Radiofrequency Echographic Multi Spectrometry (REMS) Echolight is a new, radiation-free technology for assessing bone density and quality at the lumbar spine and femoral neck. US headquarters are located at 509 Madison Ave, RM 1510, New York, New York 10022. Below are the sites offering the scans in the USA. Echolight has a map of REMS centers in the USA. https://www.echolightmedical.com/en/find-your-rems-center-in-usa/
Arizona
OsteoStrong Arcadia, AZ, 3301 E Indian School Rd, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ 85018
OsteoStrong Mesa, AZ, 9903 E Baseline Rd, Suite 101, Mesa, AZ 85209
OsteoStrong Sedona, AZ, Safeway Plaza, 2370 W Rte 89A, Suite 4, Sedona, AZ 86336
https://www.precisionboneimaging.com/book-now
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610
URPrecious 3D Breast Ultrasound, 9300 E Raintree Dr, Suite 130, Scottsdale, AZ, 85260
Phone 602-878-7501, Radiologist: Meghna Krishnan MD
https://www.3dbreastultrasound.com/rems-echo-light.html
California
Anatara Medicine, 1700 California Street, Suite 520, San Francisco, CA 94109, phone 415-360-6355, Dr. Ahvie Herskowitz
Hydrate Wellness, contact David Perez, 613 Westlake Street, Suite 125B, Encinitas, CA 92024, phone 858-2424 (Encinitas is in San Diego county.)
Orange County Precision Medicine, Newport Beach CA, 366 San Miguel Dr, #312 , Newport Beach, CA 92660, phone 949/779-6910
OsteoStrong Mar Vista, Los Angeles, CA
OsteoStrong, Los Gatos, CA, contact Natasha Galkina, 786 Blossom Hill Road, Suite B, Los Gatos, CA 95032, phone 408-596-9504
OsteoStrong Porterville, CA
OsteoStrong Sacramento, CA
OsteoStrong San Diego, CA
OsteoStrong San Jose, CA
OsteoStrong Santa Barbara, CA
OsteoStrong South Pasadena, CA
OsteoStrong Studio City, CA
OsteoStrong Pasadena, CA
Coming soon:
OsteoStrong Torrance, Los Angeles, CA
https://www.precisionboneimaging.com/book-now
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610
Colorado
OsteoStrong Boulder, CO, 5420 Arapahoe Ave., Unit b, Boulder, CO 80303
OsteoStrong Greeley, CO, 3506 W. 10th St., Greeley, CO 80634
OsteoStrong Lowry, CO, 200 Quebec St. Building, 800-113, Denver, CO 80230
The Healing Gardens, 315 Canyon Ave., Suite 1, Fort Collins, CO 80521
https://app.acuityscheduling.com/schedule.php?owner=32710610
Florida
- USF Health and Tampa General Medical Group, Diabetes and Endocrinology, has three locations. The TGH Brandon Healthplex lists REMS.
TGH Brandon Healthplex
Clinics
Endocrinology Day Hospital
DXA
REMS
10740 Palm River Rd
Tampa, FL 33619
4th Floor
Appt: (813) 821-8011
https://health.usf.edu/care/diabetes-endocrinology/locations
Screen My Bones
3341 Tamiami Trail North
Naples, FL 34103
305-998-6008
Dr. Krystyna Shepetiuk travels around the State of Florida with her Echolight and performs scans in various locations, including Osteostrong facilities. She may be visting Osteostrong in Lake Mary, Florida some time this summer (2024).
Hawaii
- SMaRT Institute - The Sports Medicine and Regenerative Therapeutics
Dr Metthew E. Vogt
12 Salt Creek Ln #300, Hinsdale, IL 60521
https://www.thesmartinst.com/home.html
- OsteoStrong of Greater Chicago, Inc
Marc Malizia
126 Skokie Blvd, Wilmette Illinois 60091
001 224-487-8833/ 224-408-2383
Maryland
OsteoCoach Center for Strong Bones, 10210 S Dolfield Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117, phone 410-204-2904, Ray Hinish, Pharm.D.; Heidy Garcia, CPT
https://appointments.osteocoach.com/booking?service=4
Rheumatology Associates of Delmarva, 505 Dutchmans Lane, Suite A3, Easton, MD 21601, phone 410-819-6545, Drs. Ed McLaughlin and Curtis Foy
Massachusetts
Harbor Health Group, Dr Suzanne Gosselin, DO, 25 Duncan St., Gloucester, MA 01930
New Jersey
OsteoStrong New Jersey, Two Fine Fellas LLC, David Klayman, 244 Livingston St, Northvale, NJ 07647
XBody Health, Wellness and Spa, 87 Berdan Ave, Suite 3, Wayne, NJ 07470, 973/692-9780
New York
Dr. Bush will be at Dr. Klimenko's New York City office on January 17, 2025, to perform REMS testing. Elena Klimenko, MD, Functional Medicine, 280 Madison Ave #905, New York, NY 10016, phone: (212) 696-4325, info@drelenaklimenko.com.
North Carolina
- Dr Andy Bush (Orthopedic Surgeon)
Central Carolina Orthopaedic Associates
Sanford, NC
919-774-1355 (ask for James)
- StrengthX
Dr Mike Lewen (Chiropractor, Exercise Science)
411 W State Street
Black Mountain - Asheville NC
828-505-7200
Oregon
OsteoStrong Central Oregon, Bend, OR, Anne-Marie Amos (owner), phone 541-241-7067
OsteoStrong Happy Valley, 112111 SE 82nd Ave., Suite K, Happy Valley, OR 97086, phone 503-575-9845, email appointments@osteostronghappyvalleyor.com (Happy Valley is a suburban city in the Portland, OR metropolitan area.)
https://osteostrongpdx.com/free/
Pennsylvania
- Z Medical Solution (Dr Kimberly Zambito)
27 Opal Court – 18940 Newtown PA
267-753-9933
Texas
- AOCBV (Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic of Brazos Valley)
Dr Ricardo Pocurull
College Station, TX
979-696-8000
- Covenant Wellness
Jackie DeVilliers, RN, BSN
4014 22nd Place, Building 67, Suite 9
Lubbock, TX 79410
(806) 725-6543
- Thermography Center of Dallas
Dr Michael Einsohn
5529 Spring Valley Road
75254 Dallas, TX
+1 972-999-1765
thermography@thermographycenter.com
https://www.thermographycenter.com/
11 comments:
OsteoStrong in Boise, Idaho, just began Echolight Scans March 2024.
https://www.boiseosteostrong.com
Would you speak to hip fractures and if Strontium prevents hip fractures significantly in especially older women.
To Anonymous of 3/25/2024,
Thank you. I am sure we will be adding several new REMS Echolight scan sites in the USA as time goes by. I followed your link, and did not see anything about the scans. However, I saw a post dated March 3 on OsteoStrong Boise's Facebook page:
"We now offer a non-radiation bone density scan with fragility score at OsteoStrong on Fridays! The only one of it’s kind in Idaho."
"Did you know you can book Echolight at your office/studio/clinic? Give us a call for more details. (208)331-4072."
Please understand that I am not endorsing OsteoStrong's osteogenic loading equipment because I have never used it.
To Anonymous of 3/26/2024,
The clinical efficacy of strontium ranelate has been demonstrated with a fracture risk reduction for postmenopausal women by 41% in vertebral fractures, 16% in nonvertebral fractures, and 36% in hip fractures after 3 years of strontium ranelate treatment in the studies of the Spinal Osteoporosis Therapeutic Intervention (SOTI) and the Treatment of Peripheral Osteoporosis (TROPOS).
TROPOS study:
"In the entire sample (5091 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis), relative risk (RR) was reduced by 16% for all nonvertebral fractures (P = 0.04), and by 19% for major fragility fractures (hip, wrist, pelvis and sacrum, ribs and sternum, clavicle, humerus) (P = 0.031) in strontium ranelate-treated patients in comparison with the placebo group. Among women at high risk of hip fracture (age > or = 74 yr and femoral neck bone mineral density T score < or = -3, corresponding to -2.4 according to NHANES reference) (n = 1977), the RR reduction for hip fracture was 36% (P = 0.046). RR of vertebral fractures was reduced by 39% (P < 0.001) in the 3640 patients with spinal x-rays and by 45% in the subgroup without prevalent vertebral fracture." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15728210/
In the Combination of Micronutrients for Bone (COMB) and Melatonin-Micronutrients Osteopenia Treatment (MOTS) studies no fractures occurred after one year of taking strontium citrate in combination with other supplements.
REMS in College Station, TX is not working as of 9/24. They tokd me they sent in their machine to be repaired.
To: Anonymous of 9/11/2024,
Thank you for the update on the Echolight REMS device at AOCBV (Arthritis & Osteoporosis Clinic of Brazos Valley), Dr Ricardo Pocurull, College Station, TX, phone 979-696-8000. I hope it will be repaired soon.
REMS Bone scans are available from Precision Bone Health in California, Arizona and other locations in the western US as well. Please visit www.PrecisionBoneImaging.com for all of our dates and locations.
REMS ECholight in Greater Phoenix and Los Angeles with multiple locations. Visit www.PrecisionBoneImaging.com
To Anonymous of 9/14/2024: Thank you! I have added the OsteoStrong sites in Arizona and California providing REMS Echolight scans by Precision Bone Imaging and the sites coming soon to Los Angeles and South Pasadena, CA.
Are insurance companies going to recognise REMS any time soon? I'm in the UK and having REMS but my insurance company doesn't recognise it.
To Anonymous of 10/29/2024: Medicare or commercial insurance does not cover the REMS Echolight scan in the USA. However, as of January 2024, the Centers for Medicare Services (CMS) released a Category III CPT code for the scan, which means it's in the process of getting approval. Some insurance payers are also negotiating with Echolight to get reimbursement.
The CPT code for the scan is 0815T. Medicare has not assigned RVU for this code. Relative Value Units (RVUs) are a standardized way to measure the value of a medical service or procedure, and are a key component of physician compensation. Usually, in the USA, once Medicare pays for a procedure, private insurers will follow suit. I do not know when the scans will be paid for by insurance in the UK.
https://www.echolightmedical.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Reimbursement-Guide-REMS_USA_Rev01_March_24-1.pdf
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