BDI Benefits
Better/earlier detection of osteoporosis → Enables earlier treatment and fracture prevention
✓ Seamless for patients, providers and payers
- No extra time, cost or other burden for osteoporosis screening because we use patients’ existing CTs (ordered for other purposes)
- Service blends within existing workflows (easy to automate enterprise-wide as desired):
- Provider orders BDI BMD study on patient’s CT: payers cover (e.g., CPT 77078: waives patient co-pay/deductible)
- BDI report outputs to EHR with standard T and Z scores (gold standard BMD assessments of osteopenia and osteoporosis)
✓ Safe: unlike DXA, zero (0) additional radiation:
- Patient’s image we use already exists: no new imaging required
✓ Saves payers and providers $$
- No additional imaging, equipment or staffing required. Our use of existing CTs eliminates need for DXA imaging/screening.
- No cost increase to the health system: osteoporosis screening is already budgeted/encouraged (CPT codes, etc.) because of proven overall $$ savings from early detection/treatment
- If BDI determines the patient’s BMD is normal, obviates the need for DXA imaging of that patient
✓ Highly accurate (> DXA)
- … as shown in our and others’ published, peer-reviewed studies and real world clinical use of BDI
- For abnormal BDI screening findings, DXA follow-up is reimbursed by payers.
✓ Fast: rapid turnaround, report generation.
