Heed AKS and EKRA to Properly Market Clinical Lab Services
Read this overview of legislation and regulations governing laboratory marketing practices and learn tips to ensure these activities remain compliant
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New CLIA e-Notifications: Here’s What Clinical Labs Need to Know
As of March 1, 2026, CMS will move CLIA away from paper-based transactions to improve efficiency and payments
HHS Suddenly Dismantles CLIAC After 33 Years
The board was eliminated as part of a sweeping reordering of the Department of Health and Human Services
Further Details to Note about Updated Clinical Lab Director Qualifications
Put into place late last year, the new rules place more emphasis on formal and continuing education requirements
Change and Constancy: The 2025 CLFS Update
The 2025 CLFS update—what has changed, what has stayed the same, and what that means for diagnostic test reimbursement in 2025
Compliance Concerns: Laboratory Regulations in 2024 and Beyond
Earle S. Collum, chair of the CAP Council on Accreditation, talks through regulatory changes in 2024 and what to expect from 2025
What Labs Need to Know About MolDX®
How the MolDX® program works, what it covers, and how it can support better test access, use, and reimbursement in the clinical lab
Perfect Partners: Healthcare Quality and the Clinical Lab
How labs form an indispensable part of the CMS National Quality Strategy, helping to drive healthcare improvements and scientific growth.
Increasing Fees, Decreasing Access to Data in New CMS Proposal
New policies aim to better protect data against increasing cyberattacks, but academics say the changes will limit critical research
A Primer on PAMA
The impending legislation that may determine Medicare lab fees from 2025 onward
Billing and Coding: The Value of Clinical Validation
What clinical validation really means—and why every member of the laboratory should understand it.
Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Form (Spanish Version)
Here’s the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage that you should present to patients who speak Spanish, starting August 31, 2022.
Advance Beneficiary Notice of Noncoverage (ABN) Form (English Version)
Here’s the Advance Beneficiary Notice of Non-Coverage that you should present to patients, starting August 31, 2022.
