Medical Search International

What Medical Search International does

Medical Search International (MSI) is a US-based healthcare staffing firm founded in 2002 and headquartered in Florham Park, New Jersey, specializing in locum tenens (temporary) and permanent placement of physicians and allied healthcare professionals. The company operated 101-250 employees and served hospitals, health systems, clinics, and medical practices nationwide, generating revenue through contingency placement fees on permanent searches and contract markups on temporary physician engagements.

MSI's core technology centers on the AMN Passport candidate portal — a cloud-based platform enabling clinicians to create profiles, search and apply for positions, track applications, and manage credentials across nursing, allied, physician, and other disciplines. The underlying technology stack under AMN Healthcare's umbrella also includes Workforce Technologies (scheduling and workforce management software), Virtual Care (cloud-based tele-practice tools), and supporting services such as Language Services and Revenue Cycle Solutions. The professional services business model is sales-led and quote-based, with pricing varying by specialty, location, and engagement type; permanent placements are typically structured as a percentage of the physician's first-year salary, while locum tenens billings are hourly or daily.

In 2024, MSI was acquired by AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) and merged with DRW Health to form AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions, consolidating operations under a unified brand that claims roughly 40 years of healthcare staffing experience and a network of more than 2,000,000 clinicians serving over 10,000 healthcare facility clients annually. As a result, MSI no longer operates as an independent entity; its capabilities now sit within AMN's broader portfolio spanning nursing (NurseFinders), allied, physician (Staff Care for locum tenens, Merritt Hawkins for permanent placement), advanced practice, leadership search, Managed Services Programs (MSP), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), and Float Pool Management.

Name

Medical Search International

Legal name

Medical Search International

Website

https://medsearchint.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Medical Search International is a US-based healthcare staffing firm specializing in locum tenens and permanent placement of physicians and allied professionals for hospitals, health systems, and clinics. Acquired by AMN Healthcare in 2024, it now operates as AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

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

akta.pro secondary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Physician staffing services
• Locum tenens placement
• Healthcare workforce solutions
• Permanent physician search
• Medical recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Florham Park

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Physician Staffing Services: Provides locum tenens staffing and permanent physician placement services to healthcare facilities. Revenue generated through placement fees for permanent positions and contract staffing for temporary/tenure positions.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Medical Search International is a healthcare staffing platform that places physicians and other healthcare professionals into locum tenens (temporary) and permanent roles at hospitals, health systems, clinics, and medical practices. The company connects vetted candidates with healthcare facilities through direct recruiter engagement and a cloud-based candidate portal, generating revenue via placement and contract staffing fees.

Product overview

Medical Search International (MSI), now part of AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions, operates as a healthcare staffing platform offering a comprehensive suite of workforce solutions. The portfolio includes candidate-facing platforms like AMN Passport for job applications and career management, technology platforms including Workforce Technologies (scheduling software) and Virtual Care (telehealth), and specialized staffing services spanning nursing (via NurseFinders), allied health, physician placement (via Staff Care for locum tenens and Merritt Hawkins for permanent placement), language services, and revenue cycle management. Additional offerings include Managed Services Programs (MSP), Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), Float Pool Management, and Leadership Search services, providing end-to-end talent management solutions for healthcare organizations.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AMN Passport Candidate portal and application platform enabling healthcare professionals to create profiles, search and apply for jobs, track applications, and manage their careers across nursing, allied, physician, and other healthcare disciplines.
• Workforce Technologies Cloud-based platform providing scheduling software and workforce management tools for healthcare organizations, accommodating changes to service lines, facilities, and regional expansion.
• Virtual Care Cloud-based technology enabling healthcare professionals to virtually practice physical and behavioral medicine across various healthcare settings.
• Language Services Translation and interpretation services including over-the-phone interpretation, video remote interpretation, and on-site interpretation to bridge language barriers in healthcare settings.
• NurseFinders Nursing staffing service offering travel nurses, per diem staff, permanent nurses, and interim nurse leaders to healthcare facilities.
• Staff Care (Locum Tenens) Physician locum tenens staffing providing temporary and short-term physician coverage across various practice settings.
• Merritt Hawkins Permanent physician placement and search services for healthcare organizations seeking long-term physician staffing solutions.
• Managed Services Programs (MSP) Vendor-neutral, master supplier, or hybrid workforce sourcing strategies with managed service programs for healthcare organizations.
• Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) Outsourced recruitment solutions helping healthcare organizations reduce reliance on contingent workforce through customized RPO programs.
• Revenue Cycle Solutions Healthcare revenue cycle solutions covering CDI (Clinical Documentation Improvement), HIM (Health Information Management), ODM, and Case Management roles.
• Float Pool Management Staffing optimization services analyzing staffing metrics and demand vs. supply to help optimize core staff and contingency resources.
• Leadership Search Executive search and interim leadership placement services for healthcare executives to navigate strategic and management challenges.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• DRW HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDRW Health has unified with Medical Search International under the AMN Healthcare brand to create AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions. This combination brings together two physician search leaders to provide expanded access to physician opportunities and enhanced support for healthcare professionals seeking locum tenens and permanent placement options.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Jackson Healthcare: Jackson Healthcare is a large private healthcare staffing firm with a strong physician placement practice (including permanent and locum tenens). It competes head-to-head with MSI on physician search for hospitals, health systems, and medical groups.
• Merritt Hawkins: Merritt Hawkins, an AMN Healthcare subsidiary, is a leading permanent physician search firm. While now under the same corporate umbrella as MSI, it directly serves the same permanent physician placement use case and remains comparable in scope and positioning.
• CHG Healthcare: CHG Healthcare is one of the largest healthcare staffing companies in the US and the parent of CompHealth and Weatherby Healthcare. It directly competes with MSI/AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions across locum tenens and permanent physician placement, serving the same hospitals and health system clients.
• Weatherby Healthcare: Weatherby Healthcare is a CHG Healthcare-owned physician locum tenens firm. It competes directly with MSI's Staff Care locum tenens offering for temporary physician coverage across US hospitals.
• VISTA Staffing Solutions: VISTA Staffing Solutions specializes in locum tenens physician placement and international physician recruitment. It is a direct competitor to MSI's locum tenens business, targeting the same hospital and clinic buyers.
• CompHealth: CompHealth, a CHG Healthcare brand, provides locum tenens and permanent physician staffing. It is a direct competitor to MSI across both temporary and permanent physician placement, with overlapping specialty coverage and client base.
• LocumTenens.com: LocumTenens.com is a dedicated physician locum tenens staffing agency with an online matching platform. It competes directly with MSI/Staff Care's locum tenens offering for temporary physician coverage at hospitals and clinics.

Broad incumbents

• Aya Healthcare: Aya Healthcare is the largest US travel nurse staffing firm and has expanded into allied and locum tenens. It is a broader incumbent healthcare staffing competitor to AMN Healthcare (MSI's parent), with growing physician services.
• Cross Country Healthcare: Cross Country Healthcare is a publicly traded healthcare staffing firm offering travel nursing, allied, and physician placement. It competes broadly with AMN/MSI across multiple clinician segments including physicians.
• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) is MSI's publicly traded parent company and the largest US healthcare staffing firm. While MSI now operates under AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions, AMN as a whole competes broadly with all other healthcare staffing peers across nursing, allied, physician, and leadership search.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MedicalSearchDR

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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