Memorial Hermann regains title as Houston area’s largest health care system

After having sat at the No. 2 spot since 2017, Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System took back its No. 1 place on the Houston Business Journal’s 2019 Largest Houston-Area Health Care Systems List.

Memorial Hermann increased its bed count by 0.5 percent from 4,156 beds in 2018 to 4,178 in 2019. Although the change was small, it was enough to push Memorial Hermann into the leading spot.

Memorial Hermann has had a busy year. In February 2019, Charles “Chuck” Stokes, former CEO of Memorial…