# Cross Country Healthcare

> Cross Country Healthcare is a 40-year-old healthcare workforce company that combines staffing, advisory services and the Intellify workforce-intelligence platform. Now privately owned by Knox Lane, it serves hospitals, health systems, schools and community-care organizations by recruiting and deploying nurses, allied professionals, educators and nonclinical staff while helping clients forecast demand, manage suppliers, track compliance and control labor spending.

- **Founded:** 1986
- **Headquarters:** Boca Raton, United States
- **Founders:** Kevin C. Clark (Co-founder and former Chairman and CEO)
- **Team size:** Approximately 1,200 employees reported in supplied company data; the workforce also includes thousands of field professionals on assignment
- **Products:** Travel nurse and allied staffing, Per diem and local contract staffing, Permanent placement and RPO, Education staffing, Home-based and community care
- **Notable:** Reached its 40th anniversary in 2026., Became the first publicly traded staffing firm to obtain The Joint Commission certification, according to the company., Cross Country Locums maintained NCQA certification dating to 2001 before the division's 2026 sale.

## Products & services

- **Travel nurse and allied staffing** — Temporary and travel placements for nurses and allied health professionals across care settings.
- **Per diem and local contract staffing** — Flexible local clinical coverage for short shifts and contract assignments.
- **Permanent placement and RPO** — Recruiting for permanent clinical, executive and nonclinical roles, including recruitment-process outsourcing.
- **Education staffing** — Placement of teachers, school nurses, therapists, psychologists, paraprofessionals and other school-based professionals.
- **Home-based and community care** — Caregiver and workforce services for PACE and other community-care organizations.
- **Managed services and advisory** — MSP, internal resource pool design, workforce diagnostics, supplier management and labor optimization.
- **Cross Country Marketplace** — A proprietary on-demand staffing platform used by candidates to find and manage assignments.
- **Intellify** — A cloud-based workforce intelligence and vendor management platform that unifies contingent labor, compliance, scheduling, supplier activity, spend and analytics.
- **Xperience** — A mobile platform for healthcare professionals to discover opportunities and manage their careers digitally.

## Achievements

- Reached its 40th anniversary in 2026.
- Became the first publicly traded staffing firm to obtain The Joint Commission certification, according to the company.
- Cross Country Locums maintained NCQA certification dating to 2001 before the division's 2026 sale.
- Multiple brands received 2025 Best of Staffing Client and Talent awards; Cross Country says it has received Best of Staffing recognition for more than 15 years.
- Great Place to Work certified from 2021 through 2026.
- Signed four new MSP/VMS agreements and licensed Intellify to a top-ten healthcare staffing provider in Q1 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Knox Lane completed its acquisition of Cross Country Healthcare; Joel Tremblay became CEO and Kevin C. Clark retired from leadership roles.
- **2026-07** — All Star Healthcare Solutions acquired Cross Country's locums division, allowing Cross Country to focus on nursing, allied, nonclinical and workforce-technology lines.
- **2026-05** — Cross Country announced an exclusive 36-month Optimé partnership to add workforce forecasting and optimization to Intellify.
- **2026-05** — The fifth annual State of Nursing study with Florida Atlantic University surveyed more than 2,000 nurses and nursing students.
- **2026-05** — Q1 revenue was $241.1 million; the company ended the quarter with $105.6 million in cash and no debt.
- **2026-04** — The company marked 40 years and accelerated embedded AI and predictive analytics across its workforce platform.
- **2026-04** — Cross Country appointed Chris Tyrell as CIO and Darrick Sogabe as chief product officer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.crosscountry.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cross-country-healthcare/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/C_C_Healthcare/
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1tCKA2c_z0AaR7kJK2Xj6A
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearecrosscountry/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crosscountryhealthcare/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@crosscountryhealthcare

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Last updated: 2026-08-13