Overall labor expenses rose 1.4 percent to total $260.4 million even as contract labor costs fell 41 percent, totaling $20.9 million. Overall expenses increased 4 percent to $428.3 million.
The system, which is planning to convert to a nonprofit system from its current publicly owned status, reported an operating loss of $4.7 million on revenue of $448.2 million for the first half of the year versus a $26.5 million loss on $404.8 million revenue last year.
Kootenai Health, the third-largest health system in Idaho, reported an overall loss of $4.6 million for the period versus a loss of $49.5 million in the same period 2022.
