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Joint Commission Will Not Accept COLA Accreditation
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX No. 2 – January 23, 2023 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: This may be a first in the 40-year history of CLIA accreditation of clinical laboratories. The Joint Commission (TJC) announced it will no longer recognize COLA’s laboratory accreditation program within “TJC-accredited facilities,” effective Jan 1, 2023. COLA-accredited labs …
What’s Behind Joint Commission Move to Not Accept COLA Labs?
By Scott Wallask | From the Volume XXX No. 2 – January 23, 2023 Issue
DURING THE NEXT TWO YEARS, a substantial number of hospitals and healthcare facilities will need to respond to The Joint Commission’s (TJC) decision to no longer recognize CLIA accreditations issued by COLA in “TJC-accredited facilities.” In the 30-year history of the current C…
CLIA Lab Inspections Different Because of COVID-19 Pandemic
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XXVII, No. 16 – November 16, 2020 Issue
WITH THE ONSET OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN MARCH, three of the major organizations deemed to have CLIA status suspended inspections of clinical laboratories for several months. Inspections and assessments of laboratories have restarted, but with significant changes because of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak….
Two MTs Launch New Lab In Aberdeen, North Carolina
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XX No. 3 – March 4, 2013 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Although located in the same region as two of the nation’s largest laboratory companies, newly-created Triune Laboratory, Inc., is reporting steady growth and acceptance by physicians in the community. Founded by two medical technologists and partially funded by a pathologi…
Florida Medicaid Contract Is On-Again, Off-Again
By Robert Michel | From the Volume XII No. 1 – January 3, 2005 Issue
CEO SUMMARY: Start with a flawed idea: Medicaid lab testing costs in Florida can be cut by awarding an exclusive statewide contract to one laboratory company. Compound that bad idea by designing a contract awards process that guarantees the state will pay twice for a number of tests while…
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