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Medical Laboratories
NAICS 621511 · United States · 2022 edition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments known as medical laboratories primarily engaged in providing analytic or diagnostic services, including body fluid analysis, generally to the medical profession or to the patient on referral from a health practitioner.
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For Medical Laboratories, clarify the services, contracts and consequences of an error. Review professional liability, cyber liability and hipaa, biohazardous specimen handling. Confirm which professional activities and additional services the proposed coverage actually addresses.
Questions to ask
- What types of testing are performed — routine clinical, toxicology, pathology, microbiology, forensic, or other high-complexity categories?
- What is the current CLIA certification level, and has the lab had any CMS or state licensing actions in the past five years?
- How are specimens collected — walk-in at the lab, mobile phlebotomy fleet, or primarily via courier from referring providers?
- What is the approximate daily or annual specimen volume, and how many patient records are maintained in the LIS/EHR?
- Does the lab have a documented quality management system, and what are the protocols for specimen chain-of-custody and result reporting?
- What cybersecurity controls are in place — endpoint protection, multi-factor authentication, backup and recovery, employee training?
- Are there any owned or leased vehicles used for specimen transport or mobile collection, and do employees use personal vehicles for lab business?
- What is the prior professional liability and cyber claims history for the past five years?
Activities described by this code
- Blood analysis laboratories
- Medical pathology laboratories
- Medical bacteriological laboratories
- Medical testing laboratories
- Medical forensic laboratories
Other activities to examine
Census classification reference
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Medical laboratories receive biological specimens — blood, urine, tissue, and other body fluids — typically referred by physicians, hospitals, or other health care practitioners, and perform analytic or diagnostic testing. Results are reported back to ordering providers or patients. Day-to-day operations involve specimen collection or receipt, processing, testing under regulated protocols, result reporting, and recordkeeping under CLIA, HIPAA, and state laboratory licensing requirements.
Questions to investigate
- What types of testing are performed — routine clinical, toxicology, pathology, microbiology, forensic, or other high-complexity categories?
- What is the current CLIA certification level, and has the lab had any CMS or state licensing actions in the past five years?
- How are specimens collected — walk-in at the lab, mobile phlebotomy fleet, or primarily via courier from referring providers?
- What is the approximate daily or annual specimen volume, and how many patient records are maintained in the LIS/EHR?
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