DNA Direct Acquired by Medco Health Solutions

Alon Salant ·

Medco Health Solutions and Carbon Five client DNA Direct announced earlier this month that DNA Direct has been acquired by Medco. Congratulations to everyone on the DNA Direct team on this new opportunity to extend their genomic medicine and health care services to an exponentially greater audience.

Among other initiatives, Carbon Five worked with DNA Direct to roll out their first release of, as founder and CEO Ryan Phelan describes it, “the first genetic guidance program for a top five health plan with Humana, facilitating prior authorization and providing clinical services to ensure appropriate testing with lower out of pocket costs from the right lab.”