Laboratory Regulatory Compliance

Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services has developed its own regulatory compliance program that is consistent with the Main Line Health System (MLHS) Compliance Program but is specifically focused on the compliance issues relevant to clinical laboratories as described in the Office of Inspector General’s Compliance Program Guidance for Laboratories.

The Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Compliance Program adds to the MLHS Compliance Program such elements as are necessary to ensure that Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services conducts its activities in a manner consistent with relevant federal and state laws and regulations governing the operation of clinical laboratories.

MLHS has appointed a laboratory compliance officer, who is responsible for overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Compliance Program. The laboratory compliance officer works with the MLHS Corporate Compliance Office, appropriate members of Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services anagement, and the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services ompliance Committee to develop a Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Cmpliance Work Plan to guide implementation of the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Cmpliance Program.

The elements of the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Compliance Program also include the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services code of conduct, employee education and training, monitoring, and investigation and remediation.

To learn more about the Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services Compliance Program, please contact:

Pat LePore
Main Line Health
Compliance and Privacy Officer
484-337-8078
leporep@mlhs.org 

Elizabeth Hallinan
Administrative Director
Chairperson, Compliance Committee
Main Line Health Laboratories
484-565-1412
hallinane@mlhs.org

Privacy Statement 

Main Line Hospitals – Laboratory Services operates in compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), which was designed to enhance the privacy and security of health information and to standardize healthcare transactions. more