Quest and Premier form testing and services deal:
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Quest Diagnostics is to provide the US healthcare alliance, Premier, with clinical laboratory testing, information and services in a five-year, renewable agreement. Quest will be responsible for testing, customer service, specimen collection and courier services. The Teterboro, New Jersey-based company will also carry out strategic sourcing for Premier's members - Premier's owners and affiliates run more than 1,700 hospitals. Strategic sourcing is aimed at finding the lowest-cost testing site. This agreement is for a 10-year period.