More and more of the financial burden for providing healthcare is being shifted from the state and federal level to local communities. That was part of the message delivered to directors and administrators of the Dawson County Hospital District here Thursday evening. Brent Fuller, certified public accountant and partner in the Lubbock firm of Durbin and Company., presented an outlook for Texas rural hospitals to the local hospital board’s regular meeting. Durbin & Company provides auditing and consulting services for several hospitals and healthcare providers in Texas and Oklahoma, including the Dawson County Hospital District. The outlook for rural hospitals, Fuller said, is not ...