Texas Lab Details Dual Accreditation Journey

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 13 – September 19, 2022 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: In seeking dual accreditation for CLIA and ISO 15189, Advanced Diagnostic Laboratory of San Antonio adapted existing processes to meet accreditor expectations. The result was stronger staff empowerment to suggest improvements in quality, combined with increased recognit…

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COLA Re-enters CLIA Accreditation for Pathology

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 – April 4, 2022 Issue

  CEO SUMMARY: COLA again h…

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Much Disruption for Labs In 2016’s Top 10 Stories

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXIII, No. 17 – December 19, 2016 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Within THE DARK REPORT’S list of the Top 10 Lab Industry Stories for 2016 is one story of disruption that might have been one story of disruption about to happen. The disintegration of Theranos during 2016 is the big story about a self-proclaimed disruptor of the lab indust…

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December 7, 2015 Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXII, Number 17 – December 7, 2015 Issue

Last week, a joint laboratory accreditation agreement was announced by AABB and the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). The two associations will now collaborate to allow labs to obtain three assessments under one effort, including AABB accredit…

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COLA Questions UHC on BeaconLBS Accredit Rules

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 6 – April 20, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: UnitedHealthcare’s ‘Laboratories of Choice’ network in Florida accepts only labs accredited by the College of American Pathologists and The Joint Commission. In March, COLA wrote to UnitedHealth to question this policy which excludes labs accredited by the five other…

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Achieving CLIA, ISO 15189 at Same Time with A2LA

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXII No. 3 – February 17, 2015 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: An interesting milestone for the clinical lab industry is on the horizon. Physicians Choice Laboratory Services in South Carolina will soon become one of the first lab organizations in the United States to earn joint CLIA and ISO 15189 accreditations with the America…

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Top 10 2014 Biggest News Stories

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 17 – December 15, 2014 Issue

Story no.1 SGR Fix by Congress Spawns PAMA; Lab Industry Wary of Law’s Impact ON APRIL 1, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA signed into law the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (PAMA). As written, it has the potential to be the most impactful federal legislation on the clinical lab industry s…

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October 13, 2014 “Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 14 – October 13, 2014 Issue

Quality management systems (QMS) have made inroads in some of the organizations that accredit clinical laboratories in the United States to the requirements of CLIA. Last month, COLA of Columbia, Maryland, acknowledged that it had recertified to the standards of ISO 9001: 2008. The r…

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July 21, 2014 “Intelligence: Late Breaking Lab News”

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXI No. 10 – July 21, 2014 Issue

Consolidation of private pathology group practices continues. On July 8, NeoGenomics of Fort Myers, Florida, announced that it had acquired Path Logic of Sacramento. Then, one day later, Incyte Diagnostics of Spokane, Washington, disclosed that it wa…

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CMS Gives Deemed Status to A2LA under CLIA Law

By Joseph Burns | From the Volume XXI No. 5 – April 7, 2014 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Quietly published in the March 25 issue of the Federal Register was a notice that CMS had granted deeming authority for CLIA to the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). This action gives laboratories in the United States a new choice to meet the accredita…

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