The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is updating Appendix C of the SOM for laboratories and laboratory services, according to a December 6 memorandum.
Key updates include:
- Survey protocols from SOM Chapter 6 will be removed.
- The update will “provide guidance and new and revised D-tags for the regulations finalized in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Proficiency Testing – Analytes and Acceptable Performance Final Rule (CMS-3355-F) and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Fees, Histocompatibility, Personnel, and Alternative Sanctions for Certificate of Waiver Laboratories Final Rule (CMS-3326-F).”
- Guidance and details from past QSO (previously S&C) and Admin Info memos will be included.
- A U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) training program for neuromuscular pathology.
- Stakeholder feedback.
- Expiration dates of expired memos.
