2023-05-15T10:10:46-05:00 2022-06-30 010523282 Berry Dunn McNeil & Parker LLC 2211 Congress St Portland ME 04102 990 2021-07-01 010518516 LifeFlight of Maine LIFE 2079735115 43 Whiting Hill 400 Brewer ME 04412 Thomas P Judge Executive Director 2079735115 2023-05-15 1 Thomas Judge 999009999 Joseph R Byrne P01289281 2077752387 2023-05-15 3 AAL1 IAL1 2021 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z Thomas P Judge 43 Whiting Hill 400 Brewer ME 04412 23384050 0 X www.lifeflightmaine.org X LLC 1998 ME LifeFlight of Maine (LOM) provides critical care ground and air medical transport throughout the State of Maine. LOM operates dedicated medical helicopters and fast response ground vehicles from bases in Sanford and Lewiston and provides a dedicated medical helicopter, fixed wing, and ground ambulances based in Bangor. Critical care resuscitation, stabilization, and transport are provided at the request of physicians. LOM provides a variety of critical care services:- Emergency scene calls in support of EMS, Fire Rescue, & public safety agencies.- Emergency inter-hospital high acuity transport in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Vermont.- Emergency inter-hospital high acuity regional transport for highly specialized services outside of New England.- Surge staffing response & support for multiple patient events at hospitals.- First response for the Department of Homeland Security in remote border regions of Maine.- Disaster response for EMS agencies & hospitals. 9 9 0 37 0 0 2633613 3811350 15365875 19551088 2776 -10977 0 21612 18002264 23373073 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 794221 17077248 18605600 17077248 18605600 925016 4767473 31032101 36347003 16015689 11538828 15016412 24808175 X LifeFlight provides critical care and specialized medical transport by air and ground ambulances to the entire state of Maine and under mutual aid to hospitals and EMS agencies in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Massachusetts.LifeFlight is licensed by the State of Maine and is accredited by the Commission for the Accreditation of Medical Transport Systems and is a member of the Association of Critical Care Transport, the Helicopter Association International, the US Helicopter Safety Team, and the Maine Ambulance Association. 1 1 12745112 0 In FY2022 LifeFlight provided resuscitation and transport to 2508 patients originating from 124 communities, 34 referring hospitals in Maine, 16 communities and 10 referring hospitals in New Hampshire, and 4 referring hospitals in Massachusetts.Patients were transported to 31 receiving hospitals in Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.LifeFlight is financially supported by care to patients with funding from the LifeFlight Foundation to support aviation infrastructure, specialized medical equipment, aircraft, and outreach education.LifeFlight provides care to critically ill and injured patients without regard to the ability to pay for care or insurance status. In FY2021 LifeFlight incurred $2,182,875 of costs to care for patients unable to pay for care. Contractual allowances with third party payors including reductions in revenue for Medicare and MaineCare beneficiaries reduced revenue by $21,271,752. 3729894 19444362 During FY22 LifeFlight supported a private-public aviation infrastructure with the State of Maine and the Federal Aviation Administration including:- Maintenance support and commissioning for 18 automated weather observation systems located at rural airports in Belfast, Machias, Princeton, Jackman, Greenville, Carrabassett, Skowhegan, Bethel, Brunswick, Bridgton, Eastport, hospitals in Fort Kent, Farmington, Rumford, Bridgton, and Lewiston, and Matinicus, Vinalhaven, and Monhegan Islands.- Worked with the FAA to update 43 new Point in Space (PINS) Instrument Approach and Departure Flight Procedures at hospitals, airports, and islands.- Continued the development of the first in the nation low level performance-based navigation RNP 0.3 precision instrument flight routes including the development of 5 additional primary routes with 22 segments. - Update and confirmation of all hospital and PINS location aviation facilities in the FAA 5010 database.- Technical and consulting support including use of helicopter for flight sound study and the construction of or new helipads at Maine Medical Center in Portland.- Technical consulting and support for runway extension projects in Machias, Eastport, and Jackman and hospital helipads in Blue Hill and Greenville.- Support for fuel trucks at Northern Aroostook Regional Airport in Frenchville and Northern Maine Regional Airport in Presque Isle- Initiation of weather cameras for 35 airports and hospital helipads.- Inspection and support for 32 hospitals with helipads. 0 106726 In addition to providing care to critically ill and injured patients, LifeFlight supports the chain of survival with safety and clinical education, public education, and support of blood donation. Programs included:- 24 ground safety courses for over 350 personnel from fire departments, EMS, public safety personnel, and professional loggers in 23 communities; - 26 Clinical education and simulation programs for over 180 paramedics, nurses, mid-level practitioners and physicians from 4 hospitals, 2 Fire Departments, two other clinical organizations, - Training and public events for 5 EMS, military, and public safety agencies; aviation support for four airports. - Partnering with the Red Cross to annually run major blood drives in Lewiston and Bangor with over 100 units of blood donated. During FY22, LifeFlight also continued to maintain:- Access to over 140 remote landing zones in conjunction with the Maine Department of Conservation, the Maine Emergency Management Agency, Maine Fire Chiefs Association, Homeland Security, public safety agencies, and numerous private landowners, woodland and forest product companies as well as outdoor recreation organizations. - 1200 approved landing sites with access granted to all of the 911 Public Safety Regional Communication Centers for coordination of emergency response. 16475006 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 26 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 X John Doyle 2079739081 43 Whiting Hill Rd Suite 500 Brewer ME 04412 X Greg LaFrancois Chair 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Steve Littleson Vice Chair 4.00 0.00 X X 0 0 0 Zach Brandwein Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Dan Daigneault Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Diane Danielson Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Tim Dentry Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Norman Dinerman MD FACEP Steering Committee Member/Med Dir. 25.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Marc Edelman MD Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Mackenzie Lyman Past Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Jeff Mullis Past Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 David Paulosky Steering Committee Member 4.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Thomas Judge Executive Director 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 William Cyr Chief Operating Officer 40.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 Joseph Kellner Chief Financial Officer 10.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Seven Bar Aviation LLC 8111 Lemmon Avenue Hangar 4 Dallas TX 75209 Flight Hours, Pilots, Helicopter Contrac 6631963 Agusta Westland 3050 Red Lion Road Philadelphia PA 19114 Flight Hours 1933368 Central Maine Medical Center 300 Main Street Lewiston ME 04240 Medical Services 1380898 Eastern Maine Medical Center 43 Whiting Hill Road Suite 400 Brewer ME 04412 Nurses/Medical Director Staffing 1100902 Affiliated Healthcare Mgmt 43 Whiting Hill Road Suite 400 Brewer ME 04412 Administrative Services 932817 19 2008997 1802353 3811350 Net Patient Service Revenue 621910 19444362 19444362 Other Income 621910 106726 106726 19551088 21612 0 21612 21612 21612 10977 -10977 -10977 -10977 23373073 19551088 0 10635 X 1684782 890561 794221 27702 27702 52514 52514 6124002 6124002 1013 1013 486463 205118 281345 2352031 2352031 349369 278806 70563 1063361 1063361 6971 6971 295976 295976 941152 941152 835668 835668 Medical Expenses 3212402 3212402 Aviation Operation 608903 608903 Miscellaneous Expenses 563291 550616 12675 18605600 16475006 1336373 794221 X 2599915 2193736 943 4719 3278822 3591221 19671 82240 629659 591153 28954786 10757641 18517041 18197145 5986050 11686789 31032101 36347003 1476136 545796 5704123 5096217 3582524 2975109 5252906 2921706 16015689 11538828 X 10745613 16596917 4270799 8211258 15016412 24808175 31032101 36347003 X 4767473 5024290 X 0 1 X 1 0 X 1842473 2481170 7342807 2633613 3811350 18111413 12645527 12147558 14396662 15365875 19572700 74128322 14488000 14628728 21739469 17999488 23384050 92239735 0 0 0 92239735 4084 1188 5272 4084 1188 5272 14492084 14629916 21739469 17999488 23384050 92245007 0.99990 0.99990 0.00010 0.00010 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2666 2666 0 Part II-B, Line 1: The Organization pays dues to various organizations, a portion of which are attributable to lobbying expenses. 598158 181278 416880 28307236 10576363 17730873 49392 49392 18197145 Interest in Net Assets of Financially Interrelated Organization 10149530 Deposit on Helicopters 1255000 Interest Rate Swaps 282259 11686789 Due to Third Party Payors 64691 Due to Members and Other Related Parties 2857015 2921706 A Finance Authority of ME 010392006 2017-01-30 2500000 Helicopter purchase 0 0 0 B Town of Camden Maine 016000097 2017-01-30 4000000 Helicopter purchase 0 0 0 C Town of Camden Maine 016000097 2015-06-05 2250000 Equipment purchase 0 0 0 A 770635 2500000 28551 2471449 2017 0 0 1 1 B 1253556 4000000 34266 3965734 2017 0 0 1 1 C 1575000 2250000 2250000 2015 0 0 1 1 A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 B 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 A 0 0 1 0 1 1 Bangor Savings Bank 15.000000000000 1 0 0 0 1 B 0 0 1 0 1 1 Bangor Savings Bank 15.000000000000 1 0 0 0 1 C 0 0 1 0 1 1 Bangor Savings Bank 10.000000000000 1 0 0 0 1 A 1 B 1 C 1 Form 990, Part III, line 2 During FY2022, the Organization undertook the following significant program services: - Extended Neonatal Retrieval Services with Northern Light Healthcare Eastern Maine Medical Center - Continued development of national demonstration precision flight routing navigation with the Federal Aviation Administration - Initiated a weather camera project across Maine - Added two new twin engine IFR AugustaWestland A109SP helicopters - Created internal wholly owned aviation management Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate Form 990, Part III, line 3 During FY2022, the Organization initiated its own Federal Aviation Administration Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate and transitioned aviation management from an external vendor SevenBar Aviation Services to LifeFlight Aviation Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LifeFlight of Maine. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 3 LifeFlight of Maine (LOM) has an employee leasing agreement with Affiliated Healthcare Management (AHM) under which AHM provides LOM with executive management, financial support, and marketing and fundraising support services. Pursuant to this agreement, the following compensation information is disclosed as follows: Thomas Judge, Executive Director of both LOM and LifeFlight Foundation (LFF), received $240,445 during calendar year 2021 as compensation and benefits from AHM for the services he provided to both LOM and LFF. William Cyr, Chief Operating Officer of LOM, received $136,970 during calendar year 2021 as compensation and benefits from AHM for the services he provided to LOM. In addition, the Organization has a service contract in place with Eastern Maine Medical Center (EMMC), an unrelated organization, under which EMMC provides LOM with Medical Director services. Dr. Norman Dinerman, LOM Board Member, acts in the capacity as the Organization's Medical Director pursuant to this service contract arrangement. Amounts paid to EMMC by LOM for Medical Director services totaled $179,172 during calendar year 2021. LOM has no employees and as such, does not compensate Dr. Dinerman directly. Further, the Organization is not aware of what Dr. Dinerman receives as compensation from EMMC for services rendered to LOM. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 6 The Organization is owned 50% by Central Maine Healthcare Corporation (CMHC) and 50% by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems (EMHS) dba Northern Light Healthcare. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7a LifeFlight of Maine's membership is held 50% by Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems/ Northern Light Healthcare and 50% by Central Maine Healthcare Corporation. Each of the two members are represented by three voting representatives from their respective organizations for the governing body, the LifeFlight Steering Committee. In addition, the LifeFlight Foundation provides three Board members to the LifeFlight Steering Committee. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 7b Approval to dissolve the Organization is reserved to the member organizations, Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems/ Northern Light Healthcare and Central Maine Healthcare Corporation. Other organizational changes are also reserved to the member organizations. Form 990, Part VI, Section A, line 8b The Organization does not have any committees with authority to act on behalf of the governing body. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 11b A copy of the Form 990 is provided to the board for review prior to filing with an opportunity to ask questions. The 990 is also reviewed internally by appropriate levels of organizational personnel prior to providing to the board. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, line 12c In 2012 LifeFlight of Maine implemented a policy which indicates that board members need to annually disclose any conflicts of interest. Annual disclosure statements are filed by members of the Steering Committee. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, line 19 The Organization makes its governing documents and financial statements available upon request. Form 990, Part IX, line 11g Purchased Services: Program service expenses 6,124,002. Management and general expenses 0. Fundraising expenses 0. Total expenses 6,124,002. Form 990, Part X, Line 10: Land, Buildings, and Equipment Section 1.263(a)-3(n) Election: LifeFlight of Maine 43 Whiting Hill Road, #400 Brewer, ME 04412 EIN: 01-0518516 Section 1.263(a)-3(n) Election: LifeFlight of Maine is electing to capitalize repair and maintenance costs under Regulation Section 1.263(a)-3(n). Form 990, Part XI, line 9: Change in Net Assets of Financially Interrelated Organization 3,939,444. Change in Accumulated Earnings of Financially Interrelated Organization 574,036. Change in Fair Value of Interest Rate Swaps 510,810. Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Lines 13 and 15: The Organization does not have employees. LifeFlight Aviation Services LLC 189 Odlin Road Bangor ME 04401 852996006 Aviation Services ME 1889914 374842 Lifeflight of Maine