BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq:CCRN) will hold its quarterly conference call to discuss its fourth quarter and year-end 2008 financial results on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company intends to distribute its earnings press release after the close of business on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

This call will be webcast live by CCBN/Thomson Financial and can be accessed at the Company’s website at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com

or by dialing 877-917-1549 from anywhere in the U.S. or by dialing 312-470-7109 from non-U.S. locations – Passcode: Cross Country. A replay of the webcast will be available from March 5th through March 19th. A replay of the conference call will be available by telephone from approximately noon Eastern Time on March 5th until March 19th by calling 800-677-8851 from anywhere in the U.S. or 203-369-3405 from non-U.S. locations – Passcode: 2009.

The webcast will also be distributed over Thomson Financial’s Investor Distribution Network to both institutional and individual investors at www.streetevents.com and www.companyboardroom.com, respectively.

About Cross Country Healthcare

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. is a diversified leader in healthcare staffing services. The Company offers a comprehensive suite of staffing and outsourcing services to the healthcare market, which together include being a leading provider of nurse and allied staffing services in the United States; a national provider of multi-specialty locum tenens (temporary physician staffing) services; a provider of clinical trials services to global pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers; and a provider of other human capital management services focused on healthcare. The Company has approximately 5,000 contracts with hospitals, healthcare providers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology customers, and other healthcare organizations. Copies of this and other news releases as well as additional information about Cross Country Healthcare can be obtained online at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com. Shareholders and prospective investors can also register at the corporate website to automatically receive the Company's press releases, SEC filings and other notices by e-mail.

Source: Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc., Boca Raton
Howard A. Goldman, Director/Investor & Corporate Relations, 877-686-9779
hgoldman@crosscountry.com