A Rude awakening

On Aug. 7 it was announced that Health Management Services (HMS), LLC. would be taking over management of the Platte Valley Medical Clinic. This came on the heels of the announcement that the Town of Saratoga would neither renew nor renegotiate their lease with Dr. Bryan Kaiser, who took over as provider following the departure of Dr. Dean Bartholomew.

HMS, a company based in Billings, MT., has managed the Saratoga Care Center for three years following a crisis that threatened to close the facility.

A tentative date of Oct. 1 has been set for the transition, according to HMS President Karl Rud...