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Site Visits to CLIA Enrolled Facilities with a Certificate of Waivers

Guidance for : The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is initiating on-site visits to facilities enrolled in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) program that have a certificate of waiver (COW). The CLIA program conducted an initial pilot study in the States of Colorado and Ohio, where on-site visits of a random sample of 200 CLIA COW and certificate of Provider Performed Microscopy Procedures

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

Issue Date: April 01, 2002

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