Quest Diagnostics Case Study

I’m currently employed by Quest Diagnostic here in Tucker, Georgia. Quest Diagnostics is a national recognized reference laboratory with multiple locations here in the U.S. Our facility here in Tucker performs laboratory services for numerous healthcare providers and other reference labs throughout the state of Georgia as well as a number of other states throughout the country. Since each state has its own licensure laws and regulations, Quest Diagnostics maintains licensures for several different states it performs laboratory services for (Wager, Lee, Glaser & 2013). So, if a specimen is collected in another state and sent over to Quest here in Georgia, the reported results and testing information would still be subjected to the rules and regulations of its …show more content…
Because of CAP rigorous and comprehensive accreditation standards certain states allows Quest to forgo licensure requirements. This mainly because CAP requires laboratories go well beyond the expectations of their own state’s requirements for laboratory testing. Other states however, such as Florida, West Virginia, Maryland etc require state licensure regardless of accreditation status (Wager, Lee & Glaser 2013). Quest also holds a certificate of accreditation from the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) which was also issued based on its (CAP) accreditation status (Wager, Lee & Glaser 2013). This certification grants Quest the authority to participate in CMS reimbursement programs. This certification is extremely important not only to Quest but other health care providers because CMS programs account for almost half of health care funding. Quest also maintains controlled substance certificate from the US department of Justice Drug Enforcement Administration allowing them to write prescriptions for controlled