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Sent from my iPhone On Apr 5, 2012, at 7:00 PM, Katelin Lester <katelin09...@gmail.com> wrote: > We also received this notice. We contacted our local CLIA office who had > heard of it this week as well. We are a small lab, so we are not sure yet > how this change will impact us. I'd also be curious to know what smaller, > private labs are planning on doing. > -- > Katelin Lester, HTL > Gastroenterology Specialists of Oregon, P.C. > Pathology Laboratory > (971) 224-2408 > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:16 PM, Carol Torrence <ctorre...@kmcpa.com> wrote: > >> We have received notification from AETNA that they now require non-hospital >> labs to be accredited by CLIA and CAP. The letter makes it obvious that by >> making such a request that they are not aware that CLIA assigned deemed >> status to CAP and CLIA is actually the gatekeeper. Secondly we are told to >> be registered by May 1st and accredited by August 1st (which CAP says is >> impossible) or we will have to send our lab to either Quest or Ameripath >> which includes Dermpath Diagnostics division. It fails to mention that >> there are other CAP accredited non hospital labs in our state. The Aetna >> contact number is either 'mailbox full" or even after leaving a message, no >> return call. Me thinks me smells a rat. >> >> >> >> If you are a non-hospital lab, have you heard of this? Does your >> dematopathologist or pathologist know this is coming? I am interested in >> your comments. >> >> >> >> Carol M. Torrence, HT(ASCP)CM >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Histonet mailing list >> Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu >> http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet >> > _______________________________________________ > Histonet mailing list > Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu > http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet _______________________________________________ Histonet mailing list Histonet@lists.utsouthwestern.edu http://lists.utsouthwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/histonet