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COLA Achieves CMS Deemed Status for All CLIA Specialties
COLA has been approved by CMS as an Accreditation Organization for the specialty of Histocompatibility under CLIA. COLA now has deemed status from...
COLA Honors Keith Davis, MD with the Perry A. Lambird Award
At the 2026 Laboratory Enrichment Forum, COLA honored Keith Davis, MD with the Perry A. Lambird award. The late Perry A. Lambird, MD, was an...
COLA Welcomes Melissa J. Garretson, MD, to the Board
As of July 1, 2025, Melissa J. Garretson, MD, became one of the American Medical Association (AMA) appointed members to the Commission on Laboratory...
CMS Approves COLA as an Accreditation Organization for Cytogenetics and Radiobioassay
Just announced! As of December 19, 2025, per the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) COLA has officially been approved from CMS as an Accreditation...
IAAC Welcomes COLA as a New IAAC Associate Member
On September 3, 2025, the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) welcomed COLA as their new Associate Member. The Inter-American...
COLA Inc Rebrands as Commission on Laboratory Accreditation (COLA)
COLA Inc, a national non-profit laboratory accreditor dedicated to promoting health and safety through accreditation and education, announced today...
Lynn Jeffers, MD, MBA, joins COLA Inc. Board of Directors
COLA, a national laboratory accreditation organization committed to promoting healthcare quality through accreditation and education, proudly...
Executives Convene 2nd Annual Summit to Address the Laboratory Workforce Shortage
On May 7, 2024, representatives from various organizations across the nation met in Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida for the second Annual...
Measles Is Back in the Headlines
At the beginning of May, I received an update from the Maryland Department of Health about measles activity in our state. While we were not...
COLA Achieves CMS Deemed Status for All CLIA Specialties
COLA has been approved by CMS as an Accreditation Organization for the specialty of Histocompatibility under CLIA. COLA now has deemed status from...
COLA Honors Keith Davis, MD with the Perry A. Lambird Award
At the 2026 Laboratory Enrichment Forum, COLA honored Keith Davis, MD with the Perry A. Lambird award. The late Perry A. Lambird, MD, was an...
COLA Welcomes Melissa J. Garretson, MD, to the Board
As of July 1, 2025, Melissa J. Garretson, MD, became one of the American Medical Association (AMA) appointed members to the Commission on Laboratory...
CMS Approves COLA as an Accreditation Organization for Cytogenetics and Radiobioassay
Just announced! As of December 19, 2025, per the Office of the Federal Register (OFR) COLA has officially been approved from CMS as an Accreditation...
IAAC Welcomes COLA as a New IAAC Associate Member
On September 3, 2025, the Inter-American Accreditation Cooperation (IAAC) welcomed COLA as their new Associate Member. The Inter-American...
COLA Inc Rebrands as Commission on Laboratory Accreditation (COLA)
COLA Inc, a national non-profit laboratory accreditor dedicated to promoting health and safety through accreditation and education, announced today...
Lynn Jeffers, MD, MBA, joins COLA Inc. Board of Directors
COLA, a national laboratory accreditation organization committed to promoting healthcare quality through accreditation and education, proudly...
Executives Convene 2nd Annual Summit to Address the Laboratory Workforce Shortage
On May 7, 2024, representatives from various organizations across the nation met in Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Florida for the second Annual...