Springfield Business Journal_2020-04-06

8 · SBJ.NET APRIL 6-12, 2020 NEWS Executive Brandy Harris Boys & Girls Clubs of Springfield Financial Executive Officer Amber Riddle Little Sunshine’s Sales/Marketing Professional Christine Daues Paul Mueller Co. Human Resources Professional Scot Scobee Springfield ReManufacturing Corp. Employee of the Year Leah Betts Greene County TOP INDIVIDUAL AWARDS LISTED A-Z Anderson Engineering Inc. BriteCore Burrell Behavioral Health CoxHealth GigSalad Haven Healthcare LLC Keller Williams Greater Springfield Little Sunshine’s Enterprises Inc. Mid-America Safety & Environmental LLC OMG Commerce O’Reilly Hospitality Management LLC Russell Cellular Inc. Judges’ Choice: Burrell Behavioral Health COMPANY AWARDS ® MAY 28 • 5:30 PM WHITE RIVER CONFERENCE CENTER PURCHASE TICKETS AT SBJ.NET/D12 PRESENTED BY Dynamic DNA to test for COVID-19 by Geoff Pickle · gpickle@sbj.net Dynamic DNA Laboratories LLC is working with the Springfield-Greene County Health Department and local hos- pitals to provide additional testing capacity for COVID-19. The Springfield biomedical and genetic testing firm is distributing 4,000 available test kits and planned to begin analyzing them on April 1, with planned same-day results, according to a news release. Offi- cials say another 4,000 test kits have been ordered. The tests will be made available to patients at Citizens Memorial Hospi- tal, CoxHealth, Jordan Valley Community Health Center and Mercy. “We want to utilize our equipment and expertise to help, because we can,” Dynam- ic DNA founder and CEO Austin O’Reilly said in the release. “It’s our duty to step up, help identify positive cases and reduce further spread. We can provide this service very quickly and at high capacity.” Health Department spokeswoman Kath- ryn Wall said Dynamic DNA is the first Springfield-based lab to conduct tests, noting LabCorp and Quest Diagnostics have done testing in Greene County. Lab- Corp, Quest and the Missouri State Public Health Laboratory have performed roughly 745 tests in Greene County so far, she said. Springfield Business Journal previously re- ported local testing is being covered for free via insurance. In partnership with the Health Depart- ment, Dynamic DNA is being reimbursed through the Missouri Foundation for Health. An emergency use authorization is slated to be submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, per clinical testing require- ments, according to the release. O’Reilly said via email the MFH provided $25,000 to Dynamic DNA. Dynamic DNA operates in 2,000 square feet in Farmers Park mixed-use development. NEWS BRIEFS SBJ FILE Dynamic DNA Laboratories is conducting COVID-19 tests. Moody’s further lowers Bass Pro’s credit outlook by SBJ Staff · sbj@sbj.net Moody’s Investors Service Inc. down- graded Bass Pro Shops’ credit outlook again after lowering it last fall. Bass Pro Group, dba Bass Pro Shops, now has a negative outlook, down from stable in September 2019, according to a news release issued last month. That means Moody’s expects the company’s credit rat- ing to change for the worse in the next 12-18 months. “The change in outlook to negative from stable reflects the risk that Bass Pro’s credit metrics may weaken on a sustained basis as a result of recessionary conditions and de- clines in discretionary consumer spending,” Moody’s officials said in the release. “The outlook also reflects the risk of weakened liquidity if the company closes its stores for an extended period.” Officials added that “Bass Pro has not announced chainwide store closures due to the coronavirus outbreak.” Bass Pro last month temporarily closed its flagship store in Springfield, while con- tinuing to operate its other shops with vol- untary restrictions. Moody’s affirmed Bass Pro’s probability of default and corporate family ratings, as well as its senior secured term loans, in the B range, meaning adequate capital to meet financial commitments, according to the release.