Brewer, Maine-based Northern Light Health, which earlier this month agreed to transfer 1,400 of its employees to health services company Optum, reported a $178 million loss in fiscal 2022, according to a Jan. 23 filing.
Northern Light, which operates 10 hospitals and employs more than 12,000 people, reported an operating loss for the period ended Sept. 30 of $131.7 million while losses on investments pushed that loss to $178 million. Those figures compare with a $57 million operating gain and an overall $84.6 million in net income in 2021.
The health system's days of cash on hand declined in 2022 to 75.2 compared with 135.8 in 2021.
The transfer of employees to Optum should occur in the first half of 2023, Northern Light Health said. The focus will be on operational functions, including revenue cycle management, information systems, inpatient care management, analytics, enterprise project management and supply chain.