CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: CLINICAL LABORATORY IMPROVEMENT AMENDMENTS OF 1988 (CLIA); VIRTUAL ACCESS, GYNECOLOGIC CYTOLOGY PROFICIENCY TESTING (PT), PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS, AND OTHER CHANGES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued a proposed rule called: Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA); Virtual Access, Gynecologic Cytology Proficiency Testing (PT), Personnel Qualifications, and Other Changes.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 8 by Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.

Summary: This proposed rule would amend the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) regulations to allow for virtual access under the CLIA certificate of the primary testing laboratory that generated the data, with the exception of the subspecialty of cytology, and the use of digital images for gynecologic cytology proficie...