Memorial Health Expands Role for Lincoln Memorial Hospital CEO Tamar Kutz
Tamar Kutz, president and CEO of Lincoln Memorial Hospital, has taken on an expanded leadership role as vice president of enterprise service line integration for Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health. The health system announced the new role on Oct. 22, according to a report from Becker's Hospital Review.
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In the new position, Kutz will oversee efforts to integrate, standardize and strategically align clinical service lines across Memorial Health while continuing to serve as CEO of the Lincoln, Ill., hospital, the report said.
Kutz was named president and CEO of Lincoln Memorial Hospital in October 2025. She has been with Memorial Health since 2010, when she began her career with the system in its medical imaging department, according to the Springfield Business Journal.
Her previous roles include serving as vice president for quality and operations at Decatur Memorial Hospital, another Memorial Health facility. She also served as interim president and CEO of that hospital in 2025, according to Becker's. In 2017, she was promoted to administrator of ambulatory operations for Memorial Health, where she was responsible for home health, hospice, infusion, durable medical equipment and other physician services operations, the Springfield Business Journal reported.
Kutz holds a master's degree in business administration from Benedictine University and a bachelor's degree in health services administration from Lincoln College, according to the Springfield Business Journal.
Why it matters: Kutz's dual role tasks her with leading a 25-bed critical access hospital while also standardizing clinical services across the broader Memorial Health system. Memorial Health includes several Illinois facilities, such as the 392-bed Springfield Memorial Hospital and the 156-bed Decatur Memorial Hospital, according to Clinical Terminal data. Lincoln Memorial Hospital reported a 17.4% net operating profit margin on $80.9 million in total revenue for fiscal year 2023, based on CMS cost report data. The hospital received a two-star overall rating from CMS in 2025. According to 2024 CMS data, the hospital uses a TruBridge EHR.