AMN healthcare

Introduction

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AHS), is a healthcare staffing company located in the United States and is the largest nationwide provider in all three of its business lines, travel nurse and allied staffing, locum tenens staffing (temporary physician staffing), and physician permanent placement. AMN Healthcare recruits healthcare professionals and places them in variable lengths of assignments and locates permanent positions at acute-care hospitals, physician practice groups, and other healthcare settings throughout the United States.

History

The company operates through several brand names, all of which are under the umbrella of AMN Healthcare.

The company has a history of both growth and acquisition of various healthcare staffing brands.

• January 1991: American Mobile Nurses launched American Mobile Therapists.
• March 1994: American Mobile Nurses and American Mobile Therapists merged to become American Mobile Healthcare.
• November 1998: The Company acquired Medical Express, a national travel nurse staffing company based in Denver, Colorado.
• December 1998: All brands combine under the umbrella of AMN Healthcare.
• June 2000: AMN Healthcare acquired Nurses Rx, a national travel nurse staffing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
• November 2000: AMN Healthcare acquired Preferred Healthcare Staffing>, a travel nurse staffing company based in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
• May 2001: AMN Healthcare acquired O’Grady Peyton International, an international travel nurse staffing company.
• June 2002: AMN Healthcare acquired RN.com, an American Nurses Credentialing Center accredited provider of continuing education (CE) courses for registered nurses.
• June 2005: AMN Healthcare launched a rapid-response nurse staffing division, NurseChoice.
• October 2005: AMN Healthcare acquired the Irving, Texas-based MHA Group, which includes Staff Care, the largest provider of locum tenens services, Merritt Hawkins & Associates, the largest nationwide provider of physician recruitment services, and Med TravelersSM, a provider of nurse and allied staffing.
• May 2007: AMN Healthcare acquired Rx Pro Health and Pharmacy Choice, an allied staffing firm specializing in temporary and permanent placement pharmacists.
• February 2008: AMN Healthcare acquires Platinum Select, a staffing firm for allied professionals.

Physician Staffing

AMN Healthcare provides physician recruitment services for both temporary and permanent placement to hospitals, medical groups and other healthcare providers in all 50 states. Staff Care, AMN’s temporary physician staffing service, matches physicians from several specialties.

Merritt Hawkins & Associates, AMN’s permanent and temporary physician recruiter service, provides placements to medical facilities throughout the United States. Its broad specialty offerings include 40 specialist and sub-specialist opportunities. Merritt Hawkins & Associates places over 3,000 permanent physician search assignments each year.

AMN Healthcare provides nurse staffing for assignments ranging from four weeks to 16 weeks in length.

Allied Staffing

AMN Healthcare provides short-term and long-term allied health staffing professionals to acute-care hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, rehabilitation clinics and schools. Allied health staffing areas, include:

• Physical Therapists
• Occupational Therapists
• Respiratory Therapists
• Speech-language Pathologists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Certified Occupational Therapist Assistants
• Radiologic Technologists
• Nuclear Medicine Technologists
• Ultrasound Technologists
• Cardiovascular Technologists
• CT Technologists
• MRI Technologists
• Pharmacists
• Pharmacy Technicians
• Polysomnographists
• Medical Technologists
• Medical Laboratory Technicians

Clinical Staffing

Vendor Management Services: Managed Services automates the administrative and operational processes within a multi-vendor environment. A managed service provider defines a client’s staffing objectives and utilizes a centralized technology system to create staffing strategy.

Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO): Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) was designed for an outside agency to fill permanent placement staffing needs for a facility. A team from the staffing agency serves as a representative of the client facility during the hiring process for clinical staffing positions.

Home Health Staffing Services: Health Staffing Services provides home health clients with clinically-trained nurses and therapists who work with patients at their residence.

Surgical Staffing Services: Surgical Staffing Services provides clinical staffing for surgery centers (ASC) for temporary, permanent placement and direct hire.

Joint Commission Certification

AMN Healthcare is one of a small subset of staffing firms that have been certified by the Joint Commission for its ability to provide qualified and competent staffing services to its clients. AMN Healthcare first received the Gold Seal of Approval for Staffing Companies from the Joint Commission (formerly referred to as JCAHO) in June 2005 and has been recertified through 2010. AMN Healthcare has been Health Care Staffing Services certified for the following nurse and allied staffing brands:

• American Mobile
• Medical Express
• NursesRx
• Preferred Healthcare Staffing
• Nurse Choice
• O’Grady-Peyton International
• Med Travelers
• Platinum Select