Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems Ahi

“Scott Oxley, former director/officer and George Eaton, officer are board members of Bangor Savings Bank.Scott Oxley, former director/officer and George Eaton, officer are board members of Galen Cole Family Foundation.”

“Acadia Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Healthcare (the "Corporation") is a Maine nonprofit corporation. Acadia Hospital Corp d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Hospital (the "Member"), also a Maine nonprofit corporation, is the sole corporate member of the Corporation.”

“The Member has authority to elect directors of the Corporation.”

“The Member has authority to approve amendments to the Corporation's articles of incorporation and to its bylaws.”

“Form 990 is reviewed by the VP of Finance of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare. It is also provided to each board member either electronically or in hard copy with an opportunity to ask questions prior to filing with the IRS.”

“The organization requests updates of potential conflicts and relationships from the officers and Board members on an annual basis. The request requires disclosure of all business relationships, board memberships, and family relationships. A database is maintained that is compared to payroll records and the accounts payable vendor list to identify any potential conflicts of interest. Transactions are reviewed for reasonableness as an arm's length transaction. The first agenda item for board meetings and board committee meetings is for members to declare any conflict of interest with upcoming agenda items or deliberations. At any point when consideration is being given to purchase/contract with a party in interest, the member with the conflict is either excused from the discussion and consideration process or abstains from voting on the matter. All transactions identified with parties in interest are disclosed within the Form 990. All are deemed to be arm's length transactions.”

“The SVP, President of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is employed by the system parent, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems d/b/a Northern Light Health (NLH). The NLH Executive Performance Management Committee (the Committee) is responsible to monitor and evaluate the performance of the NLH Chief Executive Officer (CEO). It shall have authority to set the compensation of the NLH CEO, and to review the recommendations of the NLH CEO with respect to the compensation of the Presidents of the Member Organizations and other key management personnel. The Committee is comprised entirely of independent Directors per NLH bylaws.Process:The Committee meets regularly throughout the fiscal year at the discretion of the Committee chair as well as on call of the Chair of the NLH board. In carrying out its duties pursuant to the Bylaws, the Committee:-Assures that the executive compensation program is administered in a manner consistent with the NLH executive compensation philosophy.-Reviews and updates the NLH executive compensation philosophy which serves as the foundation on which all current and future executive compensation decisions are made.-Assures that value of compensation provided by NLH does not exceed the value of services provided by the executive.-Reviews annual incentive compensation criteria for eligible executives, as defined by the NLH CEO.-Reviews periodic compensation survey information and provides expert input to proposed changes to the executive compensation program.-Assures that a formal and timely performance management system is in place for executives.-Reviews incentive compensation criteria scoring and associated pay schedules for officers and key employees.-Provides any public statements regarding executive compensation practices at NLH deemed appropriate.-Maintains minutes of the meetings and communicates actions to the NLH Board of Directors.To accomplish this, the committee uses an external consultant with access to comparative data from independent sources and include national as well as regional data points. The NLH CEO reviews all direct report compensation actions with the committee. In addition, the NLH CEO ensures that any subsidiary policies and practices governing executive compensation are consistent with the committee's philosophy and practices statement.”

“Compensation of other officers and key employees of the organization is established by the Human Resources department who utilize external market research to establish compensation ranges for specific positions. The compensation of officers and key employees are reviewed by the Northern Light Acadia Hospital SVP, President and Northern Light Acadia Hospital Executive Committee.On an annual basis, the compensation ranges are compared to the updated survey information. The Human Resources department will determine where the employee will fall within the ranges established by the Human Resources department based on experience and credentials.”

“Northern Light Acadia Healthcare makes its governing documents, conflict of interest policy and financial statements available to the public upon request.”

“OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: Northern Light Acadia Healthcare was incorporated on June 3, 1992. The primary mission of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is the provision of mental health and substance abuse treatment services to the people of Maine. Reflecting the caring nature of its mission, Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is committed to providing quality services which foster dignity and a positive environment for children, adolescents, and adults with mental health and chemical dependency problems and to advocate for their mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is a non-profit corporation; its sole member is Acadia Hospital Corporation d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Hospital, also a Maine non-profit corporation. Fee schedules are posted and distributed to all patients. No patient is denied emergency care for lack of funds. In 2024 total services provided to those who could not pay amounted to $551,726 of which charity care amounted to $537,227 and other uncompensated care amounted to $14,499.”

“Post Retirement Pension & Health Benefit FAS158 = -$295059”