Trump signed the tax away last month, putting an end to the levy that was expected to cost up to $24 billion over 10 years.

The Tokyo-based company hopes to add scale to better compete with the top global players in imaging. 

Legislators are expected to pass the bill this week, which will then be sent on to President Trump to sign into law before government funding expires at midnight Friday.

Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Thomas McCaffery noted that he could only provide provisional coverage at this time until federal regulations recommend DBT for breast cancer screening.

Among the new appointments is James P. Borgstede, MD, who will serve as president on the society's board.

The “Better and Robust Screening Today Act” would mandate the Department of Defense to cover DBT screenings, a modality lawmakers say is the best tool available for detecting breast cancer.

The ruling deemed that the board did not illegally tie its initial radiology certifications to its ongoing Maintenance of Certification program.

The Medscape report surveyed more than 4,300 U.S. physicians across 29 specialities.