AP Lab Associates is not a laboratory. We match nursing homes, wound care teams, ACOs and physician groups with CLIA-certified, COLA-accredited specialty labs, then manage collection, pickup and results so your staff can stay with patients.
We coordinate every handoff, and you have one person to call at any point along the way.
Your staff or a mobile phlebotomist we coordinate collects the specimen, using supplies we keep stocked.
A courier collects from your facility and delivers to the laboratory.
A CLIA-certified, COLA-accredited laboratory logs the specimen in and begins testing.
The result is posted to a secure web portal within 24 hours of lab receipt.
The 24-hour turnaround is measured from the time the laboratory receives the specimen. Studies that need longer incubation or growth time, such as some cultures, take longer.
A short conversation about your patient population, test volume, current turnaround and what is not working today.
We place your testing with a laboratory from our network that fits your specialty and volume, and set up supplies, portal access and a pickup schedule.
One dedicated representative handles questions, logistics and anything that goes wrong, for as long as you work with us.
Wound culture and sensitivity testing through a CLIA-certified, COLA-accredited specialty laboratory. Molecular microbiology methods identify bacterial targets, including resistant organisms, to guide antibiotic selection.
Molecular results are returned within 24 hours of lab receipt.
Ask about wound testing
Respiratory, gastrointestinal, urinary and wound pathogen panels. Viral and bacterial targets are identified by PCR, with resistance profiling to support your antibiotic stewardship program.
Ask about PCR panels
Dedicated lab service for skilled nursing, long-term care and home health. We coordinate mobile phlebotomy, supply management and courier pickup, with STAT capability and results delivered through a secure web portal.
Ask about facility programsChronic disease monitoring and preventive screening panels, with consolidated reporting that supports quality metrics and care coordination.
Documentation guidance, payer credentialing assistance and coding review to reduce audit risk and keep reimbursement moving.
Testing programs built with your clinical and administrative leadership, from a single-facility pilot to a multi-site rollout.
From a single facility to a regional network.
No. We do not run tests. We place your testing with CLIA-certified, COLA-accredited laboratories and manage the working relationship between your facility and the lab.
You can. Facilities work with us because they get one person who knows their account, a lab chosen for their specialty and volume, and someone to sort out pickups, supplies and missing results without their nurses spending time on hold.
Orders and results go through the laboratory's secure web portal. We set up accounts for your staff and show them how to use it.
Within 24 hours of the laboratory receiving the specimen. Studies that need longer incubation or growth time, such as some cultures, take longer.
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Every arrangement we facilitate is structured around the federal Anti-Kickback Statute safe harbors and the requirements of the Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act (EKRA).
We support your team with documentation guidance, payer credentialing assistance and coding review, so your facility is prepared if it is audited.
Founder & Principal
Peter founded AP Lab Associates in 2020, after starting his career in clinical research at Nemours/A.I. duPont Hospital for Children. He has built and run laboratories from the inside. As co-founder and chief operating officer of a CLIA/COLA-certified clinical laboratory, he led its acquisition, opened more than 50 testing sites across the country and cut result turnaround by 30 percent.
He also co-founded a rural health system, where he opened a clinical laboratory alongside three other service lines, and served as chief operating officer of a molecular diagnostics company. He brings that operator's knowledge of ordering, logistics, billing and compliance to every facility AP Lab Associates works with.
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