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CMA
Meets With DHS to Discuss Regulation of Physician Labs
[Posted 05/19/04]
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The California
Department of Health Services (DHS) is very seriously considering an increase
in state oversight of physician-operated laboratories. This oversight would
likely involve new fees and regulations, in addition to the ones currently
imposed under the federal Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program.
CMA representatives met
last week with new DHS Director Sandra Shewry and urged the department to
abandon any such plans. CMA made it clear that dual fees and dual regulations,
and the administrative hassles that would come with them, are not viable
options. CMA has agreed to work with DHS to assess alternative methods by
which the state could provide input on personnel and quality issues at physician
operated labs.
Contact: Robin Flagg,
415/882-5110 or rflagg@cmanet.org.
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