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The AOA is now accepting applications for volunteer roles on its Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) Editorial Panel and Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) advisory teams. Advisors, appointed by the AOA President, will serve a two-year term from 2026 to 2028. These advisors play a vital role in representing the osteopathic profession in national discussions … Read More
The AOA is calling on members to help celebrate and strengthen osteopathic advocacy through two exciting opportunities. AOA Advocacy Awards Nominate an outstanding osteopathic advocate for the 2025 AOA Advocacy Awards by Friday, Nov. 28, 2025, at 5 p.m. CT. Categories include: Individual Excellence in Advocacy Organizational Excellence in Advocacy Congressional Champion of Osteopathic Medicine … Read More
Osteopathic physicians are excelling as distinguished authors in many genres as they publish books that educate and entertain their readers. As a reviewer, I have enjoyed many medical memoirs and mysteries, as well as a spicy romance, all written by our physician colleagues. Below, I review two new additions to my collection of DO-written books; … Read More
The AOA, with the Group of Six, submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) opposing a proposed rule that would end the “duration of status” policy for nonimmigrant visa holders, including J-1 physicians in graduate medical education (GME) programs. The comments warned that replacing the current system with a fixed admission period … Read More
Medicine is often described as both an art and a science, but for Richard Edwards, DO, and Monica Sher, MD, it is also a partnership—one that extends from their personal lives into their professional practice. This husband-wife duo are the physicians behind Elite Medical Concierge in Winter Park, Florida, a practice that reimagines the physician-patient … Read More
On Oct. 1, 2025, Congress failed to pass legislation to continue government funding, triggering disruptions across federal programs and threatening access to critical healthcare services. For osteopathic physicians and their patients, the impact is immediate and significant, including: Telehealth restrictions: With COVID-era flexibilities expired, Medicare patients can no longer broadly access telehealth from home or … Read More
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