Who Owns New York's Nursing Homes, Home Health Agencies and Hospices
Every Medicare-certified facility in New York, matched to the corporate family that actually controls it — not just the LLC on the licence. Rebuilt from CMS ownership filings each month.
Largest Operators in New York
Ranked by facilities controlled across every legal entity in the corporate family. CMS lists these as separate companies; the family column shows how many.
| Corporate family | Facilities | SNF | Home health | Hospice | Legal entities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinity Health Corporation | 8 | 7 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Excelsior Care Group | 7 | 7 | — | — | 1 |
| State of New York Comptrollers Office | 7 | 7 | — | — | 3 |
| Northwell Healthcare Inc | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Vestra Spv1 LLC | 6 | 6 | — | — | 2 |
| New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Allure Care Management LLC | 6 | 6 | — | — | 2 |
| Catholic Health Care Systems | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Absolut Facilities Management, LLC | 5 | 5 | — | — | 2 |
| Centerwell Health Services Holding Corp | 4 | — | 4 | — | 10 |
| Isaac E Goldbrenner Estate | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| Emm Healthcare Group LLC | 4 | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| L Woerner Inc TR Under HCR Employee Stock Ownership Plan | 4 | — | 4 | — | 2 |
| TLC Health Care Services LLC | 3 | — | 3 | — | 3 |
| United Helpers Management Company Inc | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 |
All 427 Owner Organisations in New York
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Plus every recorded change of ownership with parties and dates. See a worked example of the file · full field list.
How Concentrated Is New York Healthcare Ownership?
Of the 734 Medicare-certified nursing homes, home health agencies and hospices WhoOwnsCare tracks in New York, 18% are resolved to multi-facility corporate families, and the five largest families alone are associated with 5% of the state’s facilities. The ranked view is on the largest operators in New York page; how families are resolved from CMS filings is documented in the methodology.
Recent Nursing Home Ownership Changes
| Buyer | Seller | Effective |
|---|---|---|
| HILAIRE CARE NETWORK LLC | HILAIRE FARM SKILLED LIVING & REHABILITATION CENTER, LLC | 2024-06-01 |
| FAIRPORT SNF LLC | FAIRPORT BAPTIST HOMES | 2024-05-17 |
| OPTIMA CARE BRENTWOOD LLC | MARIA REGINA RESIDENCE INC | 2024-05-09 |
| TUPPER LAKE CENTER LLC | ADIRONDACK MEDICAL CENTER | 2024-02-01 |
| VILLAGE ACQUISITION I LLC | VILLAGE CENTER FOR CARE | 2023-08-31 |
13 nursing home ownership changes have been recorded in New York since January 2023. CMS's change-of-ownership file lags — recent quarters are incomplete and fill in over time, so treat the most recent months as a floor rather than a count.
New York Ownership Intelligence
Largest Nursing Home Operators
Ranked by facilities actually controlled, not by legal entities filed.
Nursing Home Ownership
For-profit, nonprofit, private equity and REIT ownership across New York.
Ownership Changes and CHOW
Recorded Medicare ownership transfers, with buyers and sellers attributed.
Distressed Facilities
Operational, regulatory, financial and corporate stress scoring.
Home Health Operators
Largest home health companies and their ownership in New York.
Hospice Operators
Largest hospice companies and their ownership in New York.
New York Ownership Intelligence Summary
WhoOwnsCare covers 734 Medicare-certified providers in New York (601 skilled nursing facilities, 94 home health agencies, 39 hospices). 33.5% are resolved to an operating family; the five largest families hold 13.8% of resolved providers and the largest single family, Trinity Health Corporation, operates 8 (3.25%).
State pages for the largest families: Trinity Health Corporation in New York; Excelsior Care Group in New York; State of New York Comptrollers Office in New York; Northwell Healthcare Inc in New York; Catholic Health Care Systems in New York; New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation in New York; Vestra Spv1 LLC in New York; Allure Care Management LLC in New York; Absolut Facilities Management, LLC in New York; Isaac E Goldbrenner Estate in New York.
Concentration
155 distinct operating families are present. Herfindahl index (HHI) of resolved providers: 112.0 (below 1,500 is unconcentrated on the customary antitrust scale). Interpretation: New York ownership is fragmented at the family level; limitation: shares are computed over resolved providers only.
Ownership Changes
Fastest-Growing and Contracting Operators
Most facilities acquired in the last 36 months: Emm Healthcare Group LLC (1).
No recorded divestitures in the last 36 months.
Basis: recorded CMS SNF changes of ownership only; home health and hospice transfers are not covered by a public CHOW dataset.
Distress and Financial Reporting
Distress 2.0 bands across scored facilities: Low 396 Watch 119 High 23 Severe 4 Insufficient data 192.
HCRIS financial metrics are available for 79% of eligible New York facilities (577); among reporting facilities 58% reported a positive net result and the median facility result is near break-even.
Staffing and quality values are a single CMS snapshot (coverage: staffing 74%, star ratings 74%); trends require archived releases and are not derived.
Related New York Research and Reports
- Largest operators in New York
- New York ownership changes
- New York distressed facilities
- New York acquisition intelligence
- New York home health operators
- New York hospice operators
- Get the state ownership intelligence report: New York Ownership Dataset ($249)
Largest Corporate Families in New York
- Trinity Health Corporation — 8 facilities in New York
- Excelsior Care Group — 7 facilities
- State of New York Comptrollers Office — 7 facilities
- Northwell Healthcare Inc — 6 facilities
- Vestra Spv1 LLC — 6 facilities
- New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation — 6 facilities
- Allure Care Management LLC — 6 facilities
- Catholic Health Care Systems — 6 facilities
- Absolut Facilities Management, LLC — 5 facilities
- Centerwell Health Services Holding Corp — 4 facilities in New York
- Isaac E Goldbrenner Estate — 4 facilities
- Emm Healthcare Group LLC — 4 facilities