NEW YORK – Quest Diagnostics said on Monday that it has entered an agreement to acquire the outreach laboratory services business of healthcare system Mercy.
With the acquisition, Quest will pick up the business from 29 Mercy hospital labs and two independent clinic labs servicing patients and providers throughout Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma.
Testing formerly done by Mercy's outreach business will be done at Quest's laboratory in Lenexa, Kansas and a network of rapid response labs throughout the region.