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Title
FY 2018 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
Accrediting Organizations (AOs) and the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Validation Program
Memo #
19-17-AO/CLIA
Posting Date
2019-08-20
Fiscal Year
2019
Title
Annual Report to Congress: The 2018 annual RTC details the review, validation, and
oversight of the FY 2017 activities of the approved AOs Medicare accreditation programs as
well as the CLIA Validation Program.
• Section 1875(b) of the Social Security Act (the Act) requires the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) to submit an annual report to Congress on its oversight of
national AOs and their CMS-approved accreditation programs.
• Section 353(e)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) requires CMS to submit an
annual report of the CLIA validation program results.
oversight of the FY 2017 activities of the approved AOs Medicare accreditation programs as
well as the CLIA Validation Program.
• Section 1875(b) of the Social Security Act (the Act) requires the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) to submit an annual report to Congress on its oversight of
national AOs and their CMS-approved accreditation programs.
• Section 353(e)(3) of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) requires CMS to submit an
annual report of the CLIA validation program results.