Top 5 last week: Why ERs lose doctors, Medicaid ups work requirements, CFO qualifications shift weight, 2 more

Among all medical specialties, emergency medicine is the single most likely to burn out its practitioners. 

Edward Scott Rock, 50, was sentenced to 41 months in prison and ordered to pay back the disabled and elderly customers who bought the customized vehicles only to realize they were never going to be delivered.  

It was once a given that hospital chief financial officers would be first in line to fill CFO positions in multi-hospital health systems when those bigger jobs opened up. That’s no longer necessarily the case, according to a new report on the current state and unfolding future of the role. 

The new guidelines take effect in 2027. However, the associated data infrastructure the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said it is developing to streamline eligibility determinations and appeals will not go live until 2028.

When nursing  homes lose their fear of getting sued for substandard care quality, they tend to make do with fewer caregivers, a new study reveals.