Then, have your specimen collected for the testing you purchased. Licensed professionals from PWNHealth LLC and affiliated professional entities (collectively, PWN) will provide clinical oversight of your lab testing, including ordering your selected tests, when appropriate. You can select and pay for lab tests here.
Look for more information about the AWN here. If you need help paying for the tests you need, our Patient Assistance Program may be able to help.ĭuring your appointment, you may be asked to sign an Advance Written Notice (AWN). Health plans do not cover all healthcare services. In certain cases, for tests that Quest Diagnostics knows are likely not covered based on a health plan’s policies, we’ll issue you an AWN to notify you of your potential financial responsibility, and we’ll ask that you review and sign it if you’d like to proceed with the service(s). If you have questions about your coverage, contact your insurance company.
Your responsibilities typically include copays, deductibles, coinsurance, and any testing services not covered by your plan. Whether you’ll owe a portion of lab testing completely depends on your insurance. We don’t hold your funds and won’t charge you if your insurance pays the full amount. You’ll authorize an amount based on the estimated out-of-pocket cost of your lab test-but we’ll only charge your card if there’s a patient cost after we bill your insurance company. To learn more about the Biopsies Save Lives program, visit will need to provide a credit, debit, or health savings card during your Quest Diagnostics visit. 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.