Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Issue Date: December 31, 2019

The following information is found in the Downloads section below:

• A list of approved accreditation organizations with deeming authority under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA); 
• Specialty/subspecialty information for approved accreditation organizations; 
• A list of States with State licensure programs that have exemption from CLIA program requirements; and
• FY 2016 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program (Refer to the Survey and Cert Letter 17-40).

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