Next Move Healthcare, a Kansas City-based clinical talent and travel nurse staffing provider, acquired Prime Surgical Associates, a specialty surgical staffing firm based in Kansas City that provides trained surgical assistants to surgeons.

The acquisition of Prime Surgical Associates will bring Next Move Healthcare into the perioperative and surgical staffing space as demand for skilled healthcare workers becomes stronger. Prime Surgical Associates will continue to operate independently under its current name as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Next Move Healthcare, supporting hospitals and physician groups through its perioperative staffing solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Next Move Healthcare is a leading provider of clinical talent to hospitals, healthcare systems, physician groups and other healthcare employers nationwide.

According to data captured from the LevinPro HC database, this transaction represents the fifth healthcare staffing transaction of 2023. By comparison, there were six healthcare staffing deals reported between January 1, 2022, and March 8, 2022.