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A History of Excellence COLA was founded in 1988 as a private alternative to help laboratories stay in compliance with the ...new Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA). In 1993, the Health Care Financing Administration (now CMS) granted COLA deeming authority under CLIA, and in 1997 the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) also recognized COLA's...
COLA provides clinical laboratory education, consultation, and laboratory accreditation to ensure that medical labs and staff are meeting U.S. CLIA and other regulatory requirements.COLA is an independent, non-profit organization accrediting over 8,000 laboratories. COLA provides an array of educational programs and events, consulting services, and other services to connect medical laboratory...