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Here is a snapshot of the nursing industry in five notes: 

Here are the 15 top-ranking states for the emotional and physical well-being of their residents, according to recent data from WalletHub:

Here are five moves related to private equity in healthcare that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 17:

Here are five leadership appointments that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 31:

The American Medical Association has sent a comment letter to CMS urging the agency to make changes to the Medicare physician payment schedule, which the AMA argues is bad policy for both patients and providers.

Mark Van Ess, DO, chair of head and neck surgery at Mercy Clinic Springfield (Mo.), ​​recently joined Becker's to discuss the relationship between physicians and the hospitals they work for. 

CMS has fined four additional hospitals for alleged price transparency violations.

Prior authorization can often be a major hassle for physicians, administrators and patients trying to get needed medical procedures or prescriptions. 

An amicus brief filed Sept. 6 by the California Medical Association and the American Medical Association states that licensed allopathic and osteopathic physicians in California should be the only practitioners allowed to use the title "Dr."

Psychiatry is the fastest-growing physician specialty, and the average annual salary in the field is $247,350.