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Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics see solid growth on the horizon for laboratory companies as health systems try to blunt financial headwinds and patients seek more on-demand services. After acquiring lab assets from systems such as Minneapolis-based Allina Health, Columbus, Ohio-based OhioHealth, Franklin, Tennessee-based Community Health Systems and Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Parkview Health, the two dominant national commercial laboratory companies have set their focus on broadening test menus and direct-to-patient offerings.

Quest Diagnostics announced that Apple Health app users across most of the United States will be able to conveniently purchase a tailored Quest laboratory test panel that includes over 50 biomarkers directly through the app on iPhone and iPad later this year. The Quest laboratory panel is designed to deliver preventive health insights and includes biomarkers for assessing cardiometabolic health and organ function.

Medicare’s expansion of coverage for A1c for diabetes screening in 2024 was followed by significant increases in use of the test and detection of prediabetes, new data showed. The researchers compared laboratory data from Quest Diagnostics from January 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, with data from the same period in 2024-2025. “This is the first study I’m aware of that specifically looks at how the testing patterns changed after Medicare adopted the rule,” said co-investigator Jason Ng, MD, clinical professor of medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh.

Cardiologist Dr. Marc Penn joins Good Day DC. to discuss how new, advanced testing can reveal hidden cardiovascular risks that standard cholesterol panels often overlook.

Now, for the first time, you can test your biological age when you get your next round of blood work. Humanity Health Inc. and Quest Diagnostics are launching “Humanity Biological Age.” This test is available in the U.S. via questhealth.com. It’s a $29 add-on to certain existing Quest blood panels (like the Elite Health Profile or Men’s/Women’s Comprehensive Health Profiles) with no extra blood draw needed.