Dec. 8, 2016
While the broader S&P 500 closed higher following the election, healthcare stocks have posted mixed results. Staffing Industry Analysts examines the cumulative stock returns from Sept. 1 to Nov. 30 for five publicly traded health systems — Tenet Healthcare, HCA, Community Health, LifePoint and Universal Health Services — and two publicly traded healthcare staffing firms: AMN Healthcare and Cross Country Healthcare.
Healthcare stocks react to the election
5 December 2016
While the broader S&P 500 closed higher following the election, healthcare stocks have posted mixed results. Staffing Industry Analysts examines the cumulative stock returns from Sept. 1, 2016 to Nov. 30, 2016 for five publicly traded health systems — Tenet Healthcare, HCA, Community Health, LifePoint... More
Cross Country Healthcare buys RPO business
5 December 2016
Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN) acquired US Resources Healthcare LLC, a recruitment process outsourcing business.
Jackson picks former Georgia state senator to lead search firm
5 December 2016
Jackson Healthcare, an Atlanta-based healthcare staffing provider, named former Georgia state senator Preston Smith as president of Tyler & Company, a healthcare executive search firm that is part of Jackson Healthcare.
Trucept CEO to retire
5 December 2016
Trucept Inc. (OTC Pink: TREP), a professional employer organization that also provides healthcare staffing, announced CEO Brian Bonar is retiring.
Cejka Executive Search adds former Diversified Search exec
6 December 2016
Cejka Executive Search, the healthcare executive and physician search division of Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASD: CCRN), announced Mary D’Ignazio joined the firm as executive VP and managing principal, effective Sept. 19.
Physicians divided on Trump’s HHS nominee
6 December 2016
Physicians appear to be divided regarding President-elect Donald Trump’s nomination of Dr. Tom Price, MD, for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a survey by Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. (NYSE: AHS).
Former CHG Healthcare exec named All Star Recruiting president
6 December 2016
All Star Recruiting, a provider of locum tenens and permanent healthcare staffing solutions, appointed Pat Kennedy as president, effective in November.
Exeter Hospital challenges partial dismissal of hepatitis C suit (seacoastonline.com)
6 December 2016
Attorneys for New Hampshire’s Exeter Hospital are asking a federal judge to reconsider the partial dismissal of a lawsuit brought against the staffing agencies responsible for accrediting and placing serial infector David Kwiatkowski at the hospital, seacoastonline.com reported.