Registered nurses earn $103,701 per year in Washington — 29 percent more than the national average — according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Nashville-based HCA Healthcare, a healthcare provider with 182 hospitals and 2,300 ambulatory sites, has partnered with Grail, a cancer test maker , to add Grail's Galleri early detection test at select HCA physician practices. 

The city of Knoxville, Tenn., has opened its Public Safety Complex, and its campus includes the 25,000-square-foot St. Mary's ASC, according to an Oct. 17 report from ABC affiliate WATE.

SUNRISE, FL – Oct 17th, 2023 – SURE Retractors Inc. a medical device company that has developed a range of industry-disruptive, sterile retractors for orthopaedic, trauma and spinal surgery, has announced the first use of their latest product line addition, a new sterile anterior and posterior cervical retractor with Dr. Richard Guyer of Texas Back Institute and Dr. D Fossett of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C.

Kenai, Alaska-based physician Ray Lynn Carlson, MD, and his clinics' managers have been indicted on 23 charges in a Medicare fraud case, Alaska Public Media reported Oct. 16. 

On Sept. 1, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill prohibiting employers from entering into noncompetes with California employees, regardless of the state the employee is working in. 

The Tennessee Department of Health revoked the license of Delenya Allen, MD, alleging improper treatment of patients, CBS affiliate WREG reported Oct. 13. 

Internal medicine physician Charles Adams, MD, and his Ringold, Ga.-based medical practice have been ordered to pay more than $27.5 million for submitting false claims to Medicare for chelation therapy reimbursements. 

Ambulatory network United Medical, a multispecialty network with 225 healthcare providers, has expanded its 20-year relationship with electronic health record provider Oracle Health. 

Washington is the best state for jobs while West Virginia is the worst, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill raising the minimum wage for healthcare workers in the state to $25 an hour, according to an Oct. 14 report from The Hill.

Florida has been named the most entrepreneurial state in the U.S. by the Digital Project Manager, which analyzed eight indicators including the percentage of the population starting new businesses, the percentage of startups still active after one year, the number of small businesses per 100,000 people and the growth rate of business applications. 

More than 1,100 patients are suing medical device company Exactech, which began recalling artificial knees, hips and ankles in 2021, according to an Oct. 10 report from CBS News.

Fifty-two percent of American physicians feel fairly compensated, according to Medscape's 2023 "International Physician Compensation Report," published Oct. 11. 

Medscape laid out the disadvantages to physicians taking side gigs in its 2023 "Physician Side Gigs Report," published Oct. 12. 

 More than half of physicians pursuing side gigs are looking to earn extra money, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Side Gigs Report," published Oct. 12. 

ASC company AmSurg has officially announced its separation from Envision Healthcare following its bankruptcy filing. In the wake of the reshuffling, Envision's president and CEO, Jim Rechtin, has announced his intentions to leave the company and take over leadership of nationwide payer Humana, according to an Oct. 11 report from Biz Journal.

Around 39 percent of physicians have a side gig in addition to their full-time medical roles, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Side Gigs Report," published Oct. 12. 

Physicians practicing in the U.S. earn considerably more than their counterparts in Europe, South and Central America, according to Medscape's 2023 "International Physician Compensation Report," published Oct. 11. 

Around 39 percent of physicians have a side gig in addition to their full-time medical roles, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Side Gigs Report," published Oct. 12.