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40 CEO / STRATEGY The 15 best, worst states for physicians in 2022 By Molly Gamble T he top three states for physicians to practice medicine this year are in the Midwest and the worst are on the East Coast, according to one new ranking. e rankings for 2022 come from Wallethub, which looked at two key dimensions: opportunity and competition (70 points) and medical environment (30 points). Eleven metrics make up the opportunity and competition score, including physicians' annual wages and starting salary, hospitals per capita and insured rate. Medical environment is defined by eight factors, including physician assistants per capita, quality of the public health system and hospitals' safety grades as defined by Leapfrog. Some insights into the rankings and scores: • South Dakota ranks No. 1 overall, coming in seventh place for opportunity and competition and 22nd place for medical environment, respectively. • Nebraska came in top place for its medical environment, but its ranking as 34th for opportunity and competition dragged its overall ranking down to No. 7. • Indiana came in top place for opportunity and competition, but its ranking as 17th for medical environment dragged its overall ranking down to No. 19. • Delaware is ranked last for its medical environment, and Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts are ranked in the last spots for physicians' opportunity and competition. Below are the top 15 states and bottom 15 states, including Washington, D.C. e complete ranking and scoring can be found here. e best 1. South Dakota 2. Minnesota 3. Wisconsin 4. Montana 5. Idaho 6. Iowa 7. Nebraska 8. Kansas 9. North Dakota 10. Mississippi 11. Arizona 12. Alabama 13. Tennessee 14. Maine 15. Utah e worst 35. Arkansas 36. California 37. New Hampshire 38. New Mexico 39. Illinois 40. Maryland 41. Connecticut 42. Oregon 43. Massachusetts 44. Vermont 45. Hawaii 46. Alaska 47. New Jersey 48. Delaware 49. Washington, D.C. 50. New York 51. Rhode Islandn 10 women making moves in healthcare By Georgina Gonzalez The following executive moves made by women have been reported by or shared with Becker's since July 15. 1. Jackie Martinek, BSN, has been named group chief nursing officer at Birmingham, Ala.-based Brookwood Baptist Health. 2. Lavonne Pulliam is the new chief compliance officer of Cleveland-based University Hospitals. 3. Jill Johnson VanKuren has been appointed the new president and CEO Saratoga Springs N.Y.-based Saratoga Hospital. 4. Beth Hughes will become the new president of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health's Buffalo General Medical Center/ Gates Vascular Institute. 5. Sister Joan Reichelt, RN, the executive vice president of culture at Avera Health in Sioux Falls, S.D., has retired. 6. Tammy Smith, MSN, RN, vice president and chief nursing officer of Pratt (Kan.) Regional Medical Center, was named interim CEO of the hospital. 7. Debi Siljander, MD, has been named chief medical officer of California Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles. 8. Iris Yeldell Stacker has been appointed interim CEO of Greensville, Miss.- based Delta Health System. 9. Maribeth McLaughlin, BSN, RN, has been selected by UPMC to serve as its next chief nursing executive. 10. Kathleen Healy-Collier, has concluded her tenure as market president for Baton Rouge, La.-based Franciscan Missionaries of our Lady Health System's Acadiana region. n