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Type of CLIA Certification



CLIA stand for Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, According to CMS CLIA covers 239,000 entities and Centre for Clinical Standards and Quality responsible for implementing CLIA programe.

Types of CLIA Certification
There are five different type certificates may issued to providers. Types are as follows.

Certificate of waiver – Issued to a laboratory to perform only waived tests (Eg simple examinations or procedures that use methodologies that are so simple and accurate that the likelihood of erroneous results is negligible and poses no reasonable risk of harm to the patient if the test is performed incorrectly). 

Certificate for Provider-Performed Microscopy Procedures (PPMP) – Issued to a laboratory in which a physician, midlevel practitioner or dentist performs no tests other than the microscopy procedure (a procedure categorized as moderately complex where the primary instrument for per- forming the test is a microscope). This certificate permits the laboratory to also perform waived tests. 

Certificate of registration – Issued to a laboratory that enables the entity to conduct moderate or high complexity laboratory testing or both until the entity is determined by survey to be in compliance with the CLIA regulations. 

Certificate of compliance – Issued to a laboratory after an inspection that finds the laboratory to be in compliance with all applicable CLIA requirements. 

Certificate of accreditation – Issued to a laboratory on the basis of the laboratory’s accreditation organization approved by CMS.

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  1. UnknownOctober 23, 2013 at 12:17 PM

    Thanks for sharing some of the specifics that comes with medical billing . This will be very helpful as I get started with another office in Longmont, CO!

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  2. Senthil MuthiahJanuary 25, 2014 at 8:21 AM

    Good Job Man. Keep Going

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