Release of CLIA Brochure #10, What Do I Need to Do to Assess Personnel Competency?
Guidance for This memorandum reiterates current policy that all surveys must be unannounced for all providers and suppliers, except for standard surveys of Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) laboratories and other limited exceptions. This includes standard surveys, complaint surveys and onsite revisit surveys.
Final
Issued by: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Issue Date: December 21, 2012
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