Diagnostic Information Services revenue rose 1.9%. Revenue per requisition declined 0.8% while requisition volume increased 2%.
Steve Rusckowski, Chairman, President and CEO said, “We grew revenues and continued to deliver strong earnings growth in the third quarter. We had a productive quarter, announcing three acquisitions and a Professional Lab Services agreement. We are updating our full-year revenue guidance to reflect lower than expected revenue performance this year, which has been affected in large part by industry headwinds we called out in the previous quarter. Looking ahead, our acquisition pipeline, along with our expanding health plan access, including UnitedHealthcare beginning January 1, position us well for growth in 2019.”
Quest Diagnostics profit jumps 14% in Q2
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Quest revised its outlook for full-year 2018. The company lowered its revenue guidance to approx. $7.62 billion from the previous range of $7.70 billion to $7.74 billion. This reflects a revenue growth of around 3% versus the prior range of 4-4.5%.
Reported diluted EPS is now expected to come in between $5.57 and $5.64 versus the previous outlook of $5.50 to $5.64. Adjusted diluted EPS is expected to be $6.53 to $6.60 versus the prior outlook of $6.53 to $6.67.