Software as a Medical Service, or SaMS, Takes Spotlight in New CMS Proposal
Clinical labs have until Aug. 31 to submit public comments about the anticipated changes
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New Enhancing CLIA Act: What Lab Directors Need to Know
The proposal seeks to move any future LDT authority away from the FDA
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How to Stay Ahead of Anticipated CLIA Deficiencies
Consultant Nora Hess offers suggestions for clinical labs to navigate these problems
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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CMS Slated to Close Change Healthcare Payment Program
Program meant to ease cash flow disruptions experienced by some Medicare providers and suppliers due to the cyberattack will conclude in mid-July
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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
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A Primer on PAMA
The impending legislation that may determine Medicare lab fees from 2025 onward
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