Wyoming is home to more billionaires than any other U.S. state, with 3.47 billionaires for every 1 million people, according to a Sept. 12 report sent to Becker's based on research conducted by the Digital Project Manager. 

West Virginia is the least happy state in the U.S., according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Utah is the happiest state in the U.S., according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

U.S. News & World Report has named its top medical schools for primary care in 2024, including four institutions in Illinois that made the top 100. 

A Rhode Island nurse in critical condition after a patient attacked him Sept. 9, CBS affiliate WPRI reported Sept. 11.

In April, the New York State Department of Health proposed a regulation to require the inclusion of a health equity impact assessment as part of the certificate-of-need process in the state. The final regulation was adopted on Aug. 30, according to a Sept. 8 report from JDSupra.

A Kingsley, Mich., man was arrested on suspicion of driving his pickup truck into Copper Ridge Surgery Center, Munson Medical Center and four other buildings in Traverse City, Mich., the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported Sept. 9.

U.S. News & World Report has named its top medical schools for primary care in 2024, including seven institutions in Texas that made the top 100. 

Massachusetts is the state with the highest vaccination rate, while Mississippi has the lowest, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

The most in-demand healthcare job paying over $100,000 is clinical psychologist, according to a Sept. 10 report from CNBC based on research from job search platform Ladders. 

Registered nurse Abigail Hall has been accused of stealing morphine from a Lawrenceburg, Ky.-based facility and replacing it with a mixture of water and blue food coloring, according to a Sept. 5 report from the Lexington Herald Leader.

Los Angeles County has been ordered to pay more than $600,000 to Los Angeles-based Harbor-UCLA Medical Center physician and professor Timothy Jang, MD, after he alleged he suffered retaliation for reporting racist actions by another physician and complaining about medical equipment malfunctions, according to an Aug. 30 report from the Daily Breeze. 

After years of growth, wages for new recruits has declined in recent months, The Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 21. 

More than 40 million patients' medical information has been involved in data breaches so far this year; at this rate, 2023 will break the record for most individuals affected in breaches.

Here are six updates on COVID-19 as cases increase nationwide:

Many hospitals and health systems realize they need to develop and implement an ASC plan. But knowing at the outset of the process how an ASC will fit into your broader organizational vision will make for better decision-making later on. 

Former Puyallup (Wash.) Good Samaritan nurse Cora Weberg has agreed to a plea deal after being charged with tampering with consumer products on Sept. 1, according to a Sept. 6 report from KIRO 7. 

Physicians make $241,000 on average in Iowa, which is the best state to retire in, according to financial website Bankrate.

The number of nurse practitioners is expected to increase 44.5 percent by 2032, according to the most recent Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational employment statistics survey.

Disruptors pose a threat to healthcare as a whole, including ASCs.