The San Jose, Sunnyvale and Santa Clara, Calif., metropolitan area is the highest-paying region for registered nurses to practice in, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. RNs working in the area…
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CRNAs working in medical and diagnostic laboratories earn a higher annual median wage than those working in other practice settings, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. Practitioners working in labs can…
Nurse practitioners in California earn more than NPs in other states at an average salary of $173,190 per year and an average hourly wage of $83.26. Iowa has the highest hourly mean wage for the profession when considering the cost-of-living…
A jury in St. Louis has sided with Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke’s Hospital and one of its anesthesiologists in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury and later died following…
In August, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed new legislation mandating insurance coverage for all colonoscopies for patients who present symptoms of colon cancer or have a preexisting colon condition. But how will this policy shift impact ASCs, particularly as they…
Texas is the state with the most CRNAs in the nation, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. Here are the number of nurse anesthetists by state. Editor’s note: Data for Colorado,…
California is the state with the most registered nurses in the nation, while Wyoming has the least, according to May 2024 data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. Here are the number of RNs by state,…
American Electric Power Ohio shut off power at Martins Ferry-based East Ohio Regional Hospital and its medical office buildings after the system did not pay its bills for more than one year, according to an April 3 report from The…
As the demand for anesthesia grows alongside the migration of procedures to the outpatient setting, anesthesia leaders are getting creative in the ways they meet the shifting demands of the industry. Scott Mayer, CEO of Rosemont, Ill.-based Ambulatory Anesthesia Care,…
Beckley, W.V.-based Med-Surg Physician Group and its owner Oluyemisi Sangodeyi, MD, agreed to pay $152,382 to settle allegations they submitted false Medicare and Medicaid claims and falsely certified compliance with program requirements, according to an April 2 news release from…