BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ:CCRN) is proud to announce that its President and CEO, William J. Grubbs, has once again been named to Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) Staffing 100 list of the 100 most influential staffing leaders in North America. The annual list recognizes industry leaders for their excellence, significant efforts and the impact those efforts have on staffing nationwide.

In naming Mr. Grubbs to this year’s list, SIA cited Cross Country Healthcare’s growth, both organically and through a number of acquisitions, including most recently USr Healthcare. Under the leadership of Mr. Grubbs, Cross Country Healthcare has continued to grow in revenue, organizational structure, service offerings and locations. Mr. Grubbs leads the nation’s third-largest healthcare staffing firm, as well as the second-largest travel and per-diem nursing firms.

The Staffing 100 list represents the biggest influencers in the $145 billion staffing industry. The list includes those who are shaping the industry by breaking records, creating new jobs and models of work, and moving the industry, and the world, forward. Staffing insiders and observers nominate men and women from all sectors of the industry for the chance to be chosen for this prestigious recognition. The Staffing Industry Analysts editorial team then reviews the nominations and makes the final determination of those individuals who have in some way affected the world of contingent work and influenced people's perception of talent and how it can be used.

The full list of 100 most influential staffing leaders can be found here. <http://si100.staffingindustry.com/>.

ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE

Cross Country Healthcare is a national leader in providing innovative healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services. Our solutions leverage our nearly 40 years of expertise and insight to assist clients in solving complex labor-related challenges while maintaining high quality outcomes. We are dedicated to recruiting and placing highly qualified healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area of expertise. With more than 9,500 active contracts, our diverse client base includes both clinical and nonclinical settings, servicing acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, outpatient and ambulatory-care centers, nursing facilities, both public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics, government facilities, and homecare. Through our national staffing teams and network of 74 office locations, we are able to place clinicians on travel and per diem assignments, local short-term contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing flexible workforce management solutions, which include managed services programs (MSP), internal resource pool consulting and development, electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive modeling and other outsourcing and consultative services. In addition, we provide both retained and contingent placement services for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

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About Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA)

Founded in 1989, SIA is the global advisor on staffing and workforce solutions. Our proprietary research covers all categories of employed and non-employed work including temporary staffing, independent contracting and other types of contingent labor. SIA’s independent and objective analysis provides insights into the services and suppliers operating in the workforce solutions ecosystem including staffing firms, managed service providers, recruitment process outsourcers, payrolling/compliance firms and talent acquisition technology specialists such as vendor management systems, online staffing platforms, crowdsourcing and online work services. We also provide training and accreditation with our unique Certified Contingent Workforce Professional (CCWP) program.

Known for our award-winning content, data, support tools, publications, executive conferences and events, we help both suppliers and buyers of workforce solutions make better-informed decisions that improve business results and minimize risk. As a division of the international business media company, Crain Communications Inc., SIA is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices in London, England.