A New Era of CLIA Oversight
The Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) have long set the baseline for quality in U.S. clinical labs. In 2025, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rolled out the first major set of CLIA updates in decades, marking a shift in laboratory compliance requirements. These changes affect how labs handle staffing, proficiency testing, and even how they receive communications from regulators.
While none of the new requirements are aimed directly at vendors, they raise the bar for labs themselves, and indirectly increase the importance of tools that support compliance, efficiency, and audit readiness. Read More >
