County and not-for-profit hospital mergers should avoid local government support

A rural not-for-profit hospital is taking over a healthy facility that the county government operated as a county home for the aged. Questions have arisen as to the proper way to handle the transfer of property, including medical supplies. Also, there are accounting problems in connection with the continued operation of the facility as far as materials management is concerned. In this dialogue, Dr. Decker addresses these problems.