Sept. 8, 2016

Healthcare Staffing Report

Last month, AMN Healthcare and Cross Country Healthcare released their 2Q16 financial results, summarized in Staffing Industry Analysts’ recently released Financial Results of Staffing Companies report. While revenue growth may be moderating in the healthcare market, the latest results from the two major publicly traded healthcare staffing companies suggest favorable trends in pricing.

Financial results suggest favorable pricing trends

September 6, 2016

Last month, AMN Healthcare and Cross Country Healthcare released their 2Q16 financial results, summarized in Staffing Industry Analysts’ recently released Financial Results of Staffing Companies report. While revenue growth may be moderating in the healthcare market, the latest results from the two... More


HCCA rebrands as Shearwater Health

September 6, 2016

HCCA Health Connections Inc. and HCCA International, a healthcare staffing firm based in Franklin, Tenn., consolidated all of its business operations under the new name Shearwater Health.


CHG Healthcare acquires Global Medical Staffing

September 6, 2016

CHG Healthcare Services, the second-largest US healthcare staffing firm, acquired Salt Lake City-based Global Medical Staffing.


Healthcare salaries rising

September 6, 2016

Healthcare salaries are on the rise, but healthcare organizations may need to do more to retain their workers, according to Health eCareers' annual Healthcare Salary Guide.


Healthcare credentialing taking longer than five to six weeks

September 6, 2016

More than two-thirds of credentialing processes for clinicians, 67%, take longer than five to six weeks, according to a survey released by SkillSurvey Inc.


TeamHealth appoints new president and CEO

September 6, 2016

Team Health Holdings Inc. (NYSE: TMH), a clinical outsourcing provider in healthcare, appointed Leif Murphy as president and CEO, effective no later than Oct. 1.


UK – Healthcare recruitment faces uncertainties post-Brexit

September 6, 2016

More than two months after Britain decided to leave the EU, healthcare companies are re-evaluating the state of business and what comes next. While many companies have committed to continuing business in the UK, the decision has left many uncertain as to the implications of continuing business in the... More


Selling Your Candidate – Staffing Stream

September 6, 2016

Selling a candidate is a task that requires recruiters to manage multiple relationships and expectations. writes Darchelle Nass, senior VP of HR and administrative at Addison Group, in a The Staffing Stream blog post. Nass provides a few tips to secure a connection between a hiring manager and candidate... More


Hometeam CEO shunned by Silicon Valley VCs for classifying workers as W-2 (Business Insider)

September 6, 2016

Josh Bruno, CEO of on-demand senior-care startup Hometeam, told Business Insider that for him it was always clear that Hometeam’s 1,000-plus caregivers needed to be on W-2s. But when he was trying to raise money, Silicon Valley venture capitalists had a clear preference for 1099s.


Foreman Therapy Services ‘bets hard on people’

September 6, 2016

Nate Foreman had no intention of starting a staffing firm when he graduated from University of Texas Southwestern’s physical therapy program in 2009. But two years later, he did just that when he launched Dallas-based Foreman Therapy Services. The company recently completed its first acquisition and... More