CAP's equivalence to CLIA was declared by which agency?

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CAP's equivalence to CLIA was declared by which agency?

The concept tested is how federal oversight for CLIA interacts with accreditation bodies. CAP’s accreditation can be considered equivalent to meeting CLIA requirements because the federal agency that administers CLIA recognizes certain accrediting organizations as providing standards that satisfy CLIA. That recognition was made by the Health Care Financing Administration, the agency responsible for Medicare/Medicaid programs at the time. (That agency later became what we now call the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.) So CAP’s equivalence to CLIA was declared by that federal agency, not by an accrediting body or by SAMHSA. In current terms, the same recognition would fall under CMS, but historically it was HCFA.

The concept tested is how federal oversight for CLIA interacts with accreditation bodies. CAP’s accreditation can be considered equivalent to meeting CLIA requirements because the federal agency that administers CLIA recognizes certain accrediting organizations as providing standards that satisfy CLIA. That recognition was made by the Health Care Financing Administration, the agency responsible for Medicare/Medicaid programs at the time. (That agency later became what we now call the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.) So CAP’s equivalence to CLIA was declared by that federal agency, not by an accrediting body or by SAMHSA. In current terms, the same recognition would fall under CMS, but historically it was HCFA.

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