The AOA supports reforms to reduce administrative burdens, particularly related to prior authorization (PA), which has increasingly delayed care and burdened physician practices. Recently, the AOA submitted comments to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the CY2026 Medicare Advantage Program, Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Program, Medicare Cost Plan Program and Programs of … Read More
In early February, AOA President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, launched a grassroots campaign urging members to take action by emailing their members of Congress to encourage them to support the Medicare Patient Access and Practice Stabilization Act (H.R. 879). Dr. Hubka’s campaign highlighted that the rising financial challenges are putting physician practices at risk, and … Read More
We appreciate Wood and Krumrey’s insightful publication, “Examining differences in trends in the orthopedic surgery match for osteopathic and allopathic medical graduates after the transition to single accreditation.” Their work has acknowledged the disparities in orthopedic surgery match rates between osteopathic (DO) and allopathic (MD) applicants following the single accreditation merger between the American Osteopathic … Read More
The statement below is issued by the American Osteopathic Association: The American Osteopathic Association, representing more than 157,000 physicians who serve millions of patients, implores the preservation of the Medicaid program during the budget reconciliation process. For decades, the Medicaid program has provided health care coverage for millions of people, including children and parents, low-income … Read More
The following message was shared with AOA members on behalf of AOA President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), and CEO Kathleen S. Creason, MBA: During this time of transition for our nation, the AOA remains dedicated to representing the interests of more than 197,000 members of our profession and the millions of patients they … Read More
Since William Garner Sutherland’s inception of osteopathic cranial manipulative medicine (OCMM), osteopathic physicians have practiced with the knowledge that cranial sutures exhibit motion. We hypothesize that the complexity of suture interdigitation in humans may provide clues to elucidate the concept of OCMM.
DOs can now earn CME via new self-study course offerings featuring content from previous OMED conferences. Currently, content from OMED 2022 and OMED 2023 is available on the site. Participants will be able to access the content and CME through the end of March 2025.
In his satirical masterpiece “The House of God,” Samuel Shem poignantly captures the trials of medical internship, illustrating the tremendous emotional and physical demands of medical training. Through his vivid narrative, Shem critiques the entrenched normalization of an excessively demanding work culture and questions the complacency with which such conditions were accepted at the time. … Read More
Chronic pain may affect the relationship between patients and their treating physicians.