{"id":87459,"date":"2025-05-02T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-02T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/?p=87459"},"modified":"2025-05-01T14:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T19:12:52","slug":"aoa-and-affiliates-send-letter-to-congress-opposing-federal-scope-of-practice-expansion-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/2025\/05\/02\/aoa-and-affiliates-send-letter-to-congress-opposing-federal-scope-of-practice-expansion-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"AOA and affiliates send letter to Congress opposing federal scope of practice expansion bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

The AOA, along with 55 state and specialty osteopathic associations, recently submitted a letter<\/a> to Congress opposing the Chiropractor Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (S.106\/H.R.539). This legislation would expand the scope of chiropractic services reimbursable under Medicare and allow chiropractors to use the title \u201cphysician.\u201d In the letter, the AOA and affiliates argued this would blur distinctions in patient care, compromise safety and undermine the extensive training required of osteopathic and allopathic physicians. The AOA is committed to ensuring Medicare remains a program rooted in evidence-based, physician-led care and will take additional action if necessary on this bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The AOA, along with 55 state and specialty osteopathic associations, recently submitted a letter to Congress opposing the Chiropractor Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (S.106\/H.R.539). This legislation would expand the scope of chiropractic services reimbursable under Medicare and allow chiropractors to use the title \u201cphysician.\u201d In the letter, the AOA and affiliates argued this would blur … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":52605,"featured_media":67526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7013],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAOA and affiliates send letter to Congress opposing federal scope of practice expansion bill - American Osteopathic Association<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/osteopathic.org\/2025\/05\/02\/aoa-and-affiliates-send-letter-to-congress-opposing-federal-scope-of-practice-expansion-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AOA and affiliates send letter to Congress opposing federal scope of practice expansion bill\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The AOA, along with 55 state and specialty osteopathic associations, recently submitted a letter to Congress opposing the Chiropractor Medicare Coverage Modernization Act (S.106\/H.R.539). 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