- Title
- CLIA Policy and Data Reporting Guidance for First Survey Cycle Following Effective Date of CMS-2226F
- Memo #
- 04-16
- Posting Date
- 01/08/2004
- Fiscal Year
- 2005
- Summary
- In this memorandum we provide official notification to the State Survey Agencies (SAs) and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) regional offices (ROs) of the date to begin using the revised regulations, interpretive guidelines and survey protocols to implement CMS-2226-F ("Medicare, Medicaid, and CLIA Programs; Laboratory Requirements Relating to Quality Systems and Certain Personnel Qualifications," 68 FR 3640).