Andis Robeznieks

Email:
[email protected]

AMA Affiliated Groups

Senior News Writer,
Authors

Andis retired from the AMA after serving as a senior news writer from 2017 to 2025. That tenure followed an earlier stint with the AMA as a reporter on health care quality, medical ethics and patient safety topics for American Medical News. He covered the same subjects at Modern Healthcare, and also wrote about physician affairs, health care construction, information technology and public health.

Andis also has worked as an independent reporter, with stories appearing in Healthcare Financial Management Association publications, Hospitals & Health Networks, MedCity News, and other publications and websites. He has a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Illinois University. 

Figure working at desk, surrounded by giant stethoscope and business documents

Online CME

·
6 Min Read

Want to push your physician career ahead? MBA needn’t be the first step

Mastering the basics on the business of medicine is a vital first step to boost your skillset, and the AMA has the CME to help you do it.
Crouching figure holding up a giant pill

Access to Care

·
4 Min Read

In PBM market, competition is hard to come by

AMA analysis details low competition in a market that is drawing scrutiny from Congress and regulators.
Physician holds a magnifying glass over a file cabinet

Digital

·
3 Min Read

DEA and CMS warn physicians that they are being targeted by scams

The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services tell doctors not to respond to suspicious requests for information. 
Bobby Mukkamala, MD

Leadership

·
4 Min Read

Why AMA’s president feels called to improve the nation’s health

After surviving a brain tumor, AMA President Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has been on a “journey of revelation” about the U.S. health system.
Smiling patient has blood pressure taken by doctor

Payment & Delivery Models

·
6 Min Read

Here is how value-based care can work for private practices

With data and commitment, value-based care payment models can help sustain larger physician-led organizations and smaller private practices.
Hand taking blood sample from finger for diabetes blood sugar test

Digital

·
5 Min Read

CMS has questions on digital health tools. AMA has answers.

The AMA offers guidance to CMS on information blocking, patients’ access to records, fixing prior authorization and making digital health tools useful.
Doctor holding tablet showing brain human and body anatomy

Digital

·
8 Min Read

On health AI, get past the hype to address real problems

Baptist Health Medical Group has cut patient wait times—and burnout—with AI, but a physician leader says more AI “literacy” is needed.
Yolanda Lawson, MD

Population Health

·
6 Min Read

Campaign takes on big threat to Black women: high BP

74,000-plus have taken the Release the Pressure pledge to prioritize heart health. Learn about the initiative and how the AMA advances health equity.