CLIA Lab Directors Must Watch Delegated Duties

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 17 – December 4, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Laboratory accredito…

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Proficiency Testing Ranks High as a CLIA Violation

By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, Number 15 – October 23, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Proficiency testing (PT) deficiencies are consistently cited by clinical laboratory accreditors during CLIA inspections. Surveyors and inspectors note that labs may mistakenly believe that an 80% score on a PT event is satisfactory. To the contrary, experts advise labs to scr…

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Competency Assessments Prove To Be a Nagging CLIA Deficiency

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 11 – July 31, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: Competency assessment problems rank high among frequently cited deficiencies during CLIA inspections. Representatives from the CAP, COLA, and The Joint Commission explain what areas to…

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CLIA Lab Accreditors Reveal Most Frequent Deficiencies

By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue

CEO SUMMARY: CAP, The Joint Commission, COLA, and A2LA took the stage at the recent Executive War College to detail their respective lists of the 10 most often-cited standards during…

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Texas Lab Details Dual Accreditation Journey

By Scott Wallask | 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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