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,,repres5tatives  ,octob] #bf1 #bjah,mr4
 ,pauls5 submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2  
:i* 0 ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,en]gy &
 ,comm]ce  ,,resolution  ,rais+ aw>5ess 
( ! lifesav+ role ( ?ree-dim5sional     
7#c;,d7 digital brea/ tomosyn!sis scre5+
 9 detection & treatm5t ( brea/ canc]4  
,:]eas1 9 #bjab1 ! ,food & ,drug        
,adm9i/ration approv$ ?ree-dim5sional   
7#c;,d7 digital tomosyn!sis1 a          
modification ( digital mammography t    
uses a mov+ x-ray s\rce & a digital     
detector t all[s = ! recon/ruction ( a  
?ree-dim5sional dataset2 ,:]eas #c;,d   
digital tomosyn!sis dramatically        
improves ! imag+ ( brea/ lesions & brea/
 canc] by elim9at+ ov]lap f surr\nd+    
tissues & /ructures2 ,:]eas pe]-review$ 
rese>* publi%$ 9 ! ,j\rnal ( ! ,am]ican 
,m$ical ,association 9 #bjad has        
docum5t$ t tomosyn!sis us$ ) digital    
mammography is associat$ ) up to a      
#da-p]c5t increase 9 ! detection (      

invasive canc]s & up to a #cg-p]c5t drop
 9 pati5t recalls to h additional brea/ 
imag+ workup1 su* z a diagno/ic         
mammogram or a brea/ ultras\nd1 due to  
ambigu\s results2 ,:]eas e>li] detection
 ( brea/ canc]s is positively correlat$ 
to improv$ pati5t survival & outcomes & 
r$uc$ co/ ( treatm5t2 ,:]eas pe]-review$
 rese>* has conclud$ t broad] adoption (
 ?is te*nology pres5ts an opportunity to
 deliv] value-bas$ c>e to ! ,m$icaid    
population & to address disp>ities &    
b>ri]s to access to prev5tive c>e = "s (
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,:]eas :ile ! adoption ( #c;,d          
tomosyn!sis has be5 gr[+1 #eb p]c5t (   
,unit$ ,/ates mammography facilities are
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e/imat$ t at lea/ #hf p]c5t ( cov]$     
lives 9 ! private insurance m>ket are   
cov]$ = ?is te*nology2 & ,:]eas !       
utilization & cov]age ( #c;,d           
tomosyn!sis c save lives1 improve       
treatm5t regim5s1 & r$uce heal? c>e     

co/s3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x  ,t ! ,h\se (    
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 ackn[l$ges !     
imm5se value ( ?ree-dim5sional 7#c;,d7  
digital brea/ tomosyn!sis2  7#b7        
enc\rages all ,f$]al heal? c>e programs 
to promote access & cov]age ( ?is       
lifesav+ te*nology2  7#c7 calls ^u all  
private sector insur]s to cov] & fairly 
reimburse = ?is te*nology2 &  7#d7      
supports ef=ts by ! public heal?        
community to publicize ! m]its &        
availability ( #c;,d digital brea/      
tomosyn!sis4