EXPERIENCE

Established in 1993, DPS is a full service pathology consulting and teaching organization designed to add value to your practice through comprehensive medical offerings, strong partnerships with several academic institutions, and active involvement in regulatory and organized medicine within Delaware. With the experience gained in academic and hospital medicine, DPS was created to be the best full service pathology practice in an outpatient setting. We provide the flexibility and the expertise needed for modern personalized and evidence based medicine.

FLEXIBILITY

DPS was established to provide you with the best of two worlds - the convenience of a hospital-based laboratory and the expertise of a private commercial lab. To ensure convenience for patients and the healthcare providers who serve them, DPS has adopted market-based fee schedules and flexible payment models. We accept and provide services to all insurance carriers and charge fees directly to the insurance company and/or contractors. Pathologists are fully responsible for all diagnostic coding, ensuring accuracy and reducing billing errors.

EXPERTISE

• Sophisticated pathology and cytology services with in-house sub-specialty expertise
• Largest offering of pathology and cytology testing services in the region including on-site FNA adequacy
• Expansive in-house esoteric testing with over 100 antibodies
• STD and genetic testing from a single ThinPrep or SurePath vial
• All required breast tumor markers using the most accurate systems available
• Patented Mobile Intraoperative Mobile Consultation Service (MICS) provides point-of-care pathology services for the convenience of our patients and physicians
• USFNA: MICS also includes an ultra sound used by our Interventional Cytopathologist to do FNA of superficial masses and breast lesions in ASCs & physicians' offices; this is a low cost/better service alternative to hospital & imaging center service, 50% of which come back as inadequate.
• Veterinary pathology
• Affiliations with medical and non-medical academic institutions providing CME, internships, clinical rotations, and R&D opportunities
• Expert professional consultation within 24 hours
• Extensive PCR testing to help with personalized medicine
• Oral Pathology with HPV testing and Professional Management Consultation for laboratories around the world

BILLING

• DPS accepts more insurance companies than most commercial labs
• Patients are charged only their copay and are never "balanced-billed"
• Self-pay and charity-care fees among the lowest in the industry
• No overhead fees on credit card or installment payments

SPECIMENS

• Every container is tracked with our electronic Quality Assurance System to ensure safety
• Electronic order entry from your EMR or our web-based physician portal
• Easy to use, color coded paper requisitions take just minutes to complete
• Courier service ensures prompt pickup during business hours
• Convenient, one-stop shopping for cytology, pathology, and molecular diagnostic tests
• Weekend pickup available

RESULTS

• Critical results are immediately reported over the phone
• Variety of result delivery options available including EMR interfaces, web results, and fax
• All tests reported on a single, easy to read report
• Industry-leading turnaround time

• Internal QA reports available

ACCESSIBILITY

• 24/7 direct access to a Pathologist
• The only outpatient Pathology service in Delaware