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January 2015

We’re revising Prudent Laboratory Use qualification standards

Effective March 3, 2015, participating independent laboratories in the PLUS network must maintain either a current CLIA Certificate of Compliance or a current CLIA Certificate of Accreditation.

You can access the entire revised agreement from the Participation agreements link in the “Participation” chapter of the Independent Laboratory provider manual. You can view the manual on bcbsm.com:

  • Log in to Provider Secured Services.
  • Click on web-DENIS.
  • Click on BCBSM Provider Publications and Resources.
  • Click on Provider Manuals.
  • Click on Provider type on the dashboard.
  • Select Independent Laboratory in the drop-down list.
  • Click on Search on the dashboard.
  • Click on Prudent Laboratory Use (PLUS) Participation Agreement (effective 3/3/15).
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