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RHC laboratory obtains CMS certificate of compliance
The Rota Health Center is now capable of performing additional onsite laboratory testing with immediate results, which benefits medical providers and patients seen at RHC’s Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Room. (CONTRIBUTED PHOTOS)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has issued the Rota Health Center’s laboratory CMS Certificate of Compliance, marking a significant accomplishment for RHC and assures the quality of testing in the center’s laboratory.
The Rota Health Center had its first ever Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services inspection last Dec. 13 and 14, 2022, and the inspector found no deficiencies.
With the Commonwealth Healthcare Corp.’s goal of expanding laboratory testing capabilities in coordination with the Epidemiology & Laboratory Capacity Program, RHC received additional laboratory testing instruments that prompted the need to shift from a CLIA-Waived Certificate to a Certificate of Compliance.
The RHC is now capable of performing additional onsite laboratory testing with immediate results, which benefits medical providers and patients seen at RHC’s Outpatient Clinic and Emergency Room.
A CHCC news release yesterday quotes the RHC as thanking everyone who helped with this, including CEO Esther L. Muna, chief of Clinics Halina Palacios, RHC resident director Vanessa Quitugua, RHC lab staff Orly Soria and Patricia Ogo, CHC lab director Dr. Philip Dauterman and CHC lab manager Jason Pangelinan, ELC coordinator/manager Portia Tomokane, and chief of Ancillary Services Jesse Tudela. (PR)
