Cross Country Healthcare Acquires Hireup Leadership Inc.

Carisk Partners Acquires HeadsUp Healthcare

October 1, 2024

Healthcare Services

Carisk Partners has acquired HeadsUp Healthcare, a specialty managed care company focused on above-the-neck injuries, expanding Carisk’s capabilities in workers' compensation care coordination. The deal, supported by Carisk’s backers Lee Equity Partners and Elements Health Investors, will keep HeadsUp operating as a subsidiary while integrating Carisk’s Pathways 2 Recovery resources to broaden clinical and behavioral services.

Cross Country Healthcare Acquires Assets of Mint Medical Physician Staffing and Lotus Medical Staffing

September 13, 2022

Healthcare Services

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRN) acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Mint Medical Physician Staffing, LP and Lotus Medical Staffing LLC. The asset purchases expand Cross Country's locum tenens and advanced practitioner staffing capabilities across a range of specialties, including anesthesia and hospitalist coverage, and are intended to deepen client relationships and increase clinician access.

KKR Acquires Majority Stake in HealthCare Royalty Partners (HCRx)

July 30, 2025

Financial Services

KKR & Co. Inc. has acquired a majority ownership stake in HealthCare Royalty Partners (HCRx), a Stamford-based biopharma royalty acquisition firm. HCRx's CEO Clarke Futch will remain as CEO with a minority interest, and the HCRx team will collaborate with KKR's healthcare platform to expand KKR's life sciences and royalty financing capabilities.

Cross Country Healthcare Acquires Workforce Solutions Group, Inc.

June 8, 2021

Healthcare Services

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. completed an asset acquisition of Workforce Solutions Group, Inc. (WSG) effective June 8, 2021, paying $25.0 million in cash and $5.0 million in stock with up to $15.0 million in earn-out consideration. The deal was financed in part by a new $100.0 million second-lien term loan and brings WSG's home‑care and managed‑service capabilities into Cross Country's workforce solutions portfolio; Blackstone also entered Cross Country's capital structure to support the company's acquisition strategy.

Accenture Acquires Leadership and Talent Consultancy Cirrus

March 1, 2021

Consulting

Accenture has acquired Cirrus, a UK-headquartered leadership and talent consultancy, to strengthen its Talent & Organization / Human Potential capabilities and expand its development and coaching offerings. Cirrus's ~70 experts across the U.K. and Australia add digital learning and bespoke leadership development services to support C-suite transformations; terms were not disclosed.

Interim HealthCare Acquires Its Second-Largest Franchisee (Upstate & Midlands, SC)

January 1, 2026

Healthcare Services

Interim HealthCare Inc. (Sunrise, Florida) acquired its second-largest franchisee effective January 1, 2026, bringing operations across South Carolina's Upstate and Midlands and a hospice location in Atlanta under corporate ownership. The franchise had been owned by InvestSouth (managed by Chris Lupo); terms were not disclosed and local leadership will now report to Interim HealthCare's headquarters to strengthen the company's national home-based care network.