NIR March 31, 2008 (full PDF issue) March 31, 2008
Latest ‘hot spots’ in CLIA policy this year as program marks its 20th anniversary—see the Focus
—Changes in educational approach to certain quality control requirements
—Lab inspections: CMS, CAP response to GAO criticism
—Top survey deficiencies found by CMS, plus hints on how to avoid them
—Revisions to cytology PT rules, plus legislative drive to scrap them in favor of a CME alternative
—New warning against violating rule barring referral of PT samples, plus common ways the rule may be inadvertently breached
NGS gets new MAC Part A/B contract to handle claims for Connecticut, New York
Medicare expands coverage of home blood testing for beneficiaries on anticoagulant therapy
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