Oct. 21, 2024Monday News in brief CMS to provide Hurricane Helene public health emergency accelerated and advance payments to Medicare providers Payments will provide health care providers in affected areas with immediate access to necessary funds to continue delivering critical care.
Oct. 11, 2024Friday Recognition Honoring a champion of osteopathic medicine: A celebration of leadership and dedication AOA President Teresa A. Hubka, DO, FACOOG (Dist.), FACOG, CS, was honored with a prestigious award from Sigma Sigma Phi, the Honorary Osteopathic Service Fraternity.
Aug. 5, 2024Monday advocacy Supporting osteopathic physicians and students AOA Annual Report charts successes of past year Highlights include public policy advocacy efforts to decrease regulatory burdens for physicians and expand the impact of the profession at the federal and state policymaking levels.
July 25, 2024Thursday AOAaoa leadershipwomen in medicine Leadership AOA installs Teresa Hubka, DO, as 128th President Osteopathic OB-GYN is the second female in history to lead the nation’s professional organization representing 197,000 DOs and osteopathic medical students.
June 27, 2024Thursday advocacyAOA advocacy DOs in Canada Advocacy win: Ontario recognizes AOA board certification and residency training The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario voted to amend its bylaws to recognize AOA board certification during a recent meeting.
June 4, 2024Tuesday News in brief AOA works to advance understanding of student parity issues AOA leaders discuss student parity issues with ACGME, medical licensing board staff and GME program staff.
May 20, 2024Monday HOD 2024 News in brief AOA House of Delegates: Review proposed amendments to the AOA Constitution & Bylaws and more Proposed amendments to the AOA Articles of Incorporation, Constitution & Bylaws and Code of Ethics are now available for review.
May 14, 2024Tuesday advocacyAOA advocacymedical students Supporting osteopathic trainees AOA advances grassroots advocacy for medical student parity Advocacy resulted in a prominent school of medicine reversing a decision that had excluded a DO from applying for a microsurgery and craniofacial fellowship.
April 23, 2024Tuesday Medical education Update on student parity advocacy Osteopathic organizations are joining together to pursue equitable treatment of DO applicants to training programs, the reduction of medical training biases and additional efforts to support DO trainees.
April 9, 2024Tuesday Opportunity AOA now accepting applications for volunteer leadership positions Serve on an important governing body that helps shape AOA programs and policies.