Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health reported an operating loss of $13.3 million for the nine months ending March 31.
The 37-hospital system, however, reported an overall net income of $31 million amid investment performance improvement.
Avera Health's operating expenses totaled $2.2 billion for the nine-month period.
The system's president and CEO, Bob Sutton, is to leave Avera Health on Sept. 30 "due to a recently diagnosed serious medical condition that requires an intensive treatment regimen," the system said April 17.