Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. is a publicly traded national healthcare staffing and workforce solutions provider that specializes in supplying clinical personnel to federal agencies, particularly the Indian Health Service. The company operates through subsidiaries including Medical Doctor Associates LLC (doing business as Cross Country Locums) and Assignment America LLC, enabling it to serve as both a prime contractor and subcontractor across multiple federal healthcare facilities. Cross Country Healthcare has established itself as a leading provider of temporary medical staffing services to underserved American Indian and Alaska Native communities, holding a substantial portfolio of federal contract vehicles valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Through its federal contract awards, Cross Country Healthcare and its subsidiaries have provided an extensive range of healthcare staffing services across numerous clinical specialties and geographic locations. The company has supplied physicians in various specialties including family practice, emergency medicine, hospitalist services, and surgical services; certified nurse midwives for obstetric and women's health services; nurse practitioners and physician assistants for outpatient and urgent care settings; and allied health professionals including radiologists, anesthesiologists, pharmacists, and medical technicians. Primary funding has come from the Indian Health Service within the Department of Health and Human Services, which represents the overwhelming majority of awards, though the company has also received contract awards from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Department of Justice. Contract awards have been issued without set-aside designations, indicating open and competitive procurement processes. The company has served IHS facilities across multiple states including Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Minnesota, South Dakota, and Montana, providing critical medical staffing to support healthcare delivery in tribal communities. Specific facilities served include Chinle Hospital and Chinle Comprehensive Health Care Facility in Arizona, Acoma Pueblo Indian Health Center in New Mexico, Claremore Indian Hospital in Oklahoma, Cass Lake Hospital in Minnesota, and numerous other IHS service units and health centers. Delivery orders have been structured as firm fixed-price, labor-hour, and time-and-materials contracts, with individual award values ranging from approximately $14,000 to over $3.4 million. Recent awards through December 2025 demonstrate the company's continued engagement, including an $18.7K delivery order for temporary dermatologist services at the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases facility in Maryland and a $340,122.71 award for certified nurse midwife services at Chinle Hospital.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. holds multiple significant federal contract Indefinite Delivery Vehicles that enable rapid procurement of healthcare staffing across federal agencies. The company's most substantial vehicle is a $150 million multiple-award Federal Supply Schedule contract for Professional and Allied Healthcare Staffing Services (FSS-621-I) awarded by the Indian Health Service on April 10, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of April 9, 2027. This GSA Schedule contract serves as the parent vehicle for numerous task orders and delivery orders covering physicians, nurse practitioners, certified nurse midwives, physician assistants, and allied health professionals across multiple specialties and geographic locations. The company also holds a single-award $3 million indefinite delivery contract for physician services with the Indian Health Service, with an ultimate completion date of March 1, 2024, which has been used to procure physician staffing in Minnesota locations including Ogema and Cass Lake. Additionally, Cross Country Healthcare maintains several Blanket Purchase Agreements with the Indian Health Service, including a $6 million BPA (referenced in award descriptions) for certified nurse midwife services, a $5 million BPA for hospitalist physician services with a completion date of July 31, 2025, a $2 million BPA for emergency department physician services in the Oklahoma area through July 31, 2026, and a $500,000 BPA for pediatric services through November 30, 2026. These BPAs are typically issued under the FSS-621-I parent schedule, enabling the IHS to efficiently place task orders for specialized medical staffing as needed. Through these contract vehicles, the Indian Health Service has been the primary issuing agency, with task orders demonstrating the company's ability to rapidly deploy healthcare professionals to support clinical operations across tribal healthcare facilities nationwide, addressing critical workforce gaps in maternal health, emergency medicine, primary care, and surgical specialties.