Singing River Health System presented the 2017 fiscal year budget earlier today to the Jackson County Board of Supervisors. According to CEO Kevin Holland, the health system reduced their operating expenses by about 15 percent while maintaining revenue, causing a…
Singing River Health System and Memorial Hospital, the Coast’s two largest healthcare systems, are feeling shortchanged millions of dollars from the State Department of Medicaid for uninsured patient care. Now, the two hospitals are seeking relief in chancery court with…
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, traumatic injury kills more people in the United States between the ages of one and four than anyone else. A partnership between Ochsner and Singing River Health System provides a way…
Jackson County supervisors say they’re happy with U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola’s decision to sign off on a settlement for Singing River Health System’s retirement plan. Jackson County Supervisor Troy Ross says he’s glad it’s finally getting to a point…
In a statement from Singing River Health System CEO Kevin Holland, he states: “We are very pleased with Judge Guirola’s ruling that the proposed settlement of the Singing River Health System pension plan is appropriate and should now move forward.…
More than three weeks of waiting on a decision from a federal court judge on the Singing River Health System pension plan settlement is finally over. Today, U.S. District Court Judge Louis Guirola signed off on the settlement, meaning he…
There is still no decision by U.S District Judge Louis Guirola after another long day in court hearing from attorneys to determine if the Singing River Health pension plan settlement is fair and reasonable. The two long days in court…
Still no decision by U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola after another long day in court hearing from attorneys to determine if the Singing River pension plan settlement is fair and reasonable but the two long days in court are over.…
It was a long day in court as U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola heard from attorneys to determine if the Singing River pension plan settlement is fair and reasonable. After a joining of hands in a prayer circle outside of…
In Gulfport today, it was a long day in court as U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola listened to how Singing River Health System plans on paying retirees the $150 million over the next 35 years. The settlement was not approved…
A year and a half has passed since Singing River Health System retirees began their fight for lost retirement benefits. Even though the rain forced retirees into a local Subway, dozens stood with their “Do the right thing” pins and t-shirts, keeping…
Singing River Health System and the D’iberville-St. Martin Chamber of Commerce cut the ribbon to a brand new physical therapy and rehab facility. Formerly Cedar Lake Physical Therapy, the facility is happy to be back serving D’iberville after 18 months…
Another motion requesting the removal of Judge Breland Hilburn from all the cases in the Singing River pension plan lawsuit has been filed. Harvey Barton and Earl Denham represent about 200 of the 3,100 retirees in the case. They filed…
The Singing River pension battle continues to play out. In a petition filed today, attorneys for retirees suing over their lost pensions say the whole case is “more akin to a John Grisham novel than a typical case.” Today, attorneys…
No word yet on who will be appointed by the state Supreme Court to preside over more than 200 state cases in the Singing River Health System pension plan lawsuit. One of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, Harvey Barton, says he hopes…
There are new developments tonight in the lawsuit over Singing River Health System retirees’ benefits. Judge Breland Hilburn is resigning from presiding over some of the state cases. News 25’s Shelby Myers shows us what local attorneys involved in the…
Judge Breland Hilburn will not preside over the state cases being handled by plaintiffs’ and retirees’ attorneys Harvey Barton and Earl Denham. According to today’s filing with the Jackson County Chancery Court’s Office signed by Judge Breland: “After due consideration,…
It was a historic day in Jackson County. For the first time, the Singing River Health System Board of Trustees opened their monthly meeting to the public. This was a day that those in attendance say is a step in…
History was made today in Jackson County. For the first time ever, the Singing River Health System Board of Trustees opened their monthly meeting to the public. News 25’s Shelby Myers was inside the meeting and is now live to…
Singing River Health System has filed its response to allegations of an ex parte meeting in the hospital’s state-retiree pension plan case. The health system has also challenged the state’s Supreme Court jurisdiction in the matter. The recent filings read,…
WXXV News 25 received word from Reeves and Mestayer Law Firm in response to recent allegations in a court filing by Denham and Barton Law Firm.
U.S. District Judge Louis Guirola approved the Singing River Health System federal settlement, allowing it to move forward in the process of becoming a class action.
A Singing River Health System trustee resigns and the attorney for the Jackson County Board of Supervisors offers up an explanation one week after video allegedly showing their participation in a secret meeting surfaces.
A number of Singing River retirees and their attorneys are outraged today after a judge puts a hold indefinitely on litigation in state court regarding the health system and its pension plan.