SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): October 3, 2006
Quest Diagnostics Incorporated
1290 Wall Street West
Lyndhurst, NJ 07071
(201) 393-5000
001-12215
(Commission file number)
Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
16-1387862
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
Item 8.01. Other Events
The following information is filed pursuant to “Item 8.01 Other Events.”
On October 3, 2006, the Company disclosed that it will not be a national contracted provider of laboratory services to UnitedHealthcare beginning January 1, 2007. UnitedHealthcare accounts for approximately 7% of the Company’s revenues. Quest Diagnostics expects to continue to service UnitedHealthcare’s members in certain markets as a contracted provider and in other markets as a non-contracted provider. The Company cannot estimate at this time the financial impact of not being a contracted provider on a national basis.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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Exhibit |
99.1 Press release of Quest Diagnostics Incorporated dated October 3, 2006 announcing it will not be a national contracted provider of laboratory services to UnitedHealthcare health plans beginning January 1, 2007.
Signature
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| October 3, 2006 | |||
| QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INCORPORATED | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert A. Hagemann | ||
| Robert A. Hagemann Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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