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July 31, 2023, Intelligence: Late-Breaking Lab News
Regulatory relief is on the way for clinical laboratories accredited by The Joint Commission. An overhaul of the Laboratory Accreditation Program’s standards, which goes into effect Aug. 27, will …
CMS: TJC Made ‘Business Decision’ to Not Recognize COLA
Following up on a prior briefing, The Dark Report has learned that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does not appear to hav…
CLIA Lab Accreditors Reveal Most Frequent Deficiencies
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…
CAP, Joint Commission Under Pressure to Add More Inspectors
CEO SUMMARY: Like the clinical laboratories they accredit to the requirements of CLIA, The Joint Commission and College of American Pathologist (CAP) face recruitment and hiring pressures when it comes to their surveyors and inspectors. Labs involved with CAP’s peer inspections ma…
Alert! Changes to CLIA Accreditation, CLIA Revisions
MEDICAL LABORATORIES HAVE LIVED WITH THE REGULATIONS FOR THE CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENTS AMENDMENTS (CLIA) since they were first implemented in 1992. Over the past 30 years there has been no major revision or updating of CLIA regulations. Nor has there been much change in the long-standing statu…
Joint Commission Will Not Accept COLA Accreditation
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?
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…
Analytics Lets Labs Offset Staffing Woes
CEO SUMMARY: For hospital laboratories confronting worker shortages, data analytics can be useful for improving workflows and determining effective staffing levels. This information can also induce changes that may improve employee morale. Two experts discuss three analytics reports…
OIG: 25% of Medicare Inpatients ‘Harmed in Hospitals’ Pre-COVID
CEO SUMMARY: This year’s report to Congress on patient harm in hospitals—prepared by the Office of the Inspector General (OIG)—determined that one in four Medicare beneficiaries suffered harm while an inpatient in a hospital. The report garnered little attention outside the he…
COLA Re-enters CLIA Accreditation for Pathology
CEO SUMMARY: COLA again h…
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