Adkisson Search Consultants

What Adkisson Search Consultants does

Adkisson Search Consultants is a Women and Minority Owned executive search firm founded in 2001 in Bloomington, Illinois, specializing exclusively in healthcare recruitment across the United States. The firm places physicians, advanced practitioners, allied health professionals, and healthcare executives (CEO, COO, CMO, CFO) for hospitals, health systems, multi-specialty medical groups, academic medical centers, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), and critical access hospitals. Named clients include Houston Methodist Hospital, Northwestern University Health Service, Christie Clinic (180+ providers), CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, and Chestnut Health Systems, demonstrating a client roster spanning academic, rural, and community-based care settings.

The firm operates two core service lines—Healthcare Professionals Search and Executive Search—supplemented by a Featured Jobs board on its website. Its operational model is traditional and relationship-driven: consultants conduct site visits, develop job specifications, source candidates through proprietary databases and decades of industry networking, perform rigorous screening with reference checks and personality profiling, coordinate on-site interviews, and provide post-placement follow-up support. The firm is differentiated by its J-1 visa waiver recruitment support, spouse/partner engagement in candidate relocation, and niche focus on shortage-market and rural placements. There is no proprietary technology platform, app, or API; delivery is human-capital intensive.

Commercially, Adkisson generates revenue through retained professional services search fees, with pricing negotiated per engagement and not publicly disclosed. Distribution is exclusively direct enterprise and mid-market sales via consultative engagement, supplemented by conference attendance, content marketing (blog articles on physician shortage and rural recruitment), and a modest social media presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Leadership comprises President Michelle S. Houchin (FACMPE), Vice President Shannon McKay (ACHE Fellow, joined 2002, partner since 2006, VP since 2011), and Recruiter Layne D. Kruger. The firm is privately held with no disclosed external investment.

Name

Adkisson Search Consultants

Legal name

Adkisson Consultants, Inc.

Website

https://adkissonconsultants.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Adkisson Search Consultants is a privately held, Women and Minority Owned executive search firm that places physicians, advanced practitioners, and healthcare executives for hospitals, health systems, FQHCs, and academic medical centers across the United States.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Executive Search Services

NAICS

Executive Search Services (561312), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Life Sciences Leadership Search (BPACAAAE)

Keywords

• Healthcare executive search
• Physician recruitment services
• Advanced practitioner search
• Federally qualified health center staffing
• Critical access hospital recruitment

Headquarters

HQ city

Bloomington

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

Revenue model

1. Executive Search Services: Retained search fees for placing healthcare executives, physicians, advanced practitioners, and allied health professionals in client organizations. Services include full-cycle recruitment with consultative site visits, candidate screening, reference checks, and placement follow-up support.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Adkisson Search Consultants is a healthcare-focused executive search and recruitment firm that places physicians, advanced practitioners, allied health professionals, and healthcare executives into hospitals, health systems, FQHCs, critical access hospitals, and academic medical centers. Services span the full recruitment lifecycle, including consultative site visits, job specification development, candidate sourcing, screening, reference and background checks, interview coordination, and post-placement follow-up support.

Product overview

Adkisson Search Consultants is a Women and Minority Owned Executive Search Firm operating as a single-service recruitment company focused exclusively on healthcare staffing. The company offers two core service lines: Healthcare Professionals Search (for physicians, advanced practitioners, and allied health professionals) and Executive Search (for healthcare leadership positions), supported by a Featured Jobs board. The company was founded in 2001 and has over 24 years of experience in the healthcare recruitment industry.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Healthcare Professionals Search Full-cycle recruitment service for physicians, advanced practitioners, and allied health professionals, including on-site visits, job specification development, candidate sourcing, screening with reference and background checks, candidate introduction with submittal files, and ongoing support through finalization and follow-up. Targeted at hospitals, medical practices, FQHCs, and critical access hospitals.
• Executive Search Retained executive search service for healthcare organizations placing CEOs, COOs, CMOs, and other senior leadership, including consultative site visits, job specification development, search via proprietary databases and networks, candidate selection with personality profiling and background checks, on-site interview coordination, and support through contract negotiations and post-hire follow-up. Targeted at hospital systems, academic medical centers, and integrated delivery networks.
• Featured Jobs Board Online job board showcasing current healthcare opportunities across specialties including cardiology, family medicine, neurology, obstetrics/gynecology, psychiatry, radiology, and executive positions, supporting both client hiring visibility and candidate job search.

Quantifiable outcome

• High repeat client business and long-term client relationships attest to successful placements

Named customers8 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Houston Methodist Specialty Physician GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for placing Classical (Benign) Hematologists at Houston Methodist Hospital. The company recruits for the renowned Hematology Division at Houston Methodist Hospital, consistently ranked the #1 hospital system in Texas.
• Solvera HealthcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Solvera Health for recruiting Family Medicine Physicians for their new and innovative clinic in Peoria, Illinois. Solvera Health's mission is to make healthcare easy, convenient, accessible, and affordable.
• North Texas Infectious Diseases Consultants (NTIDC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for recruiting Infectious Disease Physicians with transplant infectious disease training for NTIDC practice at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. NTIDC offers partnership track with multiple revenue streams.
• Rocky Vista UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for recruiting Assistant/Associate Professor of Osteopathic Principles & Practice faculty for Rocky Vista University's Ivins, Utah campus. Non-tenure track faculty position supporting osteopathic medical education.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• AMN Healthcare: Largest U.S. healthcare staffing and workforce solutions company, with significant physician and executive placement capabilities; broader portfolio competitor to Adkisson's specialized services.
• Russell Reynolds Associates: Global executive search firm with a healthcare practice serving large hospital systems and academic medical centers; broader incumbent competitor for healthcare leadership searches.
• Korn Ferry: Global organizational consulting firm with a substantial healthcare executive search practice; competes for enterprise healthcare C-suite mandates though operates across all industries.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search firm with a dedicated healthcare practice placing board, CEO, and senior physician leaders; competes for premium healthcare executive mandates.

Direct peers

• Cejka Search: Healthcare-specialized executive search firm placing physicians, executives, and advanced practice providers; directly comparable in service offering and target customer base to Adkisson.
• Furst Group: Healthcare executive search firm serving hospitals, health systems, and insurance clients; comparable in niche healthcare executive focus to Adkisson.
• Merritt Hawkins: One of the largest U.S. physician and advanced practitioner search firms, serving hospitals, health systems, and FQHCs — a close direct competitor to Adkisson's physician placement practice.
• Jackson Physician Search: National physician recruitment firm focused on permanent placement for hospitals and medical groups; highly comparable to Adkisson's physician and advanced practitioner search services.
• WittKieffer: Executive search firm with a deep healthcare and higher education practice, placing C-suite and physician leaders — directly comparable to Adkisson's executive search offering.
• B.E. Smith (AMN Healthcare): Healthcare-exclusive executive search subsidiary of AMN Healthcare; places interim and permanent healthcare executives across hospitals and health systems — a scaled direct competitor.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AdkissonSearch
• Facebookfacebook.com/adkissonsearch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/adkisson-search-consultants

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 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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