CMS: Medicare Program; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees

Notice from Centers for Medicare& Medicaid Services (CMS) announcing increased fees under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA), specifically for certificates, compliance fees, and non-accredited laboratory inspections. Small rural hospital laboratories are subject to CLIA fees and CMS does not expect this notice to have a significant impact on them, but requests comments from them and other affected laboratories. Comments are due March 1, 2019.
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - Category: Rural Health Source Type: news