11 Facts About Quest Diagnostics

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Quest Diagnostics maintains collaborative agreements with various hospitals and clinics across the globe.

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Quest Diagnostics offers access to diagnostic testing services for cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease, neurological disorders, COVID-19, and employment and court-ordered drug testing.

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3.

On December 31,1996, Quest Diagnostics became an independent company as a spin-off from Corning.

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Two years later in 1999, Quest Diagnostics added SmithKline Beecham Clinical Laboratories to their subsidiaries; which includes a joint venture ownership with CompuNet Clinical Laboratory.

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Under Rusckowski, Quest Diagnostics teamed up with central New England's largest health care system, UMass Memorial Health Care, to purchase its clinical outreach laboratory.

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6.

In 2016, Quest Diagnostics collaborated with Safeway to bring testing services to twelve of its stores in California, Maryland, Virginia, Texas and Colorado.

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7.

In September 2018, Quest Diagnostics moved its headquarters from Madison, where it was located since 2007, to Secaucus, New Jersey.

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8.

Quest Diagnostics set a record in April 2009 when it paid $302 million to the government to settle a Medicare fraud case alleging the company sold faulty medical testing kits.

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In May 2011, Quest Diagnostics paid $241 million to the state of California to settle a False Claims Act case that alleged the company had overcharged Medi-Cal, the state's Medicaid program, and provided illegal kickbacks as incentives for healthcare providers to use Quest Diagnostics labs.

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10.

In 2018, Quest Diagnostics was among a number of US based labs linked to inaccuracies of over 200 women's cervical smear tests for CervicalCheck, Ireland's national screening programme.

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Audits of the testing performed by Quest Diagnostics showed a high rate of errors in analysis of samples which led to lawsuits and a government inquiry.

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