Read CLIA Facts 7 and learn:

• The types of sanctions CMS may impose on laboratories found to be out of compliance with CLIA.
• The three levels of deficiencies which may result in a sanction, and the amount of time labs have to correct deficiencies at each level.
• The process of appeal that a lab may request, both informal and formal.
• What CMS actions a lab may appeal and which they may not.