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ACLA Letter To CDC on Prioritization
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Letter to HHS on COVID-19 Provider Fund
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ACLA President Julie Khani Outlines Key Challenges Facing Testing Capacity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “One month ago today, the FDA cleared the regulatory barriers preventing commercial labs from performing COVID-19 testing. Since then, ACLA member laboratories have steadily increased COVID-19 testing capacity each week. In total, ACLA members have performed approximately 650,000 COVID-19 tests to date, including 84,000 tests completed just yesterday. We currently have six ACLAContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on CARES Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following the release the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act this evening, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “For the third time, Congress has failed to provide the necessary funds to support ‘free testing’ for all Americans. Our members remain in an untenable situation, absorbing growing, uncompensated costs for testing specimens with no assurance that they will be appropriately or fairlyContinue Reading »... -
With Congress on its third financial relief package, policymakers fail to recognize critical role of labs
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As policymakers close in on a third financial relief package, ACLA President Julie Khani issued the following statement: “We are on the cusp of the U.S. Congress finalizing a third legislative financial relief package to address the coronavirus response. It is disappointing and alarming that Congress has not yet recognized the contributions of the lab industry and its response during this publicContinue Reading »... -
National Demand for COVID-19 Testing Requires Congress to Act, Approve Funding & Reimbursement for Testing Capacity
There is broad recognition among public health experts, the White House and congressional leaders that COVID-19 testing is the most critical element of our national response to this public health emergency. Our ability to assess every intervention – health or economic – depends on the availability of testing; yet, dedicated funding for testing is notably missing from current Congressional funding packages. Testing should be accessible forContinue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on Senate COVID-19 Response Effort
WASHINGTON, D.C — Following the release of the latest Senate legislation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “We are alarmed by the latest Senate proposal – it fails to clearly designate essential emergency funding for expanded testing capacity and laboratory operations. If this legislation moves forward, it would set up commercial laboratories to perform COVID-19 testing atContinue Reading »... -
Without sustainable funding, there is simply no way to have sustainable testing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following today’s White House briefing, ACLA President Julie Khani released the following statement: “As the White House pointed out today, commercial labs are rapidly ramping up testing capacity. Since the FDA first provided an accelerated path for commercial labs to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, ACLA laboratories have collectively reported out approximately 129,000 tests to date, including 41,000 tests performed just yesterday.Continue Reading »... -
ACLA Statement on Stimulus Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — ACLA President Julie Khani today issued the following statement regarding the current stimulus bill under consideration in the Senate: “ACLA members have collectively reported out approximately 88,000 COVID-19 tests to date, including 25,000 tests performed just yesterday. As we continue to scale up capacity, the current stimulus bill under consideration in the Senate would not provide the sufficient backing for ourContinue Reading »... -
Facing Unprecedented Demand for Testing, Clinical Labs Ask Congress for Surge Capacity Fund
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As commercial laboratories rapidly extend considerable resources to meet demand for COVID-19 testing, ACLA President Julie Khani sent a letter to congressional leadership seeking support from the federal government. “We are growing increasingly concerned that the federal government is not recognizing the strain on the laboratory industry to meet the demand for testing for COVID-19,” writes Khani. As policymakers consider measuresContinue Reading »...
