League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York

What League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York does

The League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (LVHH) is a non-profit membership association formed in 1968 that represents approximately 90 non-profit medical centers, hospitals, nursing homes, and affiliated facilities across the greater New York metropolitan area. Its central function is to serve as the multi-employer collective bargaining agent for its members in labor negotiations with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East, the union that represents more than 85,000 frontline caregivers — including nurses, aides, technicians, pharmacists, dietary, and housekeeping staff — at member institutions. Beyond negotiating contracts covering wages, healthcare benefits, and pensions, LVHH provides ongoing contract interpretation, grievance handling, arbitration coordination, and acts as a coordinating clearinghouse across member employer-employee relationships. Adjunct services include HR survey aggregation and a member job-posting portal.

LVHH generates revenue through membership dues set at $33 per full-time equivalent (FTE) employee annually (capped at 8,200 FTE per institution) plus a $5-per-FTE one-time admission fee. It operates with a small staff of 11-50 employees and is governed by an unpaid Board of Directors drawn from member CEOs. The service portfolio is human-services intensive and includes naming trustees to joint union-management benefit, pension, training, job security, and childcare funds. The organization does not maintain a proprietary technology platform; its core capability is the institutional relationships, legal bench (President Marc Z. Kramer; SVP & Counsel Jenna Hayes; AVP Member Services Sean Moore), and multi-employer negotiation infrastructure that allow it to coordinate bargaining at scale.

LVHH's membership includes the largest non-profit health systems in the downstate New York market — Mount Sinai Health System, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, NYU Langone Health System, Montefiore Medical Center, Northwell Health affiliates, Maimonides, BronxCare, plus a long tail of community hospitals and nursing homes — alongside broader alliances with the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA) and time-limited wellness collaborations with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Because LVHH settlements set the prevailing wage, benefit, and contract-interpretation standard for unionized healthcare institutions in the region, the association exercises influence well beyond its direct membership base.

Name

League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York

Legal name

League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York

Website

https://lvhh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York (LVHH) is a 1968-founded non-profit membership association of approximately 90 non-profit hospitals and nursing homes in greater New York City that acts as the multi-employer collective bargaining agent with 1199SEIU for over 85,000 frontline caregivers.

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Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: LVHH generates revenue through membership dues paid by member institutions. The cost of membership is determined by the total number of full-time equivalent (FTE) employees at each institution, covering both union and non-union staff.
2. Admission Fees: One-time admission fee of $5.00 per FTE employee for new members, with arrangements available to pay over two years.

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Core offering

LVHH serves as the multi-employer bargaining agent and labor relations coordinator for its member non-profit healthcare institutions in negotiations with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East. It provides contract interpretation, grievance handling, and arbitration coordination across member institutions, and names trustees to joint benefit, pension, training and upgrading, job security, and childcare funds that member institutions fund. Membership covers approximately 85,000 frontline caregivers across the greater New York metropolitan area.

Product overview

The League of Voluntary Hospitals and Homes of New York is an association, formed in 1968, of non-profit medical centers, hospitals, nursing homes and their affiliated facilities. It operates as a single unified service offering focused on collective bargaining representation and labor relations services for its members. The core services include acting as bargaining agent with 1199SEIU, contract interpretation, grievance and arbitration handling, and administering joint fund programs including benefit, pension, training, job security, and childcare funds. Additional member services include survey administration and job posting capabilities.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining Services Multi-employer collective bargaining representation with 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East on behalf of member non-profit medical centers, hospitals, nursing homes and affiliated facilities in the greater New York metropolitan area, covering wages, healthcare benefits, pension benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for approximately 85,000 frontline caregivers.
• Contract Interpretation and Grievance Handling Centralized clearinghouse and coordinating agency for matters of contract interpretation, grievances, arbitrations, and other employer/union relationship issues across member institutions.
• 1199SEIU Joint Fund Trustee Services Trustee representation on joint programs with 1199SEIU including Benefit, Pension, Training and Upgrading, Job Security, and Child Care funds to which member institutions contribute.

Quantifiable outcome

• League settlements set the standard for most other unionized healthcare institutions in the greater New York area

Named customers20 records

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• NYC Department of Health and Mental HygieneminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2012Collaborative partnership on wellness programs for 1199SEIU members. Initiatives include the Healthy Hospital Food Initiative and Tobacco-Free Hospitals Campaign, supported by time-limited federal grants.
• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers EastcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 19681199SEIU is the primary union representing frontline caregivers at member hospitals and nursing homes across New York. LVHH serves as the bargaining agent for its members in labor contract negotiations with 1199SEIU. The union represents more than 85,000 workers including nurses, nurse aides, techs, lab workers, clerks, housekeepers, dietary workers, transporters, pharmacists, and social workers. LVHH and 1199 jointly manage multiple benefit funds including pension, healthcare, training, job security, and childcare funds.
• Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWith few exceptions, all LVHH member institutions are members of, or eligible for membership in, GNYHA. The organizations collaborate on healthcare labor relations and policy matters affecting the greater New York healthcare sector.
• 1199SEIU National Benefit FundcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint management of healthcare and pension benefit funds. LVHH names trustees to benefit, pension, training and upgrading, job security, and childcare funds to which member institutions contribute.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Regional players

• Connecticut Hospital Association: Statewide hospital association representing Connecticut healthcare institutions. Comparable to LVHH as a regional healthcare membership organization operating in an adjacent downstate Northeast market.
• Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association: Statewide hospital association serving Massachusetts healthcare institutions. Comparable to LVHH as a regional healthcare membership body, though its scope is statewide advocacy rather than multi-employer collective bargaining.
• New Jersey Hospital Association: Healthcare trade association serving New Jersey hospitals and health systems. Comparable to LVHH as a regional membership organization representing healthcare providers in an adjacent metropolitan market.
• Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania: Statewide hospital and health system association in Pennsylvania. Comparable to LVHH as a regional healthcare membership body engaged in advocacy and labor relations support for member institutions.

Direct peers

• Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA): Regional hospital trade association representing healthcare institutions in the greater New York metropolitan area. Most LVHH members are also members of or eligible for GNYHA, and the two organizations collaborate on healthcare labor relations and policy, making GNYHA LVHH's closest direct regional peer.
• Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS): Statewide hospital and healthcare association representing providers across New York. Comparable to LVHH as a membership-based healthcare advocacy and labor relations organization, though operating at the state rather than regional level.

Broad incumbents

• American Hospital Association: National hospital trade association representing thousands of member institutions across the U.S. Comparable to LVHH as a healthcare membership association advocating on labor and policy, but operates at national scale and does not specialize in regional bargaining.

Others

• 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East: Primary labor union counterpart in LVHH's collective bargaining relationships, representing 85,000+ frontline caregivers at member hospitals. Not a peer in the organizational sense, but the central counterparty whose labor relationship defines LVHH's value proposition.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles4 records

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