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.
April 9, 2024Tuesday Recognizing greatness AOA seeks nominations for 2024’s Mentor of the Year award Know an exceptional role model who deserves recognition? Consider nominating your DO role model for the 2024 award. Nominations will be accepted until May 6, 2024.
March 22, 2024Friday AOAAOA advocacymedical educationstudents Taking action Eliminating training barriers for DO students & residents The AOA and AACOM recently convened a Student Parity Summit focused on advancing equitable treatment of all medical students seeking rotations and training positions.
March 19, 2024Tuesday CMSphysician-patient Reimbursement Enhanced payment to support longitudinal care: The new E/M complexity add-on code G2211 The office/outpatient E/M visit complexity add-on code was established to improve payment for the time, intensity and practice expense resources involved when physicians furnish O/O E/M office visit services that enable them to build longitudinal relationships with patients.
March 18, 2024Monday MatchNRMP Match Road to residency DO placements in 2024 NRMP Match reach all-time high Fourth-year osteopathic medical students achieved a 92.3% match rate.
March 12, 2024Tuesday Advocacy AOA participates in Biden Administration roundtable on Change Healthcare cyberattack Roundtable met to discuss the steps HHS, the administration and healthcare stakeholders are taking in response to the attack.
March 4, 2024Monday Technology Change Healthcare disruption update Learn the latest developments related to the network interruption and efforts to assist physicians and practices with claims, ERAs and payments.
Nov. 30, 2023Thursday Defending DOs AOA responds to ‘The View’ regarding misleading comments “Comments implying that DOs are not medical doctors could not be further from the truth,” reads the AOA response to producers of the show.
Nov. 10, 2023Friday Practicing medicine abroad US-trained DOs gain global recognition Medical regulatory boards of 47 countries pass resolution recognizing U.S.-trained DOs as equal to U.S.-trained MDs.