CLIA Waiver Wave? Applications Up In FY 2014 After A Prior-Year Lull
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
The volume of applications for diagnostic test waivers under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments increased fivefold in FY 2014, but the total numbers are small, and the change may simply reflect routine year-to-year variation.
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