Quest Diagnostics

Quest Diagnostics Incorporated is a corporation based in the United States that provides clinical laboratory services, it runs operations in United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil, Puerto Rico and a laboratory in India and also has collaborative agreements internationally with various hospitals and clinics. It is a member of the Fortune 500 and the S&P 500. Their corporate headquarters are located in Madison, New Jersey. The company has approximately 43,000 employees. The company has over $7.5 billion dollars in revenue and offers access to diagnostic testing services for cancer, cardiovascular disease, infectious disease and neurological disorders.

The company has been listed on Fortune Magazine’s "World’s Most Admired Companies" since 2008. In addition, the company has been named listed on the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and North America Index and is consistently recognized as among the nation’s healthiest employers. The company’s products have been recognized by the Edison Institute for Leadership in Diagnostic Innovation. The company’s "Quest Diagnostics Health Trends" reports identify and track trends in disease and wellness, they are made available as a public service to inform patients, health professionals and policy-makers about the current status of the nation's health The Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index, published twice each year, is a comprehensive source of information on workplace drug use

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. It was the largest qui tam (whistleblower) settlement paid by a medical lab for manufacturing and distributing a faulty product. In May 2011, Quest paid $241 million to the state of California to settle a False Claims Act case that alleged the company had overcharged MediCal, the state’s medical aid program for low-income individuals, and provided illegal kickbacks as incentives for healthcare providers to use Quest labs.

One thing this company also does is that they send free test kits too all sorts of different companies. I am not sure but I think they may even send them overseas. My dad actually worked for a company that worked with quest diagnostics or well all I know is that my dad worked for a company that ordered from quest diagnostics.

There clinics also collect specimen’s. They get them back be either fed exing them back or a courier goes and picks them up then brings them back. They may have some sort of other transportation but if they do I do not know what they are.

The company does many sorts of tests. They do urine tests (which is basically pee tests), blood tests, hair tests, saliva tests (which are basically spit test, they test your spit to see if you have a disease or the flu), tissue testing, DNA tests, illness tests, drug tests, and stool tests (stool is another word for poop so basically you poop in a cup.

My mom is even temping at a place that associate’s with quest diagnostics. She places orders for test kits into a computer and sends them out. I think she likes this company so far.