Quest Diagnostics Completes Acquisition Of Mid America Clinical Laboratories, Now Provides Professional Lab Management For Nearly 30 Hospitals Of Community Health Network And Ascension St. Vincent In Indiana

Secaucus, NJ and Indianapolis, IN /PRNewswire/ - Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of its joint venture partners' interests in Mid America Clinical Laboratories ("MACL").

Quest now wholly owns MACL's laboratory in Indianapolis and approximately 50 patient service centers across Indiana. Quest also now provides professional lab management services for about 30 hospitals owned and operated by Community Health Network and Ascension St. Vincent in Indiana. Community Health Network and Ascension St. Vincent are formerly joint venture partners in MACL. In addition, AmeriPath, the specialty pathology business of Quest Diagnostics, will continue to provide services to these hospitals and broadly across Indiana.

With the completed transaction, patients and providers in Indiana now have direct access to a broader menu of innovative clinical laboratory and pathology services to patients and providers in Indiana.

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