Notice2025-20328
Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of COLA Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; Correction
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Published
November 19, 2025
Effective
November 19, 2025
Issuing agencies
Health and Human Services DepartmentCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Abstract
This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the notice published in the March 6, 2024 Federal Register titled "Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of COLA Under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988."
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 52058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20328]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
[CMS-3448-CN]
Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of COLA Under
the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988; Correction
AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects technical errors that appeared in the
notice published in the March 6, 2024 Federal Register titled
``Medicare Program; Announcement of the Re-Approval of COLA Under the
Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of 1988.''
DATES:
Effective date: This correction notice is effective November 19,
2025.
Applicability Date: The corrections in this notice are applicable
to the re-approval of COLA as an Accreditation Organization for
clinical laboratories under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) from March 6, 2024 to March 6, 2030.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Cyrus, (443) 896-4827.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
In FR Doc. 2024-04674 of March 6, 2024 (89 FR 15994 through 15996),
there were technical errors that are identified and corrected in this
correcting document.
II. Summary of Errors
On page 15994 in the SUMMARY section, we inadvertently omitted the
subspecialty of Urinalysis from the list of specialties and
subspecialties under the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments of
1988 (CLIA) for which COLA was re-approved as an accreditation
organization. On pages 15994 and 15995, we also inadvertently omitted
the subspecialty of Urinalysis in two bulleted paragraphs.
III. Correction of Errors
In FR Doc 2024-04674 of March 6, 2024 (89 FR 15994 through 15995),
make the following corrections:
1. On page 15994,
a. Second column, first partial paragraph (SUMMARY section), lines
5 through 7, the phrase ``Chemistry, including Routine Chemistry,
Toxicology, and Endocrinology;'' is corrected to read ``Chemistry,
including Routine Chemistry, Toxicology, Endocrinology, and
Urinalysis;''.
b. Third column, first bulleted paragraph, lines 1 through 3, the
paragraph ``<bullet> Chemistry, including Routine Chemistry,
Toxicology, and Endocrinology.'' is corrected to read ``<bullet>
Chemistry, including Routine Chemistry, Toxicology, Endocrinology, and
Urinalysis.''.
2. On page 15995, first column, first bulleted paragraph, lines 1
through 3, the paragraph ``<bullet> Chemistry, including Routine
Chemistry, Toxicology, and Endocrinology.'' is corrected to read
``<bullet> Chemistry, including Routine Chemistry, Toxicology,
Endocrinology, and Urinalysis.''.
The Director of the Office of Strategic Operations and Regulatory
Affairs of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Kathleen
Cantwell, having reviewed and approved this document, authorizes
Trenesha Fultz-Mimms, who is the Federal Register Liaison, to
electronically sign this document for purposes of publication in the
Federal Register.
Trenesha Fultz-Mimms,
Federal Register Liaison, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
[FR Doc. 2025-20328 Filed 11-18-25; 8:45 am]
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