The second highest ranking elected official in New York City is requesting $4 million in public monies to expand access to digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT).
“I urge Governor Cuomo and I urge Mayor de Blasio to … provide and expand access to this amazing technology, which is much more accurate, reduces false positives and saves lives,” Public Advocate Letitia James said at a press conference Oct. 25, according to the Observer.
James wants New York State’s Medicaid program to add DBT coverage and for NYC Health + Hospitals to invest in the technology.
The latter operates the largest municipal healthcare system in the country. And the ask comes at a time when it’s troubling over a $1.8 billion budget shortfall projected for 2020, the Observer reports.
NYC Health + Hospitals told the outlet by email that it “will monitor research on the use of DBT and other developing technologies” as part of its ongoing efforts to optimize care quality for all its patients.
The Observer says there’s been no word yet from the governor’s office on James’s Medicaid request.
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