![]() You can upload your lab order during the in-home collection scheduling process. Click Book Now to go to the Quest Mobile website and schedule an appointment. ![]() When you schedule your appointment for certain tests, if your testing type can be done at your home, you will see a message about in-home collections by Quest Mobile. Please check with the service provider and your insurance company to determine coverage and out-of-pocket costs. Note: At-home specimen collection may include an additional cost. ![]() Quest Diagnostics currently offers in-home appointments in a limited area through either Quest Mobile™ or Getlabs. The technician will draw your labs and deliver them to Quest Diagnostics. To learn more about the Biopsies Save Lives program, visit you live in certain zip codes and the specimen collection for your test can be done at home, you might be able to set up an appointment to have a technician come to your home or place of business to collect the specimen. Rare Disease Day is an observance held on the last day of February to raise awareness of rare diseases and improve access to treatment and medical representation for individuals with rare diseases and their families. “This is a great, real-world example of how we are working together to create a healthier world, one life at a time, and highlights the positive impact our work has on patients,” said Cynita Smith-Watson, Senior Manager, Regional Contracting for Q4HE. Through Biopsies Save Lives, patients better understand their blistering diseases, how to ask their providers questions, and are connected to expert dermatologists. The no-cost laboratory testing that Quest is providing has been critical for our patients, and the support has been a blessing for underserved communities with erosive and blistering diseases in Los Angeles County.” “Biopsies Save Lives breaks down financial barriers to laboratory testing and turns the scariest part of healthcare-waiting for results from a potentially life-changing test-into one that is most welcoming, supportive, and educational. “We are very thankful to Quest Diagnostics and their Quest for Health Equity initiative for supporting the Biopsies Save Lives program,” said WesternU Health Oral Pathology Laboratory Director Mark Mintline, DDS. Since the collaboration between Q4HE and WesternU started, the Biopsies Save Lives program has helped lead to the potentially life-saving diagnosis of 3 patients affected by these rare diseases. ![]() The program offers no-cost testing to patients who are low-income, uninsured, and/or underinsured and who also have rare erosive and blistering diseases, and enables faster diagnosis and treatment of these conditions. Last year, we announced that Quest Diagnostics teamed up with Western University of Health Sciences (WesternU) to offer no-cost diagnostic testing services to support Biopsies Save Lives as part of the Quest for Health Equity (Q4HE) initiative. In honor of Rare Disease Day on February 29, we’re highlighting a program dedicated to diagnosing and treating patients in underserved communities in Southern California affected by the rare autoimmune diseases pemphigus and pemphigoid, which can be life-threatening if left untreated.
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