Private equity firms are showing new confidence in clinical staffing companies after a previous wave of such investments struggled. Some investors have lost billions as their staffing companies, which employ healthcare workers and contract them out to medical facilities, go bankrupt. Yet others are making new moves in the sector by capitalizing on demand for travel nurses and focusing on in-network billing. Investment this year in clinical staffing companies has been on pace to eclipse the peak of 2021, according to PitchBook data, with at least 17 PE deals announced so far. Read more.
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