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Publications and source records attributed to S Lutz.
Along the border with Mexico, hospitals fight a constant battle against disease and poverty that inundates their institutions with Mexican nationals and poor Americans who need care but can't pay for it. The strained providers see the border phenomenon as a national problem, but the U.S. government sees the situation as a local matter.
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From in-house operations to marriages with fast-food operators, the food service at many hospitals has become a source of nourishment for budgets instead of a drain. But hospitals no longer are pushing the entrepreneurial limits of food sales like they did a few years back, mainly because they're realizing the effect their not-for-profit presence has on taxpaying competitors in the community.
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Systems are looking outside hospital walls for more of their total revenue, and a maturity shaped by experience is making executives wiser in the ways of the joint venture. The business possibilities continue to proliferate.
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Now that Congress has begun approving higher reimbursement for rural hospitals, have the facilities seen their fortunes change? Yes and no. Some payment gains have been offset by other payment cuts, and many long-time problems continue to linger. But rurals are finding fiscal strength in system affiliations and creative operating strategies.