CMS rescinds QSO-22-25-CLIA

Oct. 11, 2022
Effective immediately.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will continue to exercise enforcement discretion under CLIA for the duration of the COVID-19 public health emergency for the use of authorized SARS-CoV-2 molecular and antigen point of care (POC) tests on asymptomatic individuals outside of the test’s authorization.

For questions related to this notice, please email the Lab Excellence Mailbox at [email protected].

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