed for Free Since identifying a human case of A/H5 influenza in Colorado in 2022, the U.S. Centers for...
CMS Publishes Final Rule Updating CLIA Regulations Posted: February 27, 2024 The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has published final rule CMS-3326-F to update the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations. This final...
How Office Visit Notes Support Sleep Care Posted: July 19, 2023 A one-year countdown is under way for July 11, 2024. That is the effective date for the proficiency testing (PT) requirement revisions that will affect some clinical laboratories. The revisions include...
How Office Visit Notes Support Sleep Care Posted: April 11, 2023 Office visit notes from the patient’s referring physician/provider documenting the supporting symptoms associated with the patient’s need for sleep testing are critical to the client/patient record. They...
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