HMS drops lawsuit

Health Management Services (HMS), the company that was until recently overseeing the management of Crook County Medical Services District, has given notice that it will be withdrawing its legal claims against the district.

HMS filed suit against the district, claiming the company had been given 120 days of notice as per its contract, but was then dismissed without payment. According to the complaint, the five-year contract states that payment for HMS’s services would take the form of five percent of CCMSD’s total gross operating revenues.

This contract was due to come to an end on September 30...