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Quest Diagnostics CMO Dr. Yuri Fesko joins Value Health Voices to decode the Clinical Laboratory Fee Schedule, the impact of PAMA and SALSA, and the future of precision medicine.

As Quest Diagnostics President and CEO Jim Davis noted at the 44th Annual JP Morgan Healthcare Conference last week, the RESULTS Act still needed to go through markup in a House subcommittee, then receive consideration in the Senate, undergo a technical feasibility assessment by the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and then receive a score from the Congressional Budget Office. "That's a lot of work to be done in 18 days," he said. Davis added, however, that he is "optimistic that the RESULTS Act will get passed in 2026" and that Congress will pass a temporary delay as long as the RESULTS Act is making progress toward passage.

Quest and Labcorp may be archrivals in the diagnostic testing market, but they appear to agree on at least one thing: the potential demand for quick, at-home testing for women’s sexual health. The lab giants, in separate agreements announced Thursday, Jan. 8, have added Visby Medical’s newly approved, fully at-home PCR test for sexually transmitted infections to their lineup of direct-to-consumer women’s health offerings.

Southfield, Mich.-based Corewell Health and Secaucus, N.J.-based Quest Diagnostics have finalized a lab joint venture and hospital lab management agreement. Quest Diagnostics and Corewell Health’s existing labs will continue to provide services to the joint venture until a 100,000-square-foot centralized lab at the Corewell Health Southfield Center opens in the first quarter of 2027. The new facility will feature advanced diagnostic technologies, including high-throughput molecular testing and automated microbiology.

Quest Diagnostics handles the blood and other biological specimens of one in three Americans every year — and much of the testing, processing and logistics of those samples runs largely unseen through Tampa Bay.

AI, new diagnostics, and shifting care delivery models are among the clinical laboratory predictions for 2026. Cardiometabolic testing is one example, where labs are being asked to look beyond single endpoints. “In 2025, we saw many individuals focus on weight loss as a means of potentially improving their cardiometabolic health,” says Mouris Saghir, PhD, vice president and general manager for cardiometabolic, endocrine, and wellness at Quest Diagnostics.

Lab testing companies including giants Quest Diagnostics and LabCorp are pressing Congress to stop hundreds of millions of dollars of Medicare cuts for diagnostic tests that are due to take effect at the end of January. Their push could add to the health care issues piling up on lawmakers' plates as the calendar flips over. Clinical lab companies say letting the cuts take effect will leave them with less money to spend on creating new diagnostics or technologies to generate quicker results. "Labs play a critical part in trying to keep the nation well — identifying that risk before it ever even happens," said Yuri Fesko, chief medical officer at Quest.

Quest Diagnostics, a cancer treatment laboratory located in Lewisville, was honored by the Lewisville City Council after developing a medical breakthrough that could decrease the risk of diseases returning to treated patients. The laboratory was recognized for its achievement in developing Haystack MRD, a non-invasive, tumor-informed MRD test that searches for tiny tumor fragments in people who have previously or currently have a solid tumor.

In our latest podcast, Elizabeth Marlowe, PhD, D(ABMM), discusses the findings of Quest Diagnostics' large US HIV testing study, which showed a significant decline in HIV drug resistance across major antiretroviral classes, reflecting the impact of modern high-barrier therapies and improved viral suppression.

Even though exercise is good for us, working out can sometimes feel stressful: fitting in time for the gym, making sure we have clean workout clothes, monitoring our daily step count, pushing our runs, rides, and reps to be faster, harder, and just, well, more. If this sounds familiar, you’ll be pleased (and surprised!) to know that the latest fitness trend is all about doing less. If this sounds familiar, you’ll be pleased (and surprised!) to know that the latest fitness trend is all about doing less. In fact, it’s not a traditional workout at all—but it does have some legit benefits for physical health and mental wellbeing. “Getting up and moving around is good for your mental health,” says Marc Penn, M.D., Ph.D., FACC, a senior advisor and medical director of cardio-metabolic endocrine at Quest Diagnostics. Low-intensity activity can improve mood. Plus, clutter can add to stress and mental health issues, so if you’re using your Zone Zero time to tidy up, you get a two-for-one.