Nurses PRN (Firmament) Acquires Alliant Staffing

Firmament Backs Launch of Nurses PRN

October 26, 2021

Healthcare Services

The Firmament Group provided equity backing to industry veterans Bill Brann and Pete Hietpas to launch PRN Health Services (Nurses PRN), a tech-enabled medical staffing provider headquartered in Appleton, Wisconsin. Nurses PRN will supply healthcare professionals to hospitals, long-term care and other care sites across the United States, with Firmament supplying capital and strategic support to scale the platform.

GHR Healthcare Acquires Barton Healthcare Staffing from Barton Associates

May 3, 2025

Healthcare Services

GHR Healthcare has acquired Barton Healthcare Staffing, the nurse and allied health staffing affiliate of Barton Associates, Inc., with the transaction closing on May 3, 2025. The deal transfers Barton Healthcare Staffing’s nurse and allied clients and clinicians to GHR as Barton Associates refocuses on physician and advanced-practice locum tenens staffing.

VeraNorth Acquires RN Express to Anchor New Healthcare PE Fund

June 10, 2025

Healthcare Services

VeraNorth Capital Management launched the VeraNorth Healthcare Private Equity Fund, L.P. and concurrently acquired RN Express Registry, LLC, a New York–based clinical staffing firm. The acquisition will serve as the fund's anchor platform as VeraNorth pursues a roll-up strategy across healthcare services and supports RN Express' organic growth.

Care Career, Inc. Acquires Four Healthcare Staffing Firms

May 29, 2025

Healthcare Services

Care Career, Inc. completed stock purchase acquisitions of Alliant Personnel Resources, Amare Medical Network, MedUS Healthcare, and Next Move Healthcare, bringing the combined platform to nearly $100 million in annual revenue. The acquired firms will continue to operate under their existing brands and leadership as Care Career expands its national footprint and service capabilities across acute, post-acute, travel nursing, correctional and permanent placement markets.

Cornell Capital and Trilantic North America Acquire Fastaff and U.S. Nursing

February 24, 2021

Healthcare Services

Cornell Capital LLC and Trilantic North America agreed to acquire Fastaff Travel Nursing and U.S. Nursing Corporation from Thomas H. Lee Partners to build a tech-enabled healthcare staffing platform. The deal combines rapid-response travel nursing and strike-preparedness staffing capabilities with prior platform assets to drive growth via data science, automation and additional acquisitions.

The Pennant Group Acquires Nurses on Wheels

May 16, 2024

Healthcare Services

The Pennant Group, Inc. has acquired Nurses on Wheels, Inc., a hospice provider serving Corpus Christi and surrounding communities in South Texas. The acquisition expands Pennant's hospice footprint in the region and adds local clinicians and caregivers to its network of home health and hospice agencies.