CEO SUMMARY: COLA again has deemed authority by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to accredit clinical labs and pathology groups for the pathology specialty. The organization’s CEO says the move will help meet current and future lab customer needs. It’s a reversal from 12 years earlier when COLA bowed out of pathology accreditation […]
COLA Re-enters CLIA Accreditation for Pathology
COLA announced that CMS granted it deeming authority for pathology specialty, effective March 7
- By Robert Michel
- > From the Volume XXIX, No. 5 - April 4, 2022 Issue
- Tags: a2la, american association for laboratory accreditation, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, clia, Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, CMS, COLA, College of American Pathologists, David Chhieng MD, laboratory accreditation, Nancy Stratton, PC, professional component, TC, technical component, The Joint Commission
