Atlas Healthcare

What Atlas Healthcare does

Atlas Healthcare is a privately-held healthcare staffing agency founded circa 1985 and headquartered in Irondale, Alabama (Birmingham area). The company specializes in placing international registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists into US hospitals and medical facilities through long-term assignments. Its core customer base consists of healthcare organizations and hospitals across the United States, ranging from community facilities to large metropolitan medical centers, with public testimonials spanning at least seven states (Nebraska, Washington, Montana, Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Minnesota).

The company's technology stack centers on credentialing, compliance management, and immigration processing systems that manage the full placement lifecycle. Atlas provides integrated support services including permanent residency visa sponsorship for employees and their immediate families, credential verification for certifications such as PALS, ACLS, BLS, and TNCC, orientation and hands-on training at the Birmingham office, housing and transition assistance, and a comprehensive benefits package (medical, dental, vision, life, short- and long-term disability, professional liability insurance) provided at no cost to the placed healthcare professional. A dedicated candidate portal (Contingent Talent Management) supports workforce administration.

Atlas Healthcare operates a managed services revenue model: it directly employs healthcare professionals and bills client healthcare facilities at negotiated contract rates, capturing the spread between employee compensation and client billing. The go-to-market is sales-led enterprise field sales, with the business development team engaging Directors of Nursing and Chief Nursing Officers directly. Contract pricing is negotiated per assignment based on specialty, duration, location, and volume; rates are not publicly disclosed. The leadership team is small and privately held, with no outside capital, M&A, or public-market signals disclosed in the source material.

Name

Atlas Healthcare

Legal name

Atlas Healthcare

Website

https://atlashealthcare.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Atlas Healthcare is a privately-held healthcare staffing agency founded circa 1985 in Irondale, Alabama, placing international registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists into US hospitals through long-term managed-services contracts, with visa sponsorship, credentialing, and benefits support.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Clinical & Allied Health Staffing (BPACADAJ)

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare Clinical Direct Hire (Nursing/Allied/Physicians) (BPACAFAH)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing
• Travel nursing
• International nurse placement
• Nurse staffing agency
• Healthcare workforce solutions

Headquarters

HQ city

Jefferson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Placement Services: Atlas Healthcare generates revenue by placing qualified nurses and healthcare professionals (registered nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists) in hospitals and medical facilities throughout the United States. Healthcare organizations pay for staffing services through contracted rates for long-term assignments. The company employs healthcare professionals directly and places them at client facilities, earning revenue from the difference between employee costs and client billing rates.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Atlas Healthcare recruits, employs, and places English-speaking international healthcare professionals — primarily registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists — into US hospitals and medical facilities on long-term assignments. The company handles the full lifecycle of placement including international recruitment, visa sponsorship and green card processing, credentialing and certification compliance, relocation and orientation in Birmingham, Alabama, and ongoing 24-hour support throughout each assignment.

Product overview

Atlas Healthcare operates a healthcare staffing platform consisting of two core service offerings: Healthcare Professionals Placement Services connecting international registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists with hospitals, and Healthcare Organizations Staffing Solutions providing facilities with qualified professionals. These core services are supported by ancillary offerings including Visa and Immigration Support Services, Credentialing and Compliance Services, Orientation and Training Program, Housing and Transition Assistance, and a comprehensive Benefits Package. The company has over 40 years of experience facilitating international healthcare talent placement throughout the United States.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Organizations Staffing Solutions Provides hospitals, healthcare systems, and medical facilities with qualified, credentialed, English-speaking healthcare professionals — registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists — on long-term assignments to solve staffing shortages and improve continuity of care. The company handles recruitment, immigration, credentialing, and ongoing support, while healthcare organizations pay contracted placement rates.
• Healthcare Professionals Placement Program Employs international registered nurses, physical therapists, and occupational therapists and places them in US hospitals and medical facilities through full-time travel and long-term assignments. Includes visa sponsorship, permanent residency eligibility, comprehensive benefits, orientation in Birmingham, Alabama, and 24-hour support throughout the assignment.

Quantifiable outcome

• Nurses arrive with all necessary credentials and certifications (PALS, ACLS, BLS, TNCC) already in place
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aya Healthcare: Largest US travel nursing and allied health staffing firm. Aya directly competes with Atlas on long-term nurse placements but operates at significantly larger scale with a proprietary digital platform and clinician mobile app.
• Medical Solutions: Major US travel nursing staffing agency with nationwide hospital relationships. Directly competes with Atlas for travel nurse contracts and uses a similar managed services placement model.
• Trustaff: Travel nursing and allied health staffing agency placing clinicians in US hospitals. Comparable mid-size competitor with similar nurse placement model and facility-direct sales approach.
• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Travel nursing agency specializing in rapid-response and traditional travel nurse placements. Competes with Atlas for hospital nursing contracts, particularly in the long-term assignment segment.
• Aureus Medical Group: Healthcare staffing agency placing travel nurses, allied health professionals, and therapists. Direct competitor in the allied health (PT/OT) and nursing segments where Atlas operates.

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: Public, large-scale healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company covering travel nursing, allied, locum tenens, and executive search. Overlaps with Atlas in nurse and allied placement but at much broader scope and scale.
• CHG Healthcare: One of the largest US healthcare staffing companies, operating multiple staffing brands across nursing, allied, and locum tenens. Overlaps with Atlas in nurse and allied placement under broader portfolio.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Public healthcare staffing firm placing travel nurses, allied professionals, and locum tenens physicians across US facilities. Comparable nurse placement offering with broader scale and public-company transparency.
• Jackson Healthcare: Large private healthcare staffing and services company with multiple specialty staffing brands. Overlaps with Atlas on nurse and allied placement but operates as a diversified staffing platform.

Regional players

• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: Workforce solutions arm of HealthTrust, the group purchasing organization for HCA-affiliated hospitals. Places travel nurses and allied clinicians, often through managed service programs that compete for the same hospital RFPs as Atlas.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/atlashc
• Facebookfacebook.com/AtlasTravelNurses
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/atlas-healthcare-llc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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