On Dec. 28, 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a final rule that updates Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) fees and clarifies CLIA regulations.

Demand for COVID-19 tests, including over-the-counter at-home tests, has soared with the surge of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus. However, health care providers, employers, and individuals ...

CLIA stands for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. The CLIA of 1988 established certification requirements and more stringent quality standards for laboratory testing of human specimens.

The onset of COVID-19 proved to be a real-time stress test of America’s clinical testing system. The experience exposed several flaws in the system that policymakers should address, specifically, ...

Nursing homes will be required to have Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) waivers to perform COVID-19 point-of-care tests. As a result, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services is ...

In November 1999, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) published a pro.found article entitled "To Err Is Human: Building a Safer Health System." The very first line of the publication reads, "Health care ...