Andis rejoined the AMA in 2017 after an earlier stint as quality and safety reporter with 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.
Most recently, Andis was 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, where he majored in journalism.
Patient Support & Advocacy
Affordable Care Act survives challenge before the Supreme Court
The Affordable Care Act remains in effect as the U.S. Supreme Court rules that the plaintiffs who sought to strike it down lacked the standing to do so.
Private Practices
How life as private practice physician enables creative approach
Internist M. Zudhi Jasser, MD, chairs the new AMA Private Practice Physicians Section and says doctors deserve a wide array of vibrant practice options.
Population Care
Require access to Rx for opioid-use disorder in prisons, jails
Delegates seek to ensure that evidence-based treatment for substance-use disorders, along with social support, is available in correctional facilities and upon release.
Sustainability
How to make peer-to-peer prior authorization talks more effective
Peer-to-peer prior authorization reviews are too often a time-consuming barrier to care. AMA delegates take steps to fix that.
Population Care
Pragmatic measures address rural health care’s complex challenges
Learn about steps such as adequate and reliable payment that will help meet the health needs of rural Americans and sustain the rural health system.
Digital
AMA calls for action to help telehealth flourish post-pandemic
Delegates outline how to address health inequities and lingering issues with state licensure, regulation and payment for this pivotal mode of care.
Patient Support & Advocacy
Physicians set principles for fast-growing urgent-care sector
Growing use of urgent care centers (UCCs) mustn’t further fragment care. AMA outlines how to ensure that UCCs complement primary care physicians.
Public Health
Give hospital-based doctors access to outpatient formulary info
Without it, cost can lead to medication nonadherence and readmissions. Learn more about new AMA policy to get real-time information to physicians.
