Let’s Grow Together: Your Role in Building ACOI’s Future
Hello ACOI friends and family, and Happy New Year! You already know how vital our community is to the future of osteopathic internal medicine, but did you know that your involvement can make an even bigger impact—starting today?
ACOI On the Road: December 2025 Summits and Meetings
Last month, ACOI was represented at the Internal Medicine Education Advisory Board (IMEAB) meeting by CEO Karen Caruth, MBA; Senior Director of Education & Professional Development Kristan Davis, MEd; and ACOI Board Member, Joanna K. Baker, DO, FACOI, FAODME, FHM.
Reset Your Future Bilingual Self: How Micro-Skills in Any Language Transform Care in 2026
This post is part of our broader conversation on language access in healthcare. If this topic resonates, we invite you to register for our upcoming free webinar, Language Access in Healthcare: Beyond the Exam Room, on January 22 from 2:30 - 3:30 pm ET.
Stories are inherently part of medicine, yet most often, physicians are the ones who field narratives and find threads in what patients share about themselves. That’s why it’s so impactful when physicians relate their own stories to others. And that’s part of what makes the story—and recently published memoir—of Dimitri Tito, DO, FACOI, so compelling.
Visiting Professor Kellee Randle, DO, FACOI at ARCOM
Dr. Kellee Randle’s talk through the ACOI Visiting Professor Program made a powerful impression on our Internal Medicine Interest Group. From the moment she began speaking, she created an atmosphere of openness and genuine curiosity, inviting students to explore the wide spectrum of paths within internal medicine.
New Elevance Health Non-Participating Provider Policy for Anthem Plans
Effective January 1, 2026, Anthem participating facilities that use non-participating (out-of-network) care providers and who provide care to Anthem members in an inpatient or outpatient setting will risk being subject to corrective measures including a 10 percent payment penalty or termination f
ACIP Votes Against Universal Birth-Dose of Hep B Vaccine
On December 5, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted to drop the recommendation for a universal birth hepatitis B vaccine dose and replaced it with a recommendation that th
Applications for New Chronic Care Payment Model Opens in January
A new voluntary Medicare payment model set to launch July 1, 2026, will test technology-supported care to improve health and prevent and manage chronic disease.
A new bill introduced by Reps. Julie Johnson (D-TX) and Mike Kennedy (R-UT) would limit prescription drug prior authorizations used by Medicare Advantage and stand-alone Part D plans to once per year for patients with autoimmune diseases or blood disorders.
