Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. is a U.S. healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida. Founded in 1986, the company's mission is to redefine workforce management as a leading AI-powered platform and integration partner, aiming to bring precision, agility, and insight to the entire labor ecosystem. It assists health systems, community care organizations, and schools in building and sustaining the necessary workforce to ensure clinical excellence and patient care.

The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including travel nurse staffing, allied health staffing, locum tenens (physician staffing), school-based clinicians, and search and permanent-placement services. Additionally, Cross Country Healthcare provides higher-value workforce solutions such as managed services, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), and vendor management systems (VMS). A key offering is its proprietary AI-powered digital platform, Intellify®, which provides workforce intelligence and management capabilities to optimize labor ecosystems. The company primarily serves U.S. hospitals, health systems, physician groups, outpatient providers, and school systems.

In recent news, Cross Country Healthcare announced an agreement in May 2026 to be acquired by the private equity firm Knox Lane in an all-cash transaction valued at $437 million. This acquisition, which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2026, will take the company private. Kevin C. Clark, co-founder of Cross Country Healthcare, serves as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, having returned to the CEO role in December 2025. The company positions itself as a technology-driven leader in healthcare workforce solutions, leveraging AI and predictive analytics to help clients optimize their labor strategies.