For more than 20 years, AMS has provided laboratory services to our various healthcare and industrial clients in a partnership that has emphasized Quality, Accuracy, Convenience, Speed, and Economy. Always striving with dedication and flexibility to remain focused on the individual needs of each client partner, as we become an extension of their healthcare operation.

Technical Services:

AMS accepts a broad spectrum of tests covering the specialties of:

• Microbiology
• Immunology
• Chemistry
• Hematology
• Toxicology
• Blood Bank
• Histology and CytoPathology

Our main production laboratory is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The majority of testing is performed on-site which allows AMS to achieve rapid turnaround time and produce highly monitored quality results.

Support Services:

Courier System
AMS courier service is available throughout Kansas and the neighboring states. In the Wichita area, courier service is provided to client offices at various times throughout the day, as well as responding to client calls for STAT pickup and testing. AMS also utilizes contract couriers who provide regional service to our clients. These contractors have performed specimen pickup services with an extremely high degree of accuracy, dependability, and promptness. Our uniformed couriers are prompt and courteous, and logistics are established to optimize specimen integrity from pickup to laboratory delivery.

Client In-Service Training
When you choose to use AMS for your laboratory service, the AMS Sales and Service Representative will conduct in-office training on use of all AMS forms, specimen preparation and packaging, establish courier pickup times, and discuss our commitment to HIPAA and Compliance. The AMS representative will also acquaint you with the service guide, NCD/LMRP book, and the various options available for ordering tests and receiving reports.

Supplies
All supplies required by the client to refer testing to AMS are supplied to the client at no charge. All request forms are preprinted and contain unique peel-off specimen identification labels.

Service Guide
The AMS service guide in printed form contains an extensive listing of tests and the information associated with each test. The service guide is also provided in various other formats such as CD and on this Web site. The Web site will generally contain the latest updates and should be your preferred method of obtaining accurate test information.

Specimen Processing
Specimen processing performs all pre-analytical processes such as determining specimen adequacy and sample integrity, time stamping arrival to the laboratory, data order entry, distribution to test production centers, and specimen archival and retrieval. This department is continuously monitored to maximize efficiency and ensure the accuracy of specimen processing.

Client Service Visitations
Our sales and marketing representative will periodically or on specific request visit your facility to handle any concerns or questions about our service. They will also provide physicians and staff with any new information about testing or new tests, and provide the latest information on compliance and HIPAA issues.

Client Service Center
All service-related issues are continually monitored by our CSR’s and given immediate response to your needs. Client service representatives have full access to the computer system and can answer questions about specimen requirements, testing schedules, reference ranges, test results, supply orders, and any special courier requirements. Client services works closely with the sales and service staff, Pathologists, and all departments of the laboratory to coordinate client needs.

Communication of Changes
To keep our clients up-to-date on the ever-changing laboratory environment, announcements of new tests, new methodologies, specimen requirements, compliance, and HIPAA, will be posted to this Web site under the appropriate menu. We will also send written notification of the above via courier, billing statement enclosures, or by mail.

Transmitting Test Reports
Reports can be received by a teleprinter or fax located in the client office. Couriers may also deliver results when picking up specimens. The preferred method of receiving reports is via the Internet using the new AMS Lab Portal connectivity portal. You can view a demonstration of Lab Portal on this Web site.