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12 ASC MANAGEMENT Registered nurse salary for all 50 states By Laura Dyrda T he average salary for registered nurses across the country is $77,460, accord- ing to Bureau of Labor Statistics data collected in May 2019. RNs have the highest annual salary in Cali- fornia, where RNs on average make $113,240; South Dakota has the lowest-earning RNs at around $59,540 per year on average. e average annual salary for RNs by state, ranked from highest to lowest: California: $113,240 Hawaii: $104,060 Massachusetts: $93,160 Oregon: $92,960 Alaska: $90,500 Nevada: $88,380 New York: $87,840 Washington: $86,170 New Jersey: $84,280 Connecticut: $83,440 Rhode Island: $82,310 Minnesota: $80,130 Arizona: $78,330 Maryland: $77,910 Colorado: $76,230 Texas: $74,540 Delaware: $74,100 New Hampshire: $73,880 Illinois: $73,510 New Mexico: $73,300 Wisconsin: $72,610 Michigan: $73,200 Virginia: $71,870 Pennsylvania: $71,410 Vermont: $70,240 Maine: $69,760 Georgia: $69,590 Idaho: $69,480 Montana: $69,340 Wyoming: $68,690 Ohio: $68,220 Utah: $67,970 Florida: $67,610 Indiana: $66,560 Nebraska: $66,640 North Carolina: $66,440 North Dakota: $66,290 Louisiana: $65,850 Oklahoma: $64,800 South Carolina: $64,840 Missouri: $64,160 Kansas: $63,750 Kentucky: $63,750 West Virginia: $63,220 Tennessee: $62,570 Arkansas: $61,330 Iowa: $60,590 Alabama: $60,230 Mississippi: $59,750 South Dakota: $59,540 n Feds accuse UPMC surgeons of illegal billing, failure to properly obtain patient consent — 3 details By Angie Stewart A federal lawsuit unsealed in June alleges that UPMC illegally billed CMS for cases in which surgeons neglected to obtain proper patient consent, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Three things to know: 1. Plaintiffs in the civil lawsuit include HHS, CMS and Diana Zaldonis, who is the former lead research coordinator in UPMC's Cardiothoracic Transplantation division. The case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in September 2019. 2. Ms. Zaldonis, who became lead research coordinator in 2006, alleges she was dismissed in January 2019 in retaliation for reporting that surgeons were having resident physicians, fellows, nurse practitioners and physician assistants obtain patient consent, without talking to patients themselves. 3. By billing for cases where surgeons had not personally obtained informed patient consent, the suit alleges, UPMC and the surgeons violated federal law, state law and UPMC policy. The plaintiffs want UPMC to be fined for damages, and Ms. Zaldonis is asking to be reinstated with back pay. n