SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* HENSEL EMIL (Last) (First) (Middle) 2538 NW 64TH BLVD. (Street) BOCA RATON FL 33496 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC [ CCRN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Chief Financial Officer
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/14/2008
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	08/14/2008		M		3,000	A	$11.62	51,998	D
Common Stock	08/14/2008		S		3,000	D	$16.69	48,998	D
Common Stock	08/15/2008		M		2,000	A	$11.62	50,998	D
Common Stock	08/15/2008		S		2,000	D	$17.01	48,998	D
Common Stock								131,502(1)	I	By Wife

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.62	08/14/2008		M			3,000	(2)	12/16/2009	Common Stock	3,000	$0	55,953(3)(4)	D
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$11.62	08/15/2008		M			2,000	(2)	12/16/2009	Common Stock	2,000	$0	53,953(3)(4)	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Mr. Hensel's wife holds 131,502 shares. In addition to the shares listed in Column 5 of Table I, 16,543 shares are held by each of his two sons and 17,032 shares are held by his daughter. Mr. Hensel's children are adults and as a result he disclaims beneficial ownership to these shares.

2. The options exercised are fully vested.

3. Following the option exercise now reported in row 1 and row 2 of Table II, Mr. Hensel has 53,953 options that expire December 16, 2009 to purchase Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $11.62 per share.

4. In addition, Mr. Hensel has 236,602 options to purchase Common Stock of the Company with different exercise prices from the options reported in Table II.

Remarks:

	/s/ Emil Hensel	08/18/2008
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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