What Triage Staffing does

Triage Staffing is a private, U.S.-based healthcare staffing agency founded in 2006 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, with a second office in the Cincinnati area (Loveland, OH). The company places licensed traveling healthcare professionals, including registered nurses, allied health professionals (radiology, lab, rehab therapy, cardiopulmonary), and long-term care staff, in temporary assignments typically lasting 13 weeks at healthcare facilities across all 50 U.S. states. Its customer base is two-sided: healthcare professionals seeking travel assignments and healthcare facilities (acute care hospitals, critical access hospitals, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities) needing temporary clinical staff to address shortages, leave coverage, and census fluctuations. The company holds Joint Commission Gold Seal accreditation and is recognized as one of the top 15 healthcare staffing agencies in the country.

Triage operates through six specialty divisions (Nursing, Radiology, Laboratory, Rehab Therapy, Cardiopulmonary, and Long-Term Care), with a distribution model that pairs a self-serve public job board listing 9,914+ active positions with a dedicated recruiter model providing single-point-of-contact coverage for both travelers and facilities. Its proprietary technology includes the Triage Timecard App for weekly timesheet submission, the Traveler Wallet portal for credential and document management, and the Triage Plus MSP platform offering facilities vendor management, compliance oversight, and configurable reporting dashboards. Adjacent programs include a Refer-a-Friend program ($750 per qualified referral), a Rehab Student Outreach program ($1,500 sign-on bonus), and a referral partnership with WorldWide Health for international placement.

Revenue is generated primarily through transaction-based placement fees charged to healthcare facilities for providing qualified temporary clinical staff, with travelers compensated via a hybrid pay package combining taxable hourly wages with tax-free housing, meal, and travel stipends. The company has expanded through inorganic moves, notably the acquisitions of Kamana (March 2021) and RTG Medical (August 2024, a Nebraska-based healthcare staffing firm founded in 2001), and has been named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies list nine times. Leadership is founder-led, with CEO and founder John Maaske, co-founder and COO Tyler Pieper, President of Digital Transformation Eric Christenson, and Director of Software Engineering Kiere El-Shafie.

Name

Triage Staffing

Legal name

Triage Staffing

Website

https://triagestaff.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Triage Staffing is a private U.S. healthcare staffing agency placing traveling nurses and allied health professionals in 13-week assignments at healthcare facilities across all 50 states through six specialty divisions and a recruiter-driven, job-board-enabled two-sided marketplace.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Temporary Help Services (561320), Employment Placement Agencies (561311)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industries

Multi-Site / Branch Network Staffing (BPACACAJ), Local & Regional Generalist Staffing Agencies (BPACACAH)

Keywords

• Travel healthcare staffing
• Nursing placement services
• Allied health recruitment
• Healthcare workforce management
• Temporary medical staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

Omaha

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Placement Fees: Triage places traveling healthcare professionals (nurses, allied health) at healthcare facilities for 13-week assignments. Revenue is generated through fees charged to healthcare facilities for providing qualified clinical staff to fill temporary staffing needs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Triage Staffing operates as a healthcare staffing agency placing traveling healthcare professionals—nurses, radiology technologists, lab technicians, rehab therapists, cardiopulmonary clinicians, and long-term care staff—into temporary 13-week assignments at hospitals, clinics, imaging centers, ambulatory surgery centers, and long-term care facilities across all 50 U.S. states. The agency recruits, screens, verifies, and assesses candidates to match them with facilities and handles compliance, payroll, and ongoing support throughout assignments. Facility clients can access staffing through recruiter relationships, staffing request forms, or the Triage Plus MSP managed service provider program.

Product overview

Triage Staffing is a healthcare staffing agency offering a portfolio of travel nursing and allied health staffing services across six divisions: Nursing, Radiology, Laboratory, Rehab Therapy, Cardiopulmonary, and Long-Term Care. The core platform centers on a job board with transparent pay rates, recruiter matching, and in-house compliance and onboarding support. Adjacent offerings include Triage Plus MSP (a managed service provider for workforce solutions targeting healthcare facilities), the Triage Timecard App and Traveler Wallet app for document and payroll management, a Refer a Friend Program providing referral bonuses, and a Rehab Student Outreach Program with sign-on incentives for new graduates. All offerings are oriented around connecting traveling healthcare professionals with 13-week assignments at facilities across all 50 U.S. states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Triage Plus MSP: Healthcare workforce solutions and managed service provider program offering staffing management, compliance, vendor management, and workforce technology solutions for healthcare facilities.

Products and services

• Nursing Division Travel Staffing Places registered nurses in 13-week travel assignments across specialties including ICU, ER, Med/Surg, L&D, OR, PICU, NICU, telemetry, cath lab, and more at healthcare facilities nationwide.
• Radiology Division Travel Staffing Places radiology professionals—CT tech, MRI tech, ultrasound tech, cath lab tech, radiation therapist, X-ray tech, and nuclear medicine tech—in travel assignments.
• Laboratory Division Travel Staffing Places clinical lab scientists, medical technologists, phlebotomists, microbiology technologists, pathologists' assistants, and lab directors in short-term travel assignments.
• Rehab Therapy Division Travel Staffing Places physical therapists, occupational therapists, physical therapy assistants, speech therapists/SLPs, and COTAs in travel assignments; rehab therapists can travel immediately after passing their boards.
• Cardiopulmonary Division Travel Staffing Places respiratory therapists, EEG techs, sleep techs, and anesthesia techs in travel assignments at facilities across the country.
• Long-Term Care Division Travel Staffing Places CNAs, LPNs/LVNs, geriatrics RNs, behavioral health RNs, correctional RNs, and long-term care RNs in skilled nursing and assisted living facilities.
• Triage Plus MSP Healthcare workforce management solution for facilities, providing vendor management, compliance oversight, workforce reporting, configurable dashboards, and access to a broad panel of staffing vendors through a single point of contact, contract, and invoice.
• Rehab Student Outreach Program Dedicated student outreach service for new rehab therapy graduates, offering resume assistance, mock interviews, and a $1,500 sign-on bonus upon completing three consecutive assignments.

Quantifiable outcome

• Travel nurses working full-time can earn average annual salary over $100,000
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• WorldWide HealthminorGTM or Marketing PartnerWorldWide Health is a partner organization that places medical travelers internationally. Triage does not place travelers internationally but refers interested healthcare professionals to WorldWide Health for international opportunities.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: The largest US travel healthcare staffing firm, placing travel nurses, allied health professionals, and locum physicians. Directly comparable to Triage in core travel nursing and allied health placement model.
• Cross Country Healthcare: National healthcare staffing firm placing travel nurses, allied health professionals, and per diem staff. Operates a similar multi-division model and serves comparable hospital and facility customers.
• Medical Solutions: Travel nursing and allied health staffing agency headquartered in Omaha, NE. Closest direct geographic and product peer to Triage, competing head-to-head for travelers and facility contracts.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Mid-sized travel nursing agency placing RNs and allied health professionals nationwide. Comparable product mix, traveler experience focus, and customer base to Triage.
• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Specialty travel nursing agency focusing on rapid-response and high-acuity placements. Comparable traveler-focused model and hospital customer base, though narrower specialty depth.
• Supplemental Health Care: National healthcare staffing firm placing travel nurses, allied professionals, and per diem staff. Offers comparable per-diem and travel divisions across a similar facility footprint.
• Aureus Medical Group: Travel nursing and allied health staffing agency with comparable divisional structure covering radiology, lab, rehab, and nursing. Directly competitive in allied health specialties.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: National healthcare staffing provider with travel nursing, home health, and allied divisions. Comparable multi-segment healthcare staffing model and customer base.

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: Largest publicly traded healthcare staffing company in the US, offering travel nursing, locum tenens, allied, and workforce solutions (MSP). Broader portfolio and enterprise MSP capability than Triage.
• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: Workforce solutions arm of HCA Healthcare providing travel staffing, MSP, and staffing technology to a large hospital network. Comparable on MSP and large-facility customer dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/TriageStaff
• Facebookfacebook.com/TriageStaff
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/triagestaff
• Instagraminstagram.com/triagestaff

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments

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