We received a 2567, a cease-testing letter or a sanction notice.
We're starting a new lab.
We need a lab director or technical consultant, but a full or part-time hire doesn't make sense.
We run several sites.
We'll help you understand the deficiencies, draft a plan of correction, collect evidence of correction, and cover director/TC roles in the meantime if you need it.
CMS-116 and state licensure, personnel qualifications, method verification/validation, PT enrollment, procedure manuals, and preparing for your first survey.
Director-of-record and technical consultant/supervisor coverage under one agreement, with PT review, QC, competency and QA oversight included.
Centralized technical consulting across your CLIA certificates: the same SOPs, the same PT and competency oversight, the same inspection prep.
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You tell us where things stand: a notice, an upcoming survey, a new lab, or a staffing gap.
We go through the main readiness areas: personnel, PT, QC/calibration, competency, procedures, and QA.
You leave with a short list of priorities and realistic next steps, whether or not you hire us.
• Plans of correction and CMS-2567 responses
• Lab director and technical consultant/supervisor services
• Competency assessment programs
• IQCP and quality systems
• Proficiency testing corrective action
• New lab setup and licensure
• Multi-site compliance programs
• Mock inspections and gap assessments (CLIA, CAP, COLA)
• Method verification and validation
Sound Lab Consultants is a clinical laboratory compliance and technical consulting firm. We work with physician office labs, reference and specialty labs, skilled nursing and long-term care labs, and multi-site networks on CLIA, CAP and COLA requirements, from first certificate through survey and beyond. Sam Akers leads client work from Arizona, and we support labs remotely and on-site.
Is the 20-minute call really free?
Do you work with CAP- and COLA-accredited labs, or only CLIA?
Yes. It's a no-cost conversation to understand your situation and outline next steps.
Both. We work with labs surveyed by state agencies under CLIA and with labs accredited by CAP or COLA.
Can you serve as our lab director or technical consultant?
We just got a cease-testing letter. Can you help this week?
Yes. We provide director and technical consultant/supervisor services, subject to the CLIA qualification requirements for your lab's test complexity. We'll confirm fit on the call.
Book the earliest available time on the calendar and mention the deadline in the booking notes.
Do you guarantee we'll pass or be reinstated?
Is this legal advice?
No consultant can guarantee a regulatory outcome. We help you build a thorough, well-documented response and a quality system that holds up.
No. For appeals or legal questions, we recommend working with a healthcare attorney alongside us.
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