What TLC Nursing does

TLC Nursing Associates, Inc. is a nurse-owned and nurse-operated healthcare staffing agency founded by Mohamed Basha, RN, and headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont. The company places travel nurses (RN/LPN) and allied health professionals — including physical therapists, radiology techs, respiratory therapists, surgical techs, and laboratory personnel — at healthcare facilities across the United States under temporary contract arrangements. Primary client segments are long-term care facilities, acute care hospitals, correctional facilities, and outpatient clinics, served through direct sales and a self-service staffing request channel.

The company's primary technology asset is the iTraveler mobile application (iOS and Android), which enables healthcare professionals to browse assignments, view pay packages, and manage profiles. No proprietary matching platform, AI/ML systems, or automated credentialing technology is disclosed. Operations are supported by a multi-office footprint across Vermont (three offices) and New Hampshire (one office), Joint Commission Accreditation, a tiered referral program ($250-$2,500 per hire), and a continuing-education sub-brand called TLC Academy.

TLC Nursing operates a traditional staffing agency revenue model: it charges client healthcare facilities a markup on contract bill rates and pays the placed professionals taxable wages plus non-taxable housing and meal stipends for assignments more than 50 miles from home. Publicly disclosed pay packages range from approximately $1,473 to $5,932 per week depending on specialty and location, with weekly billing cadence. The company is bootstrapped, privately held, and has no disclosed external funding rounds.

Name

TLC Nursing

Legal name

TLC Nursing Associates, Inc.

Website

https://tlcnursing.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

TLC Nursing is a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency placing travel nurses and allied health professionals at hospitals, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, and clinics across the United States. Founded by Mohamed Basha, RN, and headquartered in South Burlington, Vermont.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare Non-Clinical Temp Staffing (BPACACAO)

Keywords

• Travel nurse staffing
• Allied health staffing
• Healthcare workforce solutions
• Travel nursing placement
• Medical staffing agency

Headquarters

HQ city

South Burlington

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Healthcare Staffing Placement Fees: TLC Nursing generates revenue by placing travel nurses and allied health professionals at healthcare facilities. The company charges healthcare facilities a markup on the contract rate for the placed professionals. This is a traditional staffing agency model where the company earns the difference between what it pays the traveler and what the facility pays for the contract.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

TLC Nursing is a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency that recruits travel nurses (RNs, LPNs) and allied health professionals (physical therapists, radiology techs, respiratory therapists, surgical techs, lab personnel) and places them in temporary assignments at U.S. healthcare facilities including hospitals, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, and clinics. Placed professionals receive competitive weekly pay, free housing or housing allowance, comprehensive benefits, and licensing/credentialing assistance, while client facilities are charged a markup on the contract rate under a traditional managed-services staffing model.

Product overview

TLC Nursing operates as a nurse-owned healthcare staffing agency offering a unified platform for travel nursing and allied health staffing services. The core offering combines travel nursing assignments with allied health placements, supported by the iTraveler mobile app for job discovery and management. Additional services include a referral program, licensing/credentialing assistance, and a comprehensive employee benefits platform. The company primarily serves long-term care facilities, hospitals, correctional facilities, and clinics across all 50 U.S. states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• TLC Academy: Continuing education platform offering educational resources for travel healthcare professionals.

Products and services

• Travel Nursing Services Staffing agency service connecting travel nurses (RNs, LPNs) with temporary assignments at hospitals, long-term care facilities, correctional facilities, and clinics across the U.S., offering competitive weekly pay packages, housing assistance, benefits, licensing support, and 24/7 recruiter support. Healthcare facilities contract for placed travelers on a managed-services basis.
• Travel Allied Health Staffing Staffing service placing allied health professionals (physical therapists, radiology techs, respiratory therapists, surgical techs, laboratory personnel, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and similar roles) in travel assignments at healthcare facilities across the U.S., with the same pay, housing, benefits, and licensing support model used for travel nurses.
• iTraveler App Proprietary mobile application that enables healthcare professionals to browse travel nursing and allied health assignments, view pay details, manage their candidate profiles, and receive real-time job updates. Available on iOS (App Store id 6463802411) and Android (Google Play, package com.tlc.prod).

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Trusted Health: Tech-enabled travel nursing platform connecting nurses directly with job postings and offering digital credentialing. Represents the marketplace model that could compete with TLC's traditional recruiter-driven agency approach.
• Nomad Health: Online marketplace directly connecting travel nurses and allied clinicians with healthcare facilities, eliminating traditional agency intermediation. A direct marketplace substitute for traditional agencies like TLC.
• Vivian Health: Healthcare job marketplace and staffing platform for nursing, allied, and locum roles, increasingly enabling direct facility-to-candidate matching. Represents the technology-enabled distribution shift that pressures traditional agency economics.

Direct peers

• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Specialist in rapid-response travel nursing placements, particularly for high-acuity hospital settings. Competes with TLC for hospital travel nurse assignments on speed and premium-rate placements.
• Medical Solutions: Mid-to-large travel nursing staffing agency placing RNs and allied professionals nationwide with a similar recruiter-driven B2B staffing model and traveler benefits structure.
• Aya Healthcare: Largest US travel nursing and allied health staffing agency, placing RNs, LPNs, and allied professionals at hospitals and healthcare facilities nationwide. Closest direct competitor to TLC Nursing in core travel nurse placement model.
• Aureus Medical Group: Healthcare staffing agency specializing in travel nursing, allied health, and medical laboratory placements, serving hospitals and clinics across the US. Directly comparable in service mix and target customer profile.

Broad incumbents

• Cross Country Healthcare: Publicly traded staffing firm placing nurses, physicians, and allied professionals across travel, per diem, and permanent engagements. Competes for the same facility clients and candidate pool as TLC.
• Maxim Healthcare Services: Diversified national healthcare staffing and home health services provider with travel nursing, per diem, and permanent placement offerings. Overlaps with TLC across travel nursing and allied staffing while operating at significantly larger scale.
• AMN Healthcare: Publicly traded healthcare staffing leader offering travel nursing, locum tenens, allied, and leadership staffing across all major US facility types. Much larger scale incumbent competing for the same facility contracts TLC serves.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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