CLIA definition

CLIA means the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, as amended together with any rule, regulation, interpretation, guidance document, policy, judgment lawfully issued or promulgated thereunder by CMS (or any predecessor entity).
CLIA means the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendment as set forth at 42 U.S.C. 263a and the regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended.

Examples of CLIA in a sentence

  • Applying for CLIA CertificationUse the CMS 116 CLIA application to apply for program certificates.

  • This certificate allows a laboratory to conduct moderate- or high-complexity tests until the laboratory is determined to be in compliance through a CMS survey performed by the Wisconsin state agency for CLIA.

  • The enrollment information includes CLIA identification numbers for all current laboratory sites.

  • CLIA requires all laboratories and providers performing tests for health assessment or for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of disease or health impairment to comply with specific federal quality standards.

  • ForwardHealth verifies that laboratories are CLIA certified before Medicaid grants certification.


More Definitions of CLIA

CLIA means Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments, which regulate laboratory testing and require clinical laboratories to be certified by their state as well as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services before they can accept Human Subjects Biospecimens for diagnostic testing.
CLIA means the Canadian Lawyers Insurance Association;
CLIA. 88" means the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988, public law 100-578. This amendment applies to the Federal Law that governs laboratories who examine human specimens for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of any disease or impairment, or the assessment of the health of human beings.