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But Joe Neely, chief executive officer of Any Lab Test Now, a growing franchise chain of storefront testing centers, says a patient is more likely to waste money on cholesterol screening by going through their doctor.”You have to make an appointment through the doctor to go into their office or to a lab collection center to get the same test that direct-accessing testing can do by walking right into our center. You can have the actual report within 24 hours in many cases. And youre going to be charged as much as 80 percent less than you will if you go through the doctor and get whatever discount your insurance allows,” he said.”The physicians worry that were going to misdiagnose, but for the most part, we dont see sick people,” Neely added. “The people that we see are people who want to take care of themselves, are reasonably healthy and want to stay that way.”Neely said the franchises offer about 1,500 different tests, ranging from simple cholesterol checks and screening for sexually transmitted diseases to more elaborate wellness panels that can feature multiple tests. The centers also can arrange genetic tests, even “infidelity” tests on strands of hair as well as weight loss programs managed by part-time physicians working for the centers.Any Lab Test Now started with several outlets in the Atlanta area nearly 20 years ago, but only started franchising in 2008. Neely said there are now about 95 stores, and he anticipates up to 200 more outlets opening in the next year.

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