Memorial Health System Group

What it reported doing in 2024

Hospitals memorial health system includes five hospitals, springfield memorial hospital (smh), decatur memorial hospital (dmh), jacksonville memorial hospital (jmh), lincoln memorial hospital (lmh), and taylorville memorial hospital (tmh). The hospitals provide a wide variety of health care services to inpatients, outpatients and emergency department services. 178,187 patient days, 34,239 discharges, and 848,804 outpatient visits were provided by the hospitals in fy2025. Jacksonville crna's, inc. Provides professional crna services to the communities in the jacksonville memorial hospital service area. In fiscal year 2025, those services were provided in 3,855 cases. Revenue for jacksonville crna's, inc. Is generated from the billings to those patients for which services were provided. Jacksonville crna's, inc. Purchases the services of the crna's from jacksonville memorial hospital. During fy2025, smh and siu medicine are collaborating to help patients treated in the smh emergency department get the resources they need for a healthy recovery. The initiative is part of smh's community health implementation plan. Patients are identified for assistance using a screening about social drivers of health, which are defined as conditions in the environment where people are born, live, learn, work, play, worship and age that affect a wide range of health, functioning and quality of-life outcomes and risks. In 2025, dmh nurse anesthesia program celebrated 60 years of providing education and training in the field of nurse anesthesia. Also in 2025, becker's hospital review included dmh on lists of hospitals with the lowest cauti rates in the country, as well as the lowest mrsa (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) rates. During fy2025, dmh partnered with decatur public school district 61 to present the "health is a journey" fair at hope academy in decatur in february. The event featured health screenings and resources, free activities like taste tests and cooking demonstrations, indoor workout demonstrations plus giveaways from 17 different vendors. During fy 2025 jacksonville memorial hospital (jmh) was recognized with the rural health hero training site award from the rural medical education program at the university of Illinois college of medicine rockford. The nationally and internationally recognized rmed program recruits and educates medical students who will practice medicine in a rural location upon completion of residency training practice. Rmed is an add-on to medical school curriculum. In 2025, taylorville memorial hospital received a prestigious four-star rating from the centers for medicare and medicaid services (cms). Cms, a federal agency, rates hospitals on a scale of one to five stars based on patient experience, readmission rates, timely and effective care, safety and mortality rates. Tmh is the highest-rated hospital of any size in central Illinois. Cms also awarded tmh five stars for cleanliness. Only 13 hospitals statewide achieved this distinction. In fy25, lmh narrowed gender disparities in cardiac rehab outcomes. As a result of that work, 90% of female patients now hit the goal of increasing by at least 1 met (metabolic equivalent of task) level, with an average increase of 2.5 met levels. But the progress isn't restricted to women. Eighty percent of male patients now reach the goal, with an average increase of 2.4 met levels.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
• Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
• Fundraising efficiency: $63.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 96.3%; rating input score 96; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 78.2%; rating input score 78; 26th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0.9%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings