A Seat at the Table: A Medical Student’s Perspective on Practice Management
As medical students, we spend much of our time learning how to care for individual patients. We study diseases, medications, and clinical decision-making, but there is another side of medicine to which we often have less exposure: understanding how the healthcare system actually works.
As many of you may know, the theme of ACOI 2026 is "Connecting to the DO Within—IM: the Osteopathic Way." Kudos to this year’s Program Chair Watson Ducatel, DO, MPH, FACOI. I cannot think of a more relevant or timely theme.
Richard R. Thacker, DO, MACOI, is known in the osteopathic community for several leadership roles, and recently added an incredibly high honor to that list: he was inaugurated in July 2026 as the President of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA).
Greetings, everyone! Since our previous communiqué, we have been busy ensuring that ACOI 2026 is the most compelling, exciting and enjoyable convention we have ever had.
On July 22, 2026, ACOI hosted "Medicare's New GLP-1 Bridge Program: What Internal Medicine Physicians Need to Know." This webinar shared important updates on the Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program.
ABIM Lawsuit: Court Allows Antitrust Claim Against ABIM to Move Forward
The U.S. District Court has issued a ruling on the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) motion to dismiss in the ongoing antitrust litigation brought by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), the American College of Osteopathic Internists (ACOI), and several osteopathic physicians.
Ninety percent of all natural disasters in the United States involve flooding. 1 -in -100-year flooding can now be expected every 8 years! Flooding is both an environmental emergency and a longitudinal health event. For physicians, the clinical consequences extend well beyond the immediate disaster period.
July Student of the Month: Marisela Benitez, OMS-III
Please join us in congratulating July 2026 Student of the Month Marisela Benitez, OMS-III, Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine - South Georgia.
