CMS renews The Joint Commission’s deeming authority for Laboratories

The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced in the May 24, 2024, Federal Register that deeming authority was renewed for The Joint Commission’s Laboratory and Point-of-Care Testing Accreditation Program, effective May 24, 2024, through May 24, 2030.

In response to CMS’s review of the deeming renewal application, The Joint Commission made changes to its elements of performance (EPs), effective August 1, 2024, that include the following:

• Added calibration verification to the list of required written procedures.
• Clarified proficiency testing related to secondary analyzers, test systems, assays, and examinations.
• Clarified the difference between proficiency testing participation and proficiency testing performance.
• Clarified the required actions for follow-up on proficiency testing failures.

The revised standards will be posted on the Prepublication Standards page of The Joint Commission’s website, and will publish online in the summer 2024 interim E-dition^® update to the Comprehensive Accreditation Manual for Laboratories and Point-of-Care Testing (CAMLAB), and the 2025 hard-copy and PDF versions of CAMLAB (for customers who purchase these products).

For more information, please contact The Joint Commission’s Standards and Survey Methods.

See the Prepublications Standards See the Prepublications Standards