Developing and Updating a ''Compliant'' Lab Compliance Plan (Medicare and Medicaid Focus)

This lab compliance training will provide an easy to follow outline for developing and updating the required HHS Laboratory Compliance Plan for any provider who bills Medicare or Medicaid for services.

Instructor Profile:

Pam Tayon Colker, has a degree in Biology from Hollins University, Virginia, and her Medical Technology Internship from Mt. Sinai Medical Center, Miami Beach. She has two MBA's; Human Resources Management, from DePaul University, Chicago, and Information Systems Management, from the University of Tampa.

Pam is a licensed ASCP Medical Technologist and Florida Clinical Laboratory Supervisor with 20 years of managerial experience, with the majority in laboratory consulting, with Health Care Development Services and SCC, SoftComputer. She has also been a Laboratory Director at hospitals in the Chicagoland and Tampa Bay areas.

Pam is the Principal with TC Consult, Inc., a physician office laboratory consulting firm, and Medical Technologist at OneBlood, Inc., formerly Florida Blood Services. She has given breakout sessions at several Clinical Laboratory Management Association Meetings and written articles for CLMA, Advance for Administrators and the American Association of Family Practice.