When I was a young internist, I thought experience would eventually replace curiosity. I assumed that after enough years in practice, enough patients, enough lectures, and enough journal articles, I would somehow arrive at a point where I had most things figured out.
I have exciting news to share: our Annual Convention is only a few weeks away! I want to thank everyone who has registered for this year’s program. I believe you are going to enjoy the outstanding learning opportunities, meaningful connections, social experiences, and new ideas that await us in Palm Springs.
Harpreet Tsui, DO, FACOI, is a board-certified internal medicine physician, the Founder of Coronado Health Direct Primary Care, an ACOI Fellow, and an Associate Clinical Professor at Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine. At ACOI 2026, Dr. Tsui will speak on direct primary care and its benefits to both patients and physicians.
ACOI Joins in Support of Legislation to Modernize Medicare Physician Payment
Year over year cuts to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) threatens access to needed care. Since 2001, Medicare physician payment has reduced by 33 percent after adjusting for inflation.
ACOI Works to Address Proposed Regence BlueCross Blue Shield Modifier 25 Policy
Following advocacy by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA), ACOI, and other osteopathic organizations, Regence BlueCross Blue Shield announced a pause in implementation of its proposed Modifier 25 reimbursement policy set to take effect on September 1, 2026.
Mental Health After a Wildfire: My Spokane Fire Experience and What Physicians Need to Do
Physicians are increasingly familiar with climate change’s physical manifestations on health. Less consistently integrated into clinical practice is the mental health burden. As I was drafting a more general article on climate change and mental health, I became one of the over 65,000 people in Spokane, Washington evacuated for three separate wildfires.
Outstanding Resident of the Year in Internal Medicine: A Conversation with Danielle C. Thor, DO, MAUB
ACOI is thrilled to recognize Danielle Thor, DO, who was selected as the 2026 Outstanding Resident of the Year in Internal Medicine. This award is presented in collaboration with the American Osteopathic Foundation.
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.
