A Press Release from Wheelhouse Strategies On August 16th, the Tulare Local Health Care District’s Chapter 9 Plan was approved by the United States Bankruptcy Court in Fresno. This brings the complicated, nearly two-year-old, bankruptcy filing to legal resolution. The District remains intact and able to provide healthcare services to the people of the District […]
A Press Release from Adventist Health Tulare The first baby born under the Adventist Health banner made her arrival at 1:49 p.m. Monday to the cheers and tears of an excited obstetrics team and a hospital family that could barely contain their excitement. Baby Alayah Rene Valdez was born to Jessica Rene Valdez, 24, of […]
The Tulare Local Health Care District (TLHCD) appears to have made astonishing progress since re-opening its hospital late last year under the auspices of Adventist Health, say the facts that emerged at its most recent regular board meeting on July 24. While the mid-July census hovered at just under 10, according to Randy Dodd, Adventist […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District has struck three of its former board members — and its prior legal counsel — with a lawsuit. The Baker Hostetler law firm, attorney Bruce Greene, Dr. Parmod Kumar, former board president Linda Wilbourn, and former board member Richard Torrez were all named in the suit, filed Wednesday, April 24 […]
The Southern Inyo Healthcare District needs a new bankruptcy attorney — and law firm — by May 10, after attorneys for Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA) successfully moved to disqualify the district’s current counsel. Judge Frederick E. Clement ruled on April 10 that Ashley McDow and the law firm Foley & Lardner, which she works for, […]
Adventist Health’s Tulare Regional Medical Center (TRMC) saw its 10,000th patient on March 8, and has seen at least 1,400 more since, TRMC President Randy Dodd recently revealed at a Tulare Local Healthcare District board meeting on March 27. “It’s a nice milestone for us to hit,” Dodd told the board. Dodd said that Adventist […]
The Tulare Local Healthcare District recently announced the appointment of Sandra L. Ormonde as the District’s first post Hospital lease Chief Executive Officer. Ormonde will begin work on May 1, 2019. Ormonde is a Tulare native who has worked as a Systems Integration Engineer at Edwards Air Force Base since 2006. She is experienced in […]
This article has been updated to clarify that Benzeevi’s assets can be kept while he is being investigated. The Tulare County District Attorney’s office can keep assets and property seized from Dr. Benny Benzeevi while the office investigates his actions managing Tulare Regional Medical Center, Hon. Judge John Bianco ruled today. Proceedings lasted multiple weeks, […]
Was the Tulare City Council’s recent vote to extend a $9m line of credit to the Tulare Local Healthcare District legal? Mario Zamora, Tulare’s interim city attorney, says yes. Marguerite Melo, an attorney who has previously taken on the City of Tulare, says no. Tulare City Councilman Carlton Jones says his colleagues on the city […]
The City of Tulare will extend a $9m line of credit to the Tulare Local Healthcare District, after a special Tulare City Council meeting on Tuesday night. Mayor Jose Sigala and council member Terry Sayre voted to extend the line of credit to the hospital, with Vice-Mayor Dennis Mederos abstaining. Council member Greg Nunley […]