Attention: Clinical Laboratories Please share this announcement with the following: Medical Director, Laboratory Services Administrative Director and Managers, Laboratory Services On Thursday, June 4, 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted Independent Evaluations of COVID-19 Serological Tests. Key points: The document includes performance data for COVID-19 serology tests that have been…
Attention: Acute Care Hospital, Critical Access Hospital, Clinical Laboratory, Ambulatory Surgery Center Please share this with: Accreditation Coordinator Quality Director Medical Director – Laboratory services Administrative Director – Laboratory Laboratory Manager Point of Care Coordinator The CDC has updated Interim Laboratory Biosafety Guidelines for Handling and Processing Specimens Associated with COVID-19 Key points: This is…
Please share this announcement with: Medical Director, Laboratory Services Administrative Director and Managers, Laboratory Services Memo 20-06-CLIA: CMS SARS-CoV-2 Testing Comparison KEY POINTS CMS is committed to taking critical steps to ensure America’s clinical laboratories can respond to the threat of COVID-19. Laboratories need a CLIA certificate to perform SARS-CoV-2 testing. Guidance on the different…
Under the COVID-19 public health emergency, CMS has provided waivers and detailed requirements allowing a Medicare-participating ASC to apply for temporary recognition as a hospital. This free, 15-minute webinar provides an overview of the CMS hospital Conditions of Participation that an ASC must attest to in order to seek this temporary status. The recorded webinar is…
