Feb. 11, 2021
Based on SIA’s January Pulse Survey, travel nursing once again flourished in the month of December with participants reporting revenue up a median 37% year over year and a net 91% of firms reporting positive year over year revenue growth.
Travel nursing still leading healthcare; new year brings both challenges and opportunities
9 February 2021
Based on SIA’s January Pulse Survey, travel nursing once again flourished in the month of December with participants reporting revenue up a median 37% year over year and a net 91% of firms reporting positive year over year revenue growth.
Trustaff, two other companies acquired by investment firms with plan to form new healthcare platform
9 February 2021
A pair of private investment firms acquired Trustaff Management Inc., the 10th-largest US healthcare staffing firm and a provider of travel nurse and allied healthcare staffing.
Qualivis, an Aya Healthcare subsidiary, to acquire Chesapeake Registry Program
9 February 2021
Qualivis, a wholly owned subsidiary of healthcare staffing firm Aya Healthcare, signed a deal to acquire the Chesapeake Registry Program, a division of the Maryland Hospital Association.
Cross Country appoints former Aya SVP as president for its nurse and allied operations
9 February 2021
Cross Country Healthcare Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN) announced that John Martins joined the company as group president, nurse and allied, effective Jan. 25..
Health Carousel acquires Houston-based Vitruvian Medical
9 February 2021
Healthcare staffing firm Health Carousel announced Jan. 14 that it acquired Vitruvian Medical, a Houston-based firm that provides locum tenens physician and advanced practice staffing focused on anesthesia.
CHG’s Weatherby Healthcare names new president, promotes other execs
9 February 2021
Weatherby Healthcare, a provider of locum tenens staffing and part of CHG Healthcare, promoted Luke Woodyard to president; Woodyard had served as senior VP.
Foreign-educated healthcare workers struggle to join US workforce (Kaiser Health News)
9 February 2021
Despite the ongoing needs created by the Covid-19 pandemic, some highly skilled foreign-educated healthcare workers are on the sidelines because of licensing and credentialing barriers, Kaiser Health News reported.
Appeals court rules AMN’s per diem payments were compensation, not reimbursements
9 February 2021
Per diem payments made to traveling healthcare workers by AMN Healthcare should be considered part of the workers’ regular pay when it comes to calculating overtime, according to an opinion released this week by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.