CCMSD calls for lawsuit to be dismissed

Crook County Medical Services District (CCMSD) has moved to dismiss the complaint filed against it by Health Management Services (HMS), the management company with which the district severed ties earlier this year. The motion rests on the argument that HMS cannot sue a governmental entity without following Wyoming’s rules for doing so.

The case is based on claims from HMS that the company was given 120 days of notice as per its contract, but then “inexplicably” dismissed without payment. According to the complaint, the five-year contract states that payment for HMS’s services would take the fo...