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CHICAGO—Osteopathic medical students and graduates once again achieved record-breaking success in the 2026 National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) Match, marking the fourth consecutive year of growth in residency placements for DOs. Building on historic outcomes in 2023, 2024 and 2025, this year’s results reaffirm the continued demand for osteopathic physicians across the full spectrum of … Read More
CHICAGO, IL — The American Osteopathic Information Association (AOiA) applauds the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for launching the Medicare App Library, a new national directory of rigorously evaluated digital health applications for Medicare beneficiaries. The initiative represents a major federal commitment to ensuring that patients have access to safe, evidence‑based digital health … Read More
CHICAGO—The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) has filed a lawsuit challenging a restrictive American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) policy that unfairly limits opportunities for both internal medicine physicians and residency and fellowship training programs. At issue is an ABIM rule that blocks qualified residents and fellows from taking its board certification exams—not because of their … 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, the American College of Physicians and the American Psychiatric Association, who represent over 600,000 physicians: Our organizations are deeply concerned by the U.S. Department of Education’s final … 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
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
CHICAGO—Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, was installed Saturday, July 19, 2025, marking the first time a psychiatrist will serve as President in the history of the American Osteopathic Association, the nation’s premier osteopathic medical organization representing almost 200,000 osteopathic physicians and medical students across the nation. Dr. Piccinini assumed the presidency before osteopathic physicians, medical … Read More
Washington, D.C.— Today, after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, 33 organizations representing millions of patients with serious health conditions and thousands of medical professionals are applauding the protection of access to lifesaving preventive care without patient cost sharing. The organizations are also emphasizing the importance of … Read More