Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. The CLIA program is operated by the Department of Health and Human Services to ensure quality laboratory testing.
"CLIA" is the common term for the laws governing laboratory tests and the facilities in which they are conducted. The laws are very strict and CLIA certification is usually required for a lab to be reimbursed. The CLIA number assigned to a lab will need to be included for billing of certain lab tests and is entered in the setup for e-MDs Bill.
"CLIA" is the common term for the laws governing laboratory tests and the facilities in which they are conducted. The laws are very strict and CLIA certification is usually required for a lab to be reimbursed. The CLIA number assigned to a lab will need to be included for billing of certain lab tests and can be auto-populated wherever necessary once input.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments. A program to ensure quality laboratory testing. The Centers for Medicare/Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through this program. Although all clinical laboratories must be properly certified to receive Medicare or Medicaid payments, CLIA has no direct Medicare or Medicaid program responsibilities.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, PL 100-578, and implementing final federal regulations, 42 CFR 493.
Stands for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act/Amendments. A Federal law designed to set national quality standards for laboratory testing. The law covers all laboratories that engage in testing for assessment, diagnosis, prevention or treatment purposes.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act. Requires clinicallabs to have an internal quality-assurance system. Proficiency testingby government-approved testers will occur.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act. Set standards to be met by all clinical laboratories, regardless of location, size, or type of laboratory. These standards are based on the complexity of tests performed by the laboratory. Regulations define four levels of testing complexity: waived, moderate complexity, high complexity, and physician-performed microscopic procedures. CMS requires all laboratories to register in order to perform testing at any or all of these levels. Back to the top of the page
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1967 (and amendments of 1988) which sets the guidelines for any clinical laboratory testing material obtained from human patients, i.e. blood, tissue, discharge, etc. CLIA is administered through the U.S. Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA).