Certified Women-Owned Testing Laboratories and Services in Missouri

NextGen Diagnostic Services, a Woman Owned and Minority Owned Business, was established in 2020 in Southwest Missouri. Our company was founded with a mission to respond swiftly and effectively to the public health challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Leveraging our mobile testing capabilities, we quickly became a trusted partner in the state’s efforts to control the spread of the virus, providing critical diagnostic services at a time when they were most needed. Our core competencies lie in providing comprehensive diagnostic services, specializing in medical laboratories (NAICS 621511) and miscellaneous ambulatory health care services (NAICS 621999). We offer a diverse range of testing solutions for RSV, Influenza A & B, COVID-19, and all CLIA-waived testing. In addition, we provide electrostatic cleaning, comprehensive courier services, public health education initiatives, enhanced cleaning, harm reduction services, and organization solutions.

We offer Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professionals, Heartsaver Adult CPR/First Aid/AED, and Heartsaver Pediatric CPR/First Aid/AED. The training can occur as a group lesson on-site or off-site for commercial companies and government agencies throughout Missouri State or individuals can join classes that we host.

Palmerton & Parrish, Inc. (PPI) is a Consulting Engineering Firm that specializes in Geotechnical Engineering, Subsurface Drilling, Construction Materials Testing, and Environmental Services. PPI serves our clients with a responsive professional staff; well-trained drilling, field technician, and laboratory technician staff; and an extensive array of construction materials testing and subsurface drilling equipment. PPI was founded in 1989, and is headquartered in Springfield, MO. PPI maintains a constant staffing level of more than 50 full-time employees, who work out of our Springfield, MO headquarters and branch offices in Branson, MO, Joplin, MO, and Tulsa, OK. PPI is recognized as a local and regional leader in areas such as subsurface investigation, foundation design, site development, sinkhole and mine feature evaluation and remediation, geotechnical and environmental drilling, geophysics, pavement evaluation and design, and construction materials testing.