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5 Questions we still have about IQCPs

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

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5 Things we Know Now about IQCPs

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

On August 16th of this year, CMS issued a new memo about IQCPs. If you recall, 1, and it's part of the new Risk QC being proposed by CMS as a replacement for EQC. The CLSI guideline EP23, which came out about two years ago, laid out the broad outlines of this new policy, but we have been waiting for the government regulations to spell out the specifics of implementation and interpretation.

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The Big News from Houston: What's an IQCP again?

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

The biggest news coming out of the AACC/ASCLS conference in Houston was made by Judy Yost of CMS.

So the new future is IQCP. Remember what that stands for?

  • It's Quickly Coming to Pass
  • I've Quit Caring about Performance
  • It's Quackery, Chaos, and Pablum
  • I'm Quietly Compromising my Processes 
   And the answer, after the jump...
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Westgard in the News: Shaking up QC Frequency

Posted by Sten Westgard, MS

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Come See me in Skopje!

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