Supporting Addiction Medicine Clinicians
Bring Compliant Toxicology Testing
In-House With Confidence
From startup to audit-readiness, Lighthouse Lab Services helps addiction medicine providers bring testing in-house without compromising compliance, defensibility, or clinical integrity.
Toxicology Testing Designed for Compliance and Defensibility
Lighthouse Lab Services has launched 300+ laboratories nationwide, guiding physician groups through every step from concept to go-live. Whether you’re starting fresh or adding testing to an existing addiction medicine practice, our team helps you avoid costly delays while keeping patient care and complaince at the forefront every step of the way.
300+
Laboratories Started
150+
Lighthouse’s Industry Experts
2,000+
Laboratory Clients
200+
Laboratories Managed
Toxicology Expertise That Goes Beyond Equipment
Toxicology labs require more than instrumentation. They require precision and defensibility. Because in today’s regulatory environment, how you order and document testing matters just as much as the results themselves. That’s why we don’t offer one-size-fits-all solutions.
Lab Design & Launch
We design and launch toxicology laboratories tailored to addiction medicine workflows, ensuring your test menu, instrumentation, and processes align with how you treat and monitor patients.
Quality Management & Compliance
Our team of consultants will implement quality systems and compliance programs that meet CLIA and accreditation standards while addressing the heightened scrutiny around toxicology testing.
Audit-Proof RCM & Coding
We build revenue cycle and coding best practices specifically for addiction medicine, ensuring claims are accurate, supported, and aligned with payer expectations and minimize denials.
Staffing & Lab Director Placement
We will help you build a team of qualified toxicology professionals so you are completely staffed. From medical lab technicians to lab directors, we will provide the best quality perm or temp candidates in the timeliest manner.
Medical Necessity & Ordering
Our team will establish ordering protocols and documentation practices that support medical necessity in addiction treatment settings. This ensures your testing is appropriate and aligned with payer utilization policies.
Method Validation
Our team will assist in writing standard operation procedures (SOPs), method development, and/or validation of the equipment. We will make sure your staff is trained on how to run specimens properly.
Get Started with Your Physician Office Toxicology Laboratory
Build a Toxicology Testing Program You Can Stand Behind
Our Technical Consulting
Management Team
Our Team is highly qualified across various specialties within the medical laboratory industry. They will guide your lab throughout the process and ensure the technical and scientific aspects of your lab meet compliance standards.
Chief Consulting Officer
Megan White Younts
Megan brings over a decade of industry experience in laboratory operations and management, with biology, toxicology, and entomology degrees. She has personally overseen the build-out, and go-live of more than 50 toxicology and 60 molecular laboratories in more than 30 states across the nation.
Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Sarah Harris, PhD, TC(NRCC)
Dr. Sarah Harris managed daily laboratory operations for a leading national reference lab processing more than 50,000 samples per month. She also oversaw the development and implementation of methodologies for clinical testing that reduced costs by more than 20%.
Director of Consulting
Matt Thacker
Matt has 5 years of research and 9 years of clinical laboratory experience ranging from high throughput testing to specialized laboratory developed testing. He has been involved in over 75 lab builds from scratch ranging from fully automated high-capacity molecular builds to single tech in-office labs.
Senior Project Manager
Jo Radu
Jo brings over a decade of expertise in laboratory business and operational management. With a strong academic background in the businesses and sciences, Jo excels in her Senior Project Management role focusing on lab start-ups and expanding clinical testing to existing labs.
Megan White Younts
Chief Consulting Officer
Megan brings more than a decade of industry experience in laboratory operations and management and has personally overseen the up-fit, build-out, and go-live of more than 50 toxicology and 60 molecular laboratories in more than 30 states across the nation.
Megan has degrees in biology, toxicology, and entomology and is currently completing an MS program in Toxicology at the University of Florida.
Dr. Sarah Harris, PhD, TC(NRCC)
Chief Technical Officer
Dr. Harris managed daily laboratory operations for a leading national reference laboratory processing more than 50,000 samples per month at its peak. Dr. Harris also oversaw the development and implementation of methodologies for clinical testing that reduced costs by more than 20% and resulted in a decrease in average turnaround by more than 25%.
Dr. Harris earned her B.S. in chemistry from St. Norbert College and a master’s degree from Notre Dame before earning a Ph.D. from the University of South Carolina.
Matt Thacker
Director of Consulting
Matt has 5 years of research and 9 years of clinical laboratory experience ranging from high throughput testing to specialized laboratory developed testing. He is experienced in laboratory design and facilities, lab information and billing systems, laboratory automation, and a host of laboratory processes.
Matt has been involved in over 75 lab builds from scratch ranging from fully automated high-capacity molecular builds to single tech in-office labs.
Jo Radu
Senior Project Manager
Jo brings over a decade of expertise in laboratory business and operational management. With a strong academic background in the businesses and sciences, Jo excels in her Senior Project Management role focusing on lab start-ups and expanding clinical testing to existing labs.
Jo’s exceptional leadership skills, coupled with an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of laboratory operations, ensure she delivers results effectively. Jo has a BS in Biology, an MS in Clinical Biochemistry, and certifications in business development.
