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Federal Government
The AOA's Department of Government Relations (DGR) along with the AOA's Bureau on Federal Health Programs, promotes AOA's health priorities to federal policymakers
working in Washington, D.C.
DGR prepares recommendations based on policies set by the AOA House of Delegates,
the current political landscape, and the AOA’s mission. The Bureau meets
three times a year to discuss the progress on these initiatives and to add any
additional legislative recommendations based on new actions taken by Congress.
State Government
The AOA Division of State Government and International Affairs works to ensure
that the basic tenets of osteopathic medicine, from educational programs to licensure,
are recognized at all levels of state government, as well as internationally.
The division selects priority health care topics by following legislative and
regulatory trends, and identifying health care issues of importance to the osteopathic
profession and consumers of the health care system.
Priority issues at the state and federal level include:
- Medical Malpractice (also known as Professional Liability) insurance:
In communities nationwide, citizens are losing access to quality medical care.
Skyrocketing liability insurance premiums are leading many doctors to cut
services, leave litigious states, or abandon the practice of medicine altogether.
As a result, patients lose access to affordable health care, hospitals close,
and families lose doctors they've relied on for years
- Medicare reform: More and more physicians each year elect
not to accept Medicare patients in their practice because they are losing
money. Serious discrepancies currently exist between the cost of providing
medical services and the current government method for reimbursing physicians
for these services.
- Other issues: AOA has a number of other priority governmental
issues. For more information, click AOA Priority Issues on the left.
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