What was James Buchanan's major accomplishment? His greatest achievement was to be elected the 15th President of the United States. His greatest achievement as president was to delay the Civil War for four years.
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regulates all laboratory testing (except research) performed on humans in the U.S. through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). In total, CLIA covers approximately 254,000 laboratory entities. The Division of Laboratory Services, within the Survey and Certification Group, under the Center for Clinical Standards and Quality (CCSQ) has the responsibility for implementing the CLIA Program. The objective of the CLIA program is to ensure quality laboratory testing.
Depending on your state health department, it can take between 4-12 weeks to receive your CLIA certificate. The CLIA. certificate of waiver is necessary for state and federal compliance, and provides the benefit of facilitating provider reimburse-. ment for the use of CLIA-waived tests.