tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2004 Issue 32

Labs: How To Perform Equivalent Quality Controls

Labs should determine if they qualify for the CMS-sanction alternative.Labs that are ready to stop those redundant quality checks should look to a new federal regulation for help. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services recently published a clarification of key components of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments regulations and, specifically, the eligibility standards and guidelines for equivalent quality control. Here are answers to some common questions. What's the rationale behind equivalent QC? In most cases, CLIA requires labs to test each testing system with at least two levels of external QC materials each day they perform...

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