After facing federal and state government scrutiny for more than a year, Theranos has reached agreements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Arizona Attorney General to … [Read more...]
ENFORCEMENT
Theranos Announces Settlement Agreements with CMS and Arizona Attorney General
April 26, 2017
ENFORCEMENT
Theranos Settles with CMS and Arizona Attorney General
April 24, 2017
After facing federal and state government scrutiny for more than a year, Theranos has reached agreements with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Arizona Attorney General to … [Read more...]
LEGISLATION
Labs Stop VA from Allowing APRNs to Perform Lab Tests
January 23, 2017
The laboratory sector has successfully fought a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) rule that would have allowed advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) to "perform and supervise" lab testing. … [Read more...]
CLIA
CMS Grants International CLIA Certificate to ImmunID for Laboratory in France
May 12, 2016
Recognizing a trend in the diagnostics industry with an increasing number of global transactions, deals and partnerships, (see “Inside the Laboratory Industry,” Laboratory Industry Report, p. 4, … [Read more...]
CLIA
CLIA Certificate Granted for Laboratory in France
May 10, 2016
By Kelly A. Briganti, Editorial Director, G2 Intelligence As recently reported in Laboratory Industry Report (see "Inside the Laboratory Industry," Laboratory Industry Report, p. 4, 3/17/16), the … [Read more...]
ENFORCEMENT
Government Scrutiny of Theranos Increases
April 18, 2016
Theranos continues to face challenges concerning its Newark, Calif., laboratory as its initial response to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) failed to resolve inspection issues and … [Read more...]
CMS Releases New CLIA-Waived Tests, Billing Codes
February 2, 2016
CMS notified contractors of new CLIA-waived tests effective Oct 1, 2015. There are 36 newly waived complexity tests, the latest approved by the FDA. Once again, the list is dominated by drug-related … [Read more...]
ACMG and AMA Coalition Make LDT Oversight Recommendations to Congress
February 2, 2016
A coalition of organizations including the American Medical Association (AMA) and American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) have recommended to Congress that oversight of laboratory … [Read more...]
FDA and CMS Address LDT Regulation Before Energy and Commerce Committee
February 2, 2016
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee heard testimony about oversight of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) from representatives of the U.S. Food and Drug … [Read more...]
More FDA Workshops Focus on NGS Technology
February 1, 2016
Last year the FDA held workshops to discuss analytical standards for next-generation sequencing (NGS) and use of curated databases for establishing clinical relevance of genetic variants. The FDA … [Read more...]
