Does participation in the LSP satisfy the federal regulatory requirements as stated in the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988 (CLIA-88)?
No, participation in the LSP does not satisfy CLIA-88 requirements for testing of total cholesterol, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. The LSP is not a Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)-approved proficiency testing (PT) provider. Although peer-group comparisons, such as the College of American Pathologists (CAP) surveys, do meet federal regulatory requirements for clinical labs, these surveys do not provide the same information that the LSP provides to laboratories supporting clinical trials and epidemiologic studies. The LSP is an accuracy-based program using commutable testing materials (13, 14).
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