RN Staffing Firm Sells for $88 Million

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN) hasn’t announced an acquisition in more than a year. The company posted some rather soft numbers in Q1:17, owing to the slow pace of ramping up some new business wins in 2016. CEO William Grubbs told analysts on the following earnings call on May 4 that he still wasn’t satisfied with the results. What better remedy for slow organic growth than to make an acquisition? On June 13, the company announced it will pay an aggregate price of $88 million to acquire substantially all of the assets and business of Advantage RN, LLC and its affiliates, Advantage On Call, Advantage Locums and Advantage RN Local Staffing... Read More »