PTI Health

What PTI Health does

PTI Health (Professional Technicians, Inc.) is a mobile phlebotomy and specimen-collection services company founded in 1998 and headquartered in Newark, Delaware. The company dispatches certified phlebotomists to patient locations to collect blood and other specimens from homebound individuals, nursing home residents, and rehabilitation facility patients, then transports samples to major clinical laboratories (Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics) for processing. PTI operates across eight U.S. states — Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Florida — and serves over 1,000 patients per day, with cumulative volume exceeding 2 million blood draws since inception. The business is led by founder and President Wayne Meadows.

The company's revenue model blends three streams: (1) insurance billing (Medicare and commercial) for medically homebound patients, where the blood draw is reimbursed; (2) direct-pay at $50 per visit for non-homebound patients; and (3) standing-order and facility-level arrangements with healthcare providers and nursing homes. Distribution is referral-driven: providers submit orders via fax, email, or a HIPAA-compliant Provider Portal, with patients also able to self-request service through a Patient Portal; LabCorp Link integration (test code 998259) enables electronic order submission and results retrieval. The technology stack is operational rather than AI-enabled, consisting of the two portals plus lab integration. Adjacent service lines include On-Site Staffing, Clinical Trials Support, and HEDIS Gap Closure Programs.

PTI Health was acquired in 2025 by DocGo Inc. (NASDAQ: DCGO), a publicly traded mobile health and healthcare logistics company, and now operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary branded "PTI Health by DocGo." In June 2026 the company announced expansion into Southern Florida (Broward and Palm Beach counties) through an expanded partnership with a major national clinical laboratory partner, with management indicating the new market is expected to deliver margin profiles consistent with existing steady-state operations.

Name

PTI Health

Legal name

Professional Technicians, Inc.

Website

https://ptihealth.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

PTI Health provides mobile phlebotomy and specimen collection services for homebound, nursing home, and rehabilitation patients across eight U.S. states, with samples processed by Labcorp and Quest Diagnostics. Acquired by DocGo Inc. in 2025, the company operates as a wholly-owned subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Phlebotomy Services

NAICS

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories (6215)

SIC

Services-Home Health Care Services (8082)

akta.pro primary industry

Lab Draws, Specimen Collection & Point-of-Care Testing (In-Home) (HSABACAN)

akta.pro secondary industry

Clinical Trial Sample Collection & Site Phlebotomy Services (HLAGACAJ)

Keywords

• Mobile phlebotomy services
• Home blood draw
• Specimen collection services
• Mobile laboratory testing
• Homebound patient lab services

Headquarters

HQ city

Newark

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Insurance Billing for Homebound Patients: For medically homebound patients, insurance (including Medicare) covers blood draw services. Laboratory (Labcorp or Quest) bills insurance separately for testing.
2. Direct Pay for Non-Homebound Patients: Patients who are not medically homebound pay $50.00 per visit directly for mobile blood draw services.
3. Enterprise/Standing Orders: Ongoing mobile laboratory services for healthcare providers and nursing homes with recurring orders for patient care.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

PTI Health provides mobile laboratory and medical supply delivery services, dispatching certified phlebotomists to the homes of homebound patients and to nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities across the Mid-Atlantic, Northeast, and South Florida. Phlebotomists collect blood and other specimens at the patient location and transport the samples to Labcorp or Quest Diagnostics for processing, with results delivered to the ordering provider. The company also offers supplemental on-site phlebotomy and medical technician staffing, clinical trial specimen collection, and HEDIS gap closure programs.

Product overview

PTI Health by DocGo is a mobile healthcare services provider offering a portfolio of at-home medical testing and staffing solutions. The core offering is Mobile Laboratory/Mobile Blood Draw Services, which provides certified phlebotomists who travel to homebound and nursing home patients to collect specimens for delivery to LabCorp or Quest Diagnostics. Additional services include On-Site Staffing (supplemental phlebotomists and medical technicians for healthcare facilities), Clinical Trials Support (specimen collection for research trials), and HEDIS Gap Closure Programs (quality measure improvement services). The company serves patients across Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania through a network of mobile technicians.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mobile Laboratory / Mobile Blood Draw Services Core mobile phlebotomy service in which certified phlebotomists travel to the homes of homebound patients and to nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities to collect blood and other specimens. Samples are delivered the same day to Labcorp or Quest Diagnostics for processing, with results returned to the ordering provider. Medically homebound patients are billed through insurance; non-homebound patients pay $50.00 per visit.
• On-Site Staffing

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 2 million at-home blood draws and specimen collections performed since 1998
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Major National Clinical Laboratory PartnercoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 3 June 2026DocGo/PTI Health announced expansion of relationship with major national clinical laboratory partner to cover mobile phlebotomy services throughout the Southeast region, working with the lab's existing network of medical practice customers. This partnership enables geographic expansion into Southern Florida and broader Southeast coverage.
• LabcorpcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLabcorp is a major clinical laboratory partner that processes specimens collected by PTI Health mobile phlebotomists. Labcorp handles insurance billing for the testing services while PTI provides the mobile specimen collection component.
• Quest DiagnosticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerQuest Diagnostics is a major clinical laboratory partner that processes specimens collected by PTI Health mobile phlebotomists. Quest handles insurance billing for the testing services while PTI provides the mobile specimen collection component.
• DocGo Inc.coreOthersDocGo, a publicly traded healthcare logistics company providing mobile health services, remote patient monitoring, and ambulance services, acquired PTI Health in 2025. PTI operates as a subsidiary under the DocGo brand.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Sprinter Health: Mobile healthcare company providing in-home blood draws, vitals checks, and other preventive services to homebound and senior patients. Closely comparable model: phlebotomist-led home visits, payer/provider relationships, and lab partnerships.
• Getlabs: Direct competitor offering mobile phlebotomy and at-home specimen collection services with a similar model of dispatching phlebotomists to patient homes and delivering samples to partner laboratories.
• DocGo: Public parent company (NASDAQ:DCGO) that acquired PTI Health in 2025. Provides mobile health services, remote patient monitoring, and ambulance transport — overlapping mobile healthcare delivery model and customer base (homebound and post-acute patients).

Broad incumbents

• BioReference Laboratories: Regional and specialty clinical laboratory offering patient service centers and mobile phlebotomy options. Comparable as a diagnostic lab with home-collection services, though with a different geographic and customer mix.
• Quest Diagnostics: The other named PTI lab partner. As one of the largest U.S. clinical laboratory networks, Quest has overlapping capability in phlebotomy and specimen processing, but its core business is high-volume centralized lab testing rather than mobile home collection.
• Labcorp: One of two named PTI lab partners that processes specimens and bills insurance. As a national clinical laboratory incumbent with broader diagnostic capabilities, it overlaps in the specimen-collection-and-processing value chain but at vastly greater scale.

Emerging players

• DispatchHealth: In-home medical care provider offering acute, post-acute, and diagnostic services delivered to patients' homes. Overlaps with PTI's home-based care delivery model and similar patient populations, though DispatchHealth's scope is broader and clinically deeper.
• Tasso: Developer of at-home blood collection devices used in clinical trials and remote patient monitoring. Adjacent to PTI's mobile phlebotomy model — if Tasso-style devices gain adoption, they could partially substitute for phlebotomist visits.
• LetsGetChecked: Direct-to-consumer at-home testing company. Partial overlap with PTI's mobile specimen collection model, though LetsGetChecked typically relies on self-collection kits rather than certified phlebotomists traveling to homes.

Others

• LabConnect: Central laboratory and specimen management services provider for clinical trials. Adjacent to PTI's Clinical Trials Support offering — both serve trial sponsors, but LabConnect operates as a lab aggregator while PTI is a mobile collection layer.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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