Dr. Parmod Kumar officially has a challenger for his Tulare Local Healthcare District seat: Senovia Gutierrez. Gutierrez filed paperwork Monday to run against Kumar in the recall election for his Area 3 seat. She is supported by Citizens for Hospital Accountability, the group that has seen recent electoral successes in its opposition to the Measure I […]
Editor’s note: This article has been updated to reflect statements from HCCA/TRMC under the subheading “Hospital Responds.” The full response is available for viewing here. The State of California has once again stepped into the feud between between the Tulare Regional Medical Center’s (TRMC) Board of Directors and doctors representing its prior Medical Executive Committee […]
This article has been updated to match the version in the March 2 edition of the Voice. The only things missing from Wednesday’s Tulare Local Healthcare District meeting were an announcer, a bell, round cards, and popcorn. The meeting started on a down note — officials with the district announced Fitch Ratings, a major credit ratings […]
Controversy over the ultimate fate of Tulare’s Paige Avenue and its interchange with State Route 99 may be much ado about nothing, and in any case the upset is years too soon, say city and county officials. Popular unease over the aged and inefficient off-ramp stems from the possibility of its closure or reconfiguration in […]
The Tulare City Council held a special meeting January 31 at 6:30pm to appoint a new interim city manager. After meeting in closed session for almost an hour, the council reported that it had chosen Joseph Carlini, Public Works Director of the Public Works Department. Tulare’s current interim city manager, Paul Melikian, handed in his […]
Two things were made clear during Wednesday’s three-hour-long Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) Board of Directors meeting: there are now two distinct factions of board members — and they’ve got distinctly different ideas on how to end up with a successful hospital. The faction of existing board members — comprised of Dr. Parmod Kumar, Richard […]
Tulare is one step closer to having a new hotel, but some community members aren’t happy about it. At the Jan. 17 Tulare City Council meeting, the council voted 4-0 — with councilman David Macedo absent — to change the city’s general plan concerning a parcel at M Street and the southwest corner of Cartmill […]
Opponents of Dr. Parmod Kumar have been told that the recall of the long-time Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) Board of Directors member can continue, according to a statement from Citizens for Hospital Accountability, the group pursuing the recall. The hospital accountability group gathered 1,414 signatures, out of which 1,180 were valid, and 32 were […]
HCCA/Tulare Regional Medical Center announced today that, for the first time it has successfully achieved the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ requirements for ‘Meaningful Use’ of electronic health records and thus qualifies to receive substantial monetary rewards. Shawn Burgess, Chief Information Officer at HCCA/TRMC, applauded the staff and providers at Tulare’s hospital for their […]
In early 2016, the Tulare Local Healthcare District (TLHCD) took on an unexpected role as a financial lender for a hospital in Lone Pine, Calif., extending it a $500,000 line of credit. Both the Lone Pine hospital and Tulare Regional Medical Center are managed by Healthcare Conglomerate Associates (HCCA), a Tulare-based company, that has taken […]