title: Hospitals voice objections to HCFA's proposed lab regulations.
abstract: HCFA is poring over 50,000 letters commenting on the proposed new clinical lab regulations. Health care providers say the regulations are unreasonably complex. As a result, "It's very likely the standards will be changed," says Thomas Morford, HCFA's health standards director.
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authors.lastname: Hudson
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D005161:Facility Regulation and Control / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007755:Laboratories, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D013677:Medical Laboratory Science / Q000592:standards*; D011786:Quality Control; D014481:United States