Medical Laboratory Evaluation
Proficiency Testing (PT) Program
Enhancing the Quality and Safety of Patient Care
Provided by American College of Physicians
New Technology, New Location, New Look!
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What's New
New and innovative educational tools brought to you by the PT leader in Education and Service...Medical Laboratory Evaluation! Click here for savings.
Web Data Entry System (WDES)-New and Improved!
This enhanced user-friendly, Web-based method of sending test results has been re-designed to let MLE's participants submit data quickly and easily! Here's what you get:
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the ability to submit your results online using an intuitive and user-friendly form
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access to previous and current evaluation reports
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link to the participant summaries
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direct communication to MLE Customer Service and Technical Support
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direct communication to WDES Technical Support
Current MLE participants: For more information or to register, send an e-mail to: ptwebsupport@acponline.org.
Quality and Excellence
Quality and excellence in laboratory testing have been the goals of clinical laboratories for decades. Around the world, laboratories make daily use of reliable quality-control values to ensure the validity of results. Through legislation and endorsement in the United States by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the global influence of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO); and the national health ministries from countries around the world, laboratories have come to embrace quality assurance as a system that combines daily quality control with interlaboratory comparison and accreditation while looking at patient test results with an eye for patient outcomes. In the quest for laboratory quality, proficiency testing, accreditation and the interlaboratory quality assessment programs are essential tools to measure progress.
The Best-Kept Secret in External Quality Assessment (EQA)
A total commitment to excellence in education and customer service.
- Over 35 years of providing outstanding service to physician office laboratories (POL), federal agencies, public health departments, medical centers, hospital laboratories and other clinical laboratories throughout the U.S., Canada, Latin America, the Pacific Rim and the Caribbean.
- Knowledgeable, friendly and expedient staff-medical technologists and multilingual representatives.
- Worldwide shipping and handling experience.
Highlights
- Online - Result reporting, participant summaries, and evaluation reports
- High-quality specimens and results at a reasonable price
- Broad, flexible test menu
- Off-schedule testing available
- Special waived and PPM testing menu with FREE "E-Notify" service
- Vast array of educational resources at a discounted rate and FREE online continuing education
- Competitive pricing
Special Benefits for Waived Testing
Alerts and "E-Notify"—FREE, timely notifications about changes or additions to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) list of waived laboratory tests via e-mail."E-Notify" enables MLE participants to make decisions affecting the quality of care for their patients and for the financial health of their laboratory.
NEW, cost effective, Waived Testing Package — See Module 901 (page 14 of the 2008 Catalog).
Waived Testing and Provider-Performed Microscopy (PPM)—Proficiency testing is performed in these laboratories to prepare for the possibility of a random inspection by the CMS and to provide the lab with a quality-assurance check for better patient care. We offer special modules of two sample proficiency modules-at a reduced price! View more information on Waived Testing and information on an exciting new resource that summarizes the CDC’s recommendations for good laboratory practices for Waived Testing sites.
ADVANTAGE Discounts—MLE offers discounts for multiple facilities, consultant-affiliated labs, American College of Physicians (ACP) members, new MLE participants who are COLA members, U.S.federal agencies and new customers of various manufacturer's products.
An Alliance to Keep Your Lab Healthy
Competitive pricing on proficiency testing, accreditation and e-learning—The Lab Alliance (For U.S. labs)
- MLE waives the administration fee ($65.00 value) on its proficiency testing service.
- ACP/MLE members will save up to 15% by choosing COLA's highly respected laboratory accreditation in lieu of CMS.
- COLA will cover any fees for switching from CMS accreditation.
- COLA offers a 15% savings for ACP/MLE members on COLA's LabUniversity e-learning courses and educational publications.
- COLA offers its popular e-learning course on Quality Assurance Basic Practices-FREE.
Visit The Lab Alliance or call 1-800-981-9883
Approved by CMS, COLA, TJC (formerly JCAHO), State Agencies and International Regulatory Bodies in a number of countries.
Medical Laboratory Evaluation
ACP Services, Inc.
Suite 700
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Washington DC 20001-7401
MLE Customer Service 800-338-2746, option 5, or 202-261-4500
Fax: 202-835-0440
Email: mle@acponline.org
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MLE Resources
Related Laboratory Websites
- Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
- CMS Regional Offices Contact List
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- COLA
- TJC (formerly Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO)
- State Agencies Contact List
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP)
- National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS)
- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
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