National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

Company Name

Job Title

Website

What STI and HIV self-collection and mail-order test company do you represent?

Ash Wellness

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Email address

emma@poweredbyash.com

What do you test for? (Check all the apply)

Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, HIV, HBV, HCV, HPV, Gardnerella vaginalis, Mycoplasma, Ureaplasma, HSV 1/2, creatinine (PrEP testing)

What is the cost per test kit?

$30 - $130 (varies by panel, sites, and volume)

Do you accept insurance?

What collection/anatomical sites does your test swab? (Check all that apply)

Throat/Pharynx

Vagina

Rectum

Urethrogenital

Blood

Urinalysis

What sample/specimen is collected? (Check all that apply)

Urine

Blood

Saliva

Stool

Do you send reminder(s) for sample collection?

Yes

If yes, via what avenues? (Check all that apply)

Text

Call

Certified Mail

Do you send reminder(s) for sending back the kit?

Yes

If yes, via what avenues? (Check all that apply)

Text

Call

Certified Mail

Is the laboratory in-house or are specimens sent to an outside/contracted lab?

Yes

When are results uploaded to the portal or available to the patient/LHD (i.e., 2-5 days)?

An average of 2 days once lab has received sample

Who can receive results?

Patient, Local Health Department, We customize programs to fit into health departments needs, ensuring linkage to care. Results can be sent to the patient, provider, care team etc. Our lab partners report positive results to the state.

Do you follow up or provide guidance to patients who test results are reactive or positive?

Yes

If yes, do you offer telehealth or virtual clinical consultation?

Yes

Are self-collect instructions available upon kit activation?

Yes

Do you provide training or any onboarding offerings for new users interfacing with your platform?

Yes

Are clinicians/providers (e.g., nurses, physician assistant or medical doctors) available through your platform to address user/patient's questions or concerns?

Yes

Do you offer medication?

Program dependent

What medication options are available to the patient?

E-prescription sent to a pharmacy, Direct referrals to the local health department for treatment

What is the cost for mail-order medication?

Do you offer partner services?

According to the CDC, an important part of Partner Services is partner notification, a process through which infected persons are interviewed to elicit information about their partners, who can then be confidentially notified of their possible exposure or potential risk.

Yes

Do you have any partnerships with local health departments (LHDs) or community-based organizations (CBOs)?

Yes

If yes, please share the LHDs and CBOs that you are partnered with?

Fulton County Board of Health, Florida Health Orange County, Gay Mens Health Crisis, and more

Does your platform have the ability to integrate with public health Electronic Health Records (EHR) and surveillance systems?

Yes

If yes, which EHR systems?

All via Redox or direct API, HL7/FHIR integrations

Are you willing to contract with an LHD?

Yes

Interested in becoming one!

Are you an affiliate business partner with NACCHO?

Interested in becoming one!

Who is your point-of-contact for LHDs to contact for procurement or partnership opportunities?

Emma Rayner (emma@poweredbyash.com)

Any comments?

Ash Wellness enables white-label self-collection testing in all 50 states. We are on a mission to make healthcare more inclusive and accessible by removing the barriers people experience within the legacy lab model. Clients integrate with our API-first platform or use our quick-launch portals and white-label collection kits customized to enhance their offering. With Ash you can tap a single point of access to our network of CLIA/CAP certified lab partners that are best in class for self-collection testing and your patients can conveniently self-collect samples (blood, stool, saliva, urine, etc) to test for 150+ diagnostic markers. Ash is LGBTQ+ friendly!

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