CCMSD severs ties with management company

Claiming that there is no longer rapport between Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) and Health Management Services (HMS), the Board of Trustees announced last week that it will sever the relationship with its management company.

At a special meeting last week, the board retired into executive session to discuss the situation.

“The current contract is expiring at the end of September,” said board chairman Mark Erickson.

“With that, and since we’ve now received notice of [CEO Nathan Hough’s] departure, the board is going to retire into executive session to talk with our legal counsel...