Quest Diagnostics has completed its acquisition of certain assets of Northern Light Laboratory, the outreach laboratory services arm of Northern Light Health, an integrated healthcare system in Maine. The deal will allow physicians and patients throughout Maine to access Quest’s innovative test menu, network of patient access sites throughout the state, broad health plan coverage, and lower out-of-pocket costs for many services. Quest’s Marlborough, Massachusetts laboratory will be responsible for providing most advanced and routine clinical testing services to physicians and patients previously served by Northern Light Laboratory. Quest will also provide professional laboratory management services for nine of Northern Light Health’s hospital laboratories and its cancer centre laboratory at Northern Light Cancer Care in Brewer, Maine. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the nation’s leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced it has completed its previously announced acquisition of select assets of Northern Light Laboratory, the outreach laboratory services business of Northern Light Health, a large integrated healthcare system in Maine.
The collaboration between the two parties is expected to enable physicians and patients throughout Maine to benefit from access to Quest’s industry-leading and highly innovative test menu, network of patient access sites throughout the state, broad health plan coverage, and lower out-of-pocket costs for many services. Quest’s state-of-the-art laboratory in Marlborough, Mass. will provide the majority of advanced and routine clinical testing services for physicians and patients previously served by Northern Light Laboratory.
In addition, Quest now provides professional laboratory management services for nine of Northern Light Health’s hospital laboratories, along with its cancer center laboratory at Northern Light Cancer Care in Brewer, Maine. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.
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