MOUNT LAUREL, N.J.,
Dec. 17, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Pro
Football Legends, the commercial marketing arm of the National
Football League Alumni, Inc. (NFL Alumni) and Laboratory
Corporation of America® Holdings
(LabCorp®) (NYSE: LH) are pleased to announce that they
have entered into an agreement for LabCorp to be a sponsor of Pro
Football Legends. Under this agreement, LabCorp will offer to
provide diagnostic testing services for NFL Alumni members and
their families.
"This partnership tackles one of our highest priorities, which
is helping our members manage their health needs," said
Joseph Pisarcik, President and CEO
of the NFL Alumni. "Having been a LabCorp patient for many years, I
couldn't be more excited about forging this relationship for the
benefit of our NFL Alumni members and their families."
LabCorp will provide access to a comprehensive range of high
quality diagnostic testing services, including blood work, to NFL
Alumni members and their dependents. This arrangement for
laboratory services follows earlier NFL Alumni initiatives to make
other healthcare services available to its members, such as
prostate and diabetes screening and discounted hearing aid
technology. Although many former NFL players are healthy and
financially secure, others face challenges in their post-football
lives. The NFL Alumni's mission is to serve, assist and inform
former players and their families through medical, financial and
social programs intended to help members lead healthy, productive
lives.
The LabCorp program, which begins this month with the NFL
Alumni's Philadelphia and New
York/New Jersey Chapters, will roll out nationally to all NFL
Alumni chapters in the next 60 days. Laboratory services will
be made available to NFL Alumni members and their dependents who
don't have health insurance.
"LabCorp is excited about this partnership, and we look forward
to working with all NFL Alumni chapters across the U.S.," said
James T. Boyle, Jr., LabCorp's Chief
Operating Officer. "LabCorp and its employees have always been
strong supporters of community-based efforts to expand access to
healthcare, in addition to giving time and resources to support
similar causes. We are pleased to implement this program with
the NFL Alumni and its members."
About the Pro Football Legends
Pro Football Legends is
the commercial marketing name and logo of the NFL Alumni
Association, a nationwide group of former National Football League
players, coaches and other employees whose mission is to serve,
assist and inform former players and their families. The
association offers a variety of medical, financial and social
programs to help members lead healthy, productive and connected
lives, as well as community initiatives under its "Caring for Kids"
programs. For more information please visit www.nflalumni.org.
About
LabCorp®
Laboratory Corporation of America®
Holdings, an S&P 500 company, is a pioneer in commercializing
new diagnostic technologies and the first in its industry to
embrace genomic testing. With annual revenues of $5.8 billion in 2013, over 34,000 employees
worldwide, and more than 220,000 clients, LabCorp offers more than
4,000 tests ranging from routine blood analyses to reproductive
genetics to companion diagnostics. LabCorp furthers its
scientific expertise and innovative clinical testing technology
through its LabCorp Specialty Testing Group: The Center for
Molecular Biology and Pathology, National Genetics Institute,
ViroMed Laboratories, Inc, The Center for Esoteric Testing,
Litholink Corporation, Integrated Genetics, Integrated Oncology,
Dianon Pathology, Monogram Biosciences, Inc, Colorado Coagulation,
Cellmark Forensics, MedTox, and Endocrine Sciences. LabCorp
conducts clinical trials testing through its LabCorp Clinical
Trials division. LabCorp clients include physicians,
government agencies, managed care organizations, hospitals,
clinical labs, and pharmaceutical companies. To learn more about
our organization, visit our website at: www.labcorp.com.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including with respect to estimated 2014 guidance and the impact of
various factors on operating results. Each of the forward-looking
statements is subject to change based on various important factors,
including without limitation, competitive actions in the
marketplace and adverse actions of governmental and other
third-party payers. Actual results could differ materially
from those suggested by these forward-looking statements. Further
information on potential factors that could affect LabCorp's
operating and financial results is included in the Company's Form
10-K for the year ended December 31,
2013, including under the heading risk factors, and in the
Company's other filings with the SEC. The information in this
press release should be read in conjunction with a review of the
Company's filings with the SEC including the information in the
section of the Company's Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and subsequent Forms 10-Q under
the heading MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS.
LabCorp Investor/Media Contact:
Stephen Anderson – 336-436-5076
Media@labcorp.com
Company Information: www.labcorp.com
NFLA Contact:
Jamie
DeVivo – 908-546-7447
jamie@zitopartners.com
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SOURCE NFL Alumni Association