title: Texas hospitals riding tall. While hospitals post robust profit margins, HMOs are saddled with mounting losses.
abstract: In Texas, they do things differently, and they do things big. Hospitals in the Lone Star State have been banding together more often and more effectively than elsewhere. Swinging their lassos, they are riding herd on HMOs, enjoying record profits and making ever-larger deals.
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authors.lastname: Saphir
mesh_terms: D004469:Economics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends*; D006273:Health Facility Merger; D006279:Health Maintenance Organizations / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D013781:Texas