The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Quality, Safety & Oversight Group (QSOG) published a memo on September 5 regarding the FY 2022 Report to Congress (RTC): Review of Medicare’s Program Oversight of Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program.
Key points:
CMS must release a report to Congress annually regarding “its oversight of national AOs and their CMS-approved accreditation programs,” says section 1875(b) of the Social Security Act (the Act).
Section 353(e)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) says CMS must also release a report “of the CLIA validation program results” annually.
The COVID-19 pandemic affected this RTC timeline. The next RTC will oversee 2022-2024 data.
AOs approved by CMS:
Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC)
Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC)
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF)
Community Health Accreditation Program (CHAP)
Center for Improvement in healthcare (CIHQ)
DNV – Healthcare (DNV)
The Compliance Team (TCT)
The Joint Commission (TJC)
National Dialysis Accreditation Commission (NDAC)
AOs approved by CLIA:
AABB
American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA)
Accreditation Commission for Health Care, Inc. (ACHC)
American Society for Histocompatibility and Immunogenetics (ASHI)
