Said: Thank you for the comments, everyone. It seems my organization may have some structural differences which make it a little more challenging. The medical director over each site does sound like the best choice, however I don’t believe th...

Said: The previous posts have good advice. The clinic medical director is most often the CLIA Lab director for our clinics. We have >100 waived sites we support, along with 8 hospitals. The lab directors do get maxed out and most likely wo...

Said: It might also be prudent to understand what the role of a laboratory medical director for waived or PPMP physician office laboratories (POL) is. What are the responsibilities and who should they belong to? In order for any CLIA medical ...

Said: We have over 100 clinics that are part of the hospital systems. For the most part, they are waived and all have their own CLIA medical director. Usually it's the clinical medical director, and we haven't had any problems with the clinic...

Said: We find that the issue with non-waived sites, is that our medical directors in the lab get maxed out on sites. Like Diane said, they can only be on 5 non-waived certificates. Waived doesn't have those restrictions. We do have a...