What HAYES LOCUMS does

Hayes Locums is a privately held U.S. healthcare staffing firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The company specializes in locum tenens placement of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, CRNAs, and certified anesthesiologist assistants across more than 50 medical specialties and all 50 states, serving over 1,500 healthcare facilities. It is ranked as the sixth-largest locum tenens agency in the U.S. and supports both commercial medical facilities and government programs, including the VHA Integrated Critical Staffing Program covering VA hospitals, naval hospitals, and state-run facilities.

The company's core offering is transaction-based placement services, complemented by a vertically integrated service stack that includes internal and external credentialing, IMLC multi-state licensing support, in-house travel coordination, risk management with A+ rated malpractice insurance, and 24/7 consultant availability. Technology differentiation is anchored by two proprietary assets launched in 2025: LocumScope, a free, Hayes-exclusive client portal offering real-time scheduling, spend management, and six analytics dashboards with 28 downloadable reports; and HMS Credentialing Service, a credentialing verification organization (CVO) built on hospital-grade credentialing software. Together, these extend Hayes Locums beyond pure staffing into credentialing-as-a-service and workforce management tooling.

Hayes Locums operates a sales-led, relationship-driven go-to-market model organized by medical specialty, with specialty-segmented consultants serving as the primary distribution channel to both providers and facility buyers. Revenue is generated through placement and assignment fees negotiated per contract, with no publicly disclosed pricing tiers. The company is led by Founder and CEO John Hayes alongside Founder Bobby Moses, and a senior leadership team covering finance, operations, strategy, risk, IT/cyber, and sales. The firm is recognized as a Training Top 100 global elite company for training and development in 2020, 2021, and 2022, and is a member of NALTO.

Name

HAYES LOCUMS

Legal name

Hayes Locums, LLC

Website

https://hayeslocums.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Hayes Locums is a privately held U.S. locum tenens staffing firm placing physicians and advanced practice clinicians across 50+ specialties at 1,500+ healthcare facilities in all 50 states, ranked as the sixth-largest agency in the country.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Lauderdale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Locum Tenens Staffing Placement Fees: Hayes Locums operates as a healthcare staffing and physician recruitment agency specializing in locum tenens placements. They connect physicians and advanced practice clinicians with healthcare facilities on a temporary basis, earning revenue through placement fees for matching providers with facilities.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hayes Locums is a healthcare staffing and physician recruitment agency that places physicians and advanced practice clinicians on temporary locum tenens assignments across all 50 U.S. states in 50+ medical specialties. The firm provides full-service support including internal credentialing, state licensing and IMLC navigation, in-house travel coordination, A+ rated malpractice insurance, and risk management. Its proprietary LocumScope client portal and HMS Credentialing Service platform add workforce management and credentialing verification capabilities for healthcare facility clients.

Product overview

Hayes Locums is a healthcare locum tenens staffing firm offering a portfolio of services centered on physician and advanced practitioner placement. The core offering consists of temporary medical staffing across all 50 states in 50+ specialties. Supporting services include LocumScope (a free client portal for scheduling and spend management), HMS Credentialing Service (credentialing verification organization), internal and external credentialing support, licensing assistance, in-house travel coordination, and risk management with A+ rated malpractice coverage. The company operates primarily as a staffing services firm rather than a software platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• LocumScope: A free, centralized transparency tool built exclusively for Hayes Locums clients providing workforce management solution with scheduling, invoicing, onboarding, and analytics tools.
• HMS Credentialing Service

Products and services

• Physician Locum Tenens Placement Temporary physician staffing services placing doctors across all 50 states in more than 50 medical specialties including cardiothoracic surgery, pediatrics, anesthesiology, and others. Designed for hospitals and healthcare facilities needing physician coverage.
• Advanced Practitioner Locum Tenens Placement Staffing services for nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs), and certified anesthesiologist assistants (CAAs) on temporary assignments across the U.S.
• LocumScope Client Portal A free, Hayes Locums-exclusive workforce management and client portal providing scheduling visibility, spend management, and analytics dashboards with 6 custom dashboards and 28 downloadable reports for medical facility clients.
• HMS Credentialing Service (CVO) Credentialing verification organization (CVO) that streamlines and enhances the credentialing process for both providers and hospital facilities, built on credentialing software widely used by hospitals and MSOs.

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% credentialing success rate - providers who pass Hayes credentialing typically pass hospital credentialing as well
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• NALTO (National Association of Locum Tenens Organizations)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2001Hayes Locums is a member of NALTO, an organization founded in 2001 that sets industry standards and ethical guidelines for locum tenens agencies. Hayes follows NALTO guidelines by honoring all contractual agreements and ensuring providers are treated ethically and fairly.
• HMS Credentialing ServicecoreOthersAn entity created by Hayes Locums to enhance and streamline credentialing for providers and hospital facilities. Functions as a credentialing verification organization (CVO) to meet growing demand for credentialing and onboarding support.
• VHA Integrated Critical Staffing ProgramcoreOthersHayes Locums has been contracted to support the VHA Integrated Critical Staffing Program, which serves hundreds of government medical facilities including VA hospitals, naval hospitals, and state-run healthcare organizations.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Cross Country Healthcare: Diversified healthcare staffing provider with locum tenens, travel nursing, and allied staffing divisions; competes with Hayes Locums on physician and APP placement, especially in mid-sized facilities.
• Aya Healthcare: Large U.S. healthcare staffing firm dominant in travel nursing and expanding into allied and locum tenens; competes with Hayes Locums on advanced practitioner and physician placement, particularly in acute care settings.
• AMN Healthcare: The largest U.S. healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company, with locum tenens, travel nursing, and allied staffing. Its Staff Care and Merritt Hawkins divisions directly compete with Hayes Locums on physician placement.
• Jackson Healthcare: Large U.S. healthcare staffing firm operating across locum tenens, travel nursing, and allied health, with locums subsidiaries that directly overlap with Hayes Locums' physician and APP placement services.

Direct peers

• CHG Healthcare: One of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the U.S. and parent of CompHealth, Weatherby Healthcare, and Global Medical Staffing — directly competes with Hayes Locums in locum tenens physician and advanced practitioner placement.
• Weatherby Healthcare: National locum tenens staffing firm (CHG subsidiary) placing physicians across all major specialties — directly competes with Hayes Locums on hospital and health system placements.
• Locum Leaders: Niche locum tenens physician staffing firm competing directly with Hayes Locums on specialty physician placement at U.S. hospitals and outpatient facilities.
• CompHealth: Locum tenens and permanent physician staffing agency owned by CHG Healthcare, directly competing with Hayes Locums across the same specialties, facilities, and provider pool.
• VISTA Staffing: Locum tenens staffing company placing physicians and advanced practitioners nationwide; a closely comparable competitor to Hayes Locums on both facility and provider relationships.
• Interim Physicians: Physician-owned locum tenens staffing agency placing doctors across multiple specialties; competes directly with Hayes Locums on hospital and clinic coverage assignments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/hayeslocums

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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