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Performing Quality Control (QC) gives healthcare professionals confidence that test results obtained on patient specimens are accurate and reliable. It is designed to detect, reduce, and correct deficiencies in...

The so-called “sustainable growth rate” (SGR) for Medicare reimbursements established by President Clinton and the Republican Congress in the wake of a 1997 balanced budget deal was finally repealed when Presid...

In honor of Medical Laboratory Professionals Week (April 19—25), COLA wants to personally thank medical laboratories and their hard-working, dedicated staff who make a measurable impact on patient care and the ...

Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski recently made national news when she announced her retirement from the United States Senate after thirty years of service. Senator Mikulski – the longest serving woman in th...

Waived testing is one of the fastest growing markets in clinical laboratory testing. Test systems which have been granted a waiver under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) have grown to inclu...

While congressional Republicans remain bullish on efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, political reality dictates that they will likely be no more successful at it in the 114th Congress than they were in ...