Two data issues in the CLIA POS file have been resolved as of the 2nd Quarter 2016 file. The data issues occurred in CLIA POS files starting with the 2nd Quarter 2011 file through 1st quarter 2016.

Data Issue 1: Incorrect Certificate Data
Certificate data in the CLIA POS file should always come from the lab's current effective certificate. Due to a sorting issue, certificate data from a lab's pending or historical certificates were used and the lab's current effective certificate data was not used.

Fields 
SHORT DESCRIPTION               LEN START END TYPE
Application Type Code           1   475   475 VARCHAR2
Description: Type of CLIA certificate applied for by a laboratory.
SAS Name: APLCTN_TYPE_CD
COBOL Name: APLCTN-TYPE-CD

CLIA Certificate Effective Date 8   478   485 DATE
Description: Start date of the certificate.
SAS Name: CRTFCT_EFCTV_DT
COBOL Name: CRTFCT-EFCTV-DT

CLIA Certificate Mailed Date    8   486   493 DATE
Description: Date the certificate was generated for mailing.
SAS Name: CRTFCT_MAIL_DT
COBOL Name: CRTFCT-MAIL-DT

CLIA Certificate Type Code      1   494   494 VARCHAR2
Description: Type of certificate issued to the laboratory, based on
the application type code.
SAS Name: CRTFCT_TYPE_CD
COBOL Name: CRTFCT-TYPE-CD

CLIA Termination Code           2   529   530 VARCHAR2
Description: Identifies a laboratory's active or terminated status.
If terminated, identifies the reason.
SAS Name: CLIA_TRMNTN_CD
COBOL Name: CLIA-TRMNTN-CD


Data Issue 2: Labs Never Certified Included in POS
CLIA providers that have never paid nor received a CLIA certificate should not be included in CLIA POS.