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Two Forces Push for More FDA Oversight of LDTs
By R. Lewis Dark | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
CLINICAL AND GENETIC TESTING LABS MAY SUDDENLY FEEL THEMSELVES STUCK IN THE MIDDLE of a yin-yang situation when it comes to laboratory developed tests (LDTs). One force, the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati…
FDA Issues Proposed Rule to Further Regulate LDTs
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Publication of the FDA’s draft rule on LDT regulation starts the clock on public comment. The proposal seeks to clearly identify laboratory developed tests (LDTs) as in vitro diagnos…
FDA’s Road to Regulation of Lab Developed Tests
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXX, No. 14 – October 2, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Today’s generation of clinical lab managers and pathologists should understand that the FDA’s efforts to publish a draft rule defining its authority to review laboratory developed tests (LD…
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…
FDA Expected to Publish Proposed LDT Rule in August
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 10 – July 10, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Congressional lawmakers and the federal Food and Drug Administration are again eyeing changes that would bring greater oversight to laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). Leaders at clinical laboratories and pathology groups should monitor these proposals, both of which c…
Atrium Health’s Advice on Epic Beaker Rollouts
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 9 – June 19, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Starting in 2019, Atrium Health began a years-long process to implement Epic Beaker as its laboratory information system. It was an enormous effort, involving dozens of locations across three s…
CMS Ends Remote Reading of Pathology Glass Slides
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 8 – May 30, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: On the day the federal government ended the public health emergency for SARS-CoV-2, CMS issued an updated FAQ that ended the allowance for remote reviews of glass slides…
Pathologist Sues Hulu Over Depiction in Theranos TV Series
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 6 – April 17, 2023 Issue
THERE IS AN INTRUGUING NEW TWIST IN THE LONG-RUNNING SAGA of the now-defunct Theranos. Pathologist and former Theranos CLIA lab director Adam Rosendorff, MD, is taking Hulu to court. …
Six Important Themes to Help Labs Succeed
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX, No. 5 – March 27, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Clinical laboratories face business challenges with day-to-day operations, genetic testing, and evolving care delivery models. The 2023 Executive War College on Diagnostics, Clinical Laboratory, and Pathology Management returns on April 25-26 in New Orleans. Participant…
Elizabeth Holmes’ Appeal Questions Competence of CLIA Lab Director
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX No. 4 – March 6, 2023 Issue
TANTALIZING DETAILS ABOUT FORMER THERANOS CEO ELIZABETH HOLMES’ purchase of a one-way plane ticket to Mexico prior to her conviction grabbed headlines following the filing of a motion to appeal her conviction. However, for clinical labo…
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