Andis Robeznieks

The AMA offers guidance to CMS on information blocking, patients’ access to records, fixing prior authorization and making digital health tools useful.

With data and commitment, value-based care payment models can help sustain larger physician-led organizations and smaller private practices.

After surviving a brain tumor, AMA President Bobby Mukkamala, MD, has been on a “journey of revelation” about the U.S. health system.

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

The AMA’s educational content on CPT helps build coding proficiency and facilitate reliable communication for patient care.

What’s the news: An updated AMA analysis indicates that little competition exists among pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Local PBM markets are on average highly concentrated—as defined by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)—which suggests low competition among these pharmaceutical supply-chain middlemen.

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.

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

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.

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.