CLIA Announcements

Announcements

CLIA To Go Paperless by March 2026

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is improving the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) program by switching to electronic fee coupons and CLIA certificates. To take full advantage of these improvements, laboratories and providers that perform laboratory testing have until March 1, 2026, to switch to CMS email notifications and begin receiving electronic CLIA fee coupons and certificates. After this date, paper fee coupons and paper CLIA certificates will no longer be available.

By switching, your laboratory will get:

    •Email notifications from CMS

    •Electronic fee coupons

    •Your CLIA certificate faster - no more waiting for it to come in the mail*

        *This does not apply to CLIA-exempt states or state licensure.

To switch to electronic notifications, you must:

    •Provide written notification to your State Agency by email.

                                -OR-

    •Fill out the CMS-116 application form. To switch to electronic notifications, check the box, “Receive notifications including electronic certificates via email.”

To switch to paperless, contact CLIA.Health@tn.gov. For more details, visit Clinical Laboratory Improvement (CLIA) Amendments.