BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (NASDAQ: CCRN) today announced it is
scheduled to appear in front of the House of Representatives for the
State of Florida. Henry ‘Hank' Drummond, PhD, MDiv, BA, RN, Chief
Clinical Officer for Cross Country Healthcare, will be in Tallahassee on
December 1, 2015 to present the case for Florida to join the Nurse
Licensure Compact.
Currently, 25 states are part of the Nurse Licensure Compact, which
allows nurses to have one multistate license, with the ability to
practice in both their home state and other compact states. As a subject
matter expert, Mr. Drummond explains, "Because Florida is a ‘snowbird
state,' we see large patient-census fluctuations in our hospitals and
healthcare systems. Joining the Nurse Licensure Compact would remove
barriers to bringing in temporary nurse staffing. This will alleviate
the burden that the uptick in patients puts on full-time, permanent
staff." In addition, as noted by the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing Inc., there is a big benefit to public protection because states
in the compact are able to share more completely, more fully and more
timely information about nurses holding a compact license."
The Florida House of Representatives will put to vote the possibility of
Florida joining the Nurse Licensure Compact. William J. Grubbs,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Cross Country Healthcare
states, "I am pleased to have Mr. Drummond represent not only Cross
Country Healthcare, but the State of Florida as a whole, in this review
of the matter to join the Nurse License Compact. Patient safety and
quality patient care is our ultimate focus when we put nurses and other
healthcare professionals to work. The Nurse Licensure Compact can only
result in positive changes in this area."
ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE
Cross Country Healthcare, headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, is a
national leader in providing leading-edge healthcare workforce
solutions. Our solutions are geared towards assisting our clients to
solve labor cost issues while maintaining high quality outcomes. With
more than 30 years of experience, we are dedicated to placing highly
qualified nurses and physicians as well as allied health, advanced
practice, and case management professionals. We also provide both
retained and contingent placement services for physicians, as well as
retained search services for healthcare executives. We have more than
6,500 active contracts with a broad range of clients in both clinical
and nonclinical settings, including acute care hospitals, physician
practice groups, 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 more than 70 branch office locations, we are able to place
clinicians for travel and per diem assignments, local short-term
contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing
flexible workforce management solutions, including managed services
programs (MSP), electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing,
recruitment process outsourcing, predictive analytics, education
healthcare staffing solutions, internal resource pool consulting and
development, and other consultative services.
Copies of this and other news releases as well as additional information
about Cross Country Healthcare can be obtained online at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com.
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Cross Country Healthcare
Cheryl Rhody, 561-237-1985
Director
of Marketing
crhody@ccrn.com
Source: Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
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