The application period for 2026-27 B/C/C volunteer leadership roles is open now through April 30 | LEARN 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
The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) is disappointed that Congress could not come to an agreement to fund the government, and we are deeply concerned about the impact this will have on patients and physicians across the country, particularly the disruptions this will cause to patient care. On Oct. 1, 2025, telehealth flexibilities established during the … Read More
Nominations are now being accepted for the AOA’s 2026 cohort of advocacy awards, which recognize excellence in public policy advocacy and support for the osteopathic profession. This year’s winners will be honored at DO Day 2026, beginning with two days of virtual programming on March 21 and 22, followed by two days of in-person Congressional … Read More
On Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025, AOA President Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, joined leaders from the Group of Six, a coalition of national physician organizations, in a series of high-level meetings with congressional offices on Capitol Hill. Together, they delivered a unified message about the urgent challenges facing physicians and the patients they serve. Top … Read More
The statement below is issued by the American Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American Psychiatric Association and the Society of General Internal Medicine. WASHINGTON—Our organizations believe that the … Read More
CHICAGO–The American Osteopathic Association’s Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation (COCA) announced accreditation decisions at its Aug. 28-29, 2025, meeting. The COCA is recognized by the United States Department of Education as the accreditor of colleges of osteopathic medicine. Accreditation from the COCA signifies that a college has met or exceeded the Commission’s standards for educational … Read More
The statement below is issued by the American Osteopathic Association, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American College of Physicians: Our organizations, representing over 500,000 physicians and medical students, are dismayed and alarmed by the decision to halt most federal investment … Read More
CHICAGO—In response to being notified via e-mail by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) that liaison organizations will be excluded from the process of reviewing scientific evidence and informing vaccine recommendations, eight medical association liaison organizations issued the following joint statement: “We are deeply disappointed and alarmed that our organizations are being characterized as … Read More
The American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology’s (AOBOG) collaboration with the American College of Osteopathic Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOOG) was recently highlighted in an article in Credentialing Insights, the Institute for Credentialing Insights’ journal, as an example for other credentialing organizations to follow. “Their coordinated effort offers important lessons for credentialing organizations seeking to … Read More