Year: 1973
Type: report
Abstract: Joint Comnission on Accreditation of Ftospitals (JCAH) -laboratories within hospitals vAich are accredited under JCAH.The JCAH inspects these laboratories, but does not require them to participate in proficiency testing. 5.Medicare Certified Hospitals-laboratories in hospitals which are Medicare providers under Title XVIII, Health Insurance for the Aged."Hiese laboratories are also Medicaid providers.Hospitals and laboratories accredited under JCAH were excluded from this category.As a result, the laboratories in this category tend to be the smallest laboratories which are not operated in ccnjunction with a private physi- cian's practice.6. Medicare Certified Independentprivate and conmercial laboratories which are reim- bursed for certain laboratory procedures under Medicare and Medicaid, but which are not normally licensed under CLIA '67 or accredited by JCAH..The law requires that these laboratories participate in a proficiency testing program administered or approved by the regulatory program in the state in which they operate.Approximately 1,000 laboratories participated in the study.The number within a cate- gory ranged from 45 (AAFP) to 231 (Interstate).*A seventh category of 18 reference labora- tories served as a control group.C. NETHODOLOGY Separate proficiency test specimens were prepared for clinical chemistry, hematology and microbiology.Criteria for selection of the clinical chemistry and hematology constit-• uents to be analyzed were that laboratory analysis should be routine, and that fairly well developed analytical procedures exist.
Authors: Peter W Finkel, Ted R Miller
Language: English
Subfield: Physiology (medical)
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
OpenAlex ID: W2791778833