Wednesday, October 8, 2025 - Agenda

12:25pm - 12:30pm ET - Welcome Remarks with C.Clark Milton & Bruce Rankin 

12:30pm - 1:15pm ET - ACOI in Action: Legislative and Regulatory Updates with Camille Bonta

Learning Objectives:

• Understand ACOI's role in health policy and advocacy and ACOI actions to influence the policy decisionmaking process.
• Articulate recent policy changes and proposals that could affect the osteopathic profession and patient care.
• Utilize ACOI policy resources and communication, as well as grassroots opportunities.

C. Clark Milton, DO, FACOI, Chair, ACOI 2025, Designated Institutional Official, Internal Medicine - WVUMedicine

Bruce Rankin, DO, CPI, MRO, FACOFP, President, Florida Osteopathic Medical Association

Camille S. Bonta, MHS (she/her/hers), Principal, Summit Health Care Consulting

Learning Objectives:

• Upon completion, participants will be able to describe how the physician’s communication approach in patient care, differs from the physician's communication approach in leadership situations.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to list the 4 components of emotional intelligence.
• Upon completion, participants will be able to list 3 questions to be explored when conducting a self-reflection exercise.

Karen J. Nichols, DO, MA, MACOI, MACP, CS-F, Principal, Nichols Leadership - AZ

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Julie K. Sterbank, DO, MPH, FACOI (she/her/hers), Associate Professor, Internal Medicine & Pediatrics; Adult and Pediatric, Allergy & Immunology, Case Western University/MetroHealth Medical Center

Learning Objectives:

• Recognize the impact of Variability on Quality Outcomes and Goals of Care.
• List opportunities for improving practitioner burnout and disengagement.
• Assess the role of Artificial Intelligence, and how bias affects the potential data generated.

James J. Matera, DO, FACOI, CPE (he/him/his), Chief Medical Officer, CentraState Medical Center