American Health Staffing Group, Inc., a diversified provider of temporary healthcare staffing services and a portfolio company of BelHealth Investment Partners, LLC, announced today that it has acquired Expedient Medstaff, LLC, a national provider of travel nurse staffing.
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Expedient is a leading provider of travel nurse staffing to over 2,500 health system clients nationwide. The Company maintains contracts with top Vendor Management System / Managed Services Program providers, as well as hospitals and medical clinics.
Expedient supports its customers across multiple segments of nursing, including Registered Nurses, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Surgery Technicians and Certified Nursing Assistants.
C. Mike Emery, RN, CEO of Expedient, said, “I look forward to joining the highly entrepreneurial team at AHSG. We are excited to leverage the combined resources of both BelHealth and AHSG to further accelerate Expedient’s growth as part of a national staffing platform.”
AHSG, headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma, is a national and diversified healthcare staffing business with five segments. Led by Steve Francis, AHSG’s Executive Chairman, the Company is focused on accelerating organic growth in its existing divisions and aggressively pursuing add-on acquisitions in high growth and attractive areas of healthcare staffing.
Mark Smith, CEO of AHSG, added, “We are thrilled to welcome Mike and his team to AHSG. They have built a remarkable business in an attractive segment of healthcare staffing that is well positioned to scale rapidly with AHSG’s shared resources. This partnership further solidifies our national footprint in travel nursing and will allow us to better serve our hospital customers.”
Paul Barrett, BelHealth Vice President and AHSG Director, stated, “Our partnership with Mike and his team further expands AHSG’s leadership talent and enhances our national footprint across five highly complementary verticals of healthcare staffing. We are excited for the additional growth opportunities and look forward to continuing to build one of the country’s leading staffing platforms.”
About American Health Staffing Group
With headquarters in Edmond, Oklahoma, AHSG is a provider of temporary healthcare staffing services focused on the following areas: travel nursing, dialysis, interim nurse leadership and pharmacy. Since inception, the Company has realized significant growth and is well-positioned to take advantage of positive trends in the healthcare staffing industry. AHSG is focused on driving organic growth in its existing divisions and acquiring companies in growing and attractive areas of healthcare staffing.
About Expedient Medstaff
Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, Expedient is a leading provider of travel nurse staffing to health systems across the United States. The Company maintains contracts with top Vendor Management System / Managed Services Program providers as well as hospitals and medical clinics, with which it contracts directly. Expedient supports its customers across multiple segments of nursing, including Registered Nurses, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Surgery Technicians and Certified Nursing Assistants.
About BelHealth Investment Partners
BelHealth Investment Partners, based in New York, New York, is a healthcare private equity firm focused on lower middle market companies. BelHealth has a unique combination of investing, executive management and entrepreneurial experience. BelHealth acquires majority positions in entrepreneur-owned companies that it believes will benefit from its extensive operating and private equity investment expertise.
The firm invests across three core healthcare segments: Services, Products and Distribution. BelHealth is investing from its current $350 million fund.
