Northern Light completes deal to outsource diagnostics to Quest

Photo / Fernando Zhiminaicela, Pixabay Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a Secaucus, N.J.-based clinical lab with a national footprint, will handle diagnostic testing across Maine for Northern Light Health under a deal that has just been completed.

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By Renee Cordes

Northern Light Health is an itegrated health care system comprising 10 member hospitals with 987 licensed beds; a single physician-led medical group; eight nursing homes with 585 long-term beds; five emergency transport members and 37 primary care locations. The company employs more than 12,000 people in Maine.

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Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), a Secaucus, N.J.-based diagnostic information services provider with a national footprint, said Monday that it has completed the acquisition of select assets of Northern Light Laboratory, the outreach laboratory services business of Brewer-based Northern Light Health.

The outsourcing deal, announced in November, will pave the way for doctors and patients throughout Maine to access Quest's industry-leading and highly innovative test menu, network of patient access sites statewide, broad health plan coverage, and lower out-of-pocket costs for many services, according to Quest.

Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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 is now providing 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. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

“Diagnostic testing is a highly specialized and rapidly evolving area of medicine,” Timothy J. Dentry, president and CEO of Northern Light Health, said in November's announcement. “By collaborating with Quest Diagnostics, the industry leader, Northern Light Health positions itself to deliver the highest level of diagnostic innovation, service and affordability while energizing our core focus on patient care.”