What Star Health does

StarHealth is a US-based healthcare staffing agency that connects nurses, allied health professionals, and therapists with hospitals, health systems, and school districts on a travel, per diem, temp, and permanent basis. Founded around 2010 and operating as a remote-first organization with roughly 50+ employees and dual offices in Los Angeles (headquarters) and San Jose, the company reports 10,000+ active healthcare professionals and 5,000+ nurses who have placed through the platform, with coverage across all 50 states.

The core platform, branded S1NGLEPOINT, centers on AI-assisted job matching, automated credential verification (claimed 10-12 minutes versus an industry-standard 90-day process), license and compliance tracking, Instant Pay, and a single dedicated recruiter per professional. Add-on modules include a Salary Calculator, free continuing education, housing assistance, and a free TurboTax integration that auto-imports W-2s, 1099s, and healthcare-specific deductions. Distribution is dual-sided: a self-serve application flow plus content/SEO engine targets individual professionals, while dedicated healthcare sales representatives engage facility clients with a 48-hour response guarantee and a reported 98% first-day show rate / 92% contract completion rate. School-based staffing for 500+ districts is operated as a secondary vertical alongside the core nursing franchise.

The business model is transaction-fee based: StarHealth charges healthcare facilities bill rates for contracted professionals and earns the spread against pay rates, with zero agency fees charged to professionals. Facility pricing is usage-based and negotiated by specialty, location, and volume. The company is privately held with no disclosed institutional funding rounds and a founder/management-owned cap table, and lists major US health systems (Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, Cleveland Clinic, Johns Hopkins, Mass General, UCSF Health, Banner Health, HCA Healthcare) among named facility relationships.

Name

Star Health

Legal name

StarHealth

Website

https://starhealth.one

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

StarHealth is a US-based healthcare staffing agency that places travel, per diem, and permanent nurses and allied health professionals at hospitals, health systems, and school districts across all 50 states, using an AI-assisted credentialing and matching platform under its S1NGLEPOINT brand.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Staffing Services

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations (HLAFAAAO)

Keywords

• Healthcare staffing services
• Travel nursing placement
• Allied health recruiting
• Credential verification
• Per diem staffing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Jose

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 Facility Staffing Fees: StarHealth charges healthcare facilities for placing nursing and allied health professionals in temporary (travel, per diem) and permanent positions. Revenue generated from markups on nurse pay rates and placement fees.
2. Contract Staffing Margins: Margin earned on the difference between bill rates charged to facilities and pay rates to healthcare professionals. Volume-based arrangements with major healthcare systems drive revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Star Health operates an AI-powered healthcare staffing platform that connects nurses, allied health professionals, and therapists with hospitals, health systems, and school districts across the United States. The company places professionals in travel, per diem, temp, and permanent positions, and delivers adjacent services including instant credential verification, license tracking, weekly and same-day payroll, day-one health benefits, and integrated tax filing via a TurboTax partnership.

Product overview

Star Health operates as a unified healthcare staffing platform offering a comprehensive ecosystem of services through its S1NGLEPOINT platform. The core offering includes travel nursing, allied health, per diem, permanent placement, in-house agency, and float pool staffing. Add-on modules provide AI-powered credential verification, license & compliance management, integrated TurboTax tax filing, salary calculation tools, and continuing education programs. Supporting resources include free downloadable guides for travel nursing and state licensing. The platform serves both healthcare professionals (nurses, therapists, allied health) seeking assignments and healthcare facilities needing staffing solutions, with nationwide coverage across all 50 states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• S1NGLEPOINT: A dedicated recruiter/advocate service model where each healthcare professional gets a single dedicated point of contact for their entire career journey with the company.

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability6 records

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• TurboTax (Intuit)coreTechnology or IntegrationFree tax filing integration for StarHealth members. TurboTax automatically imports W-2s, 1099s, and work expenses with one-click sync. Identifies healthcare-specific deductions (mileage, licenses, certifications, travel). Saves members average of $3,200 on taxes. Multi-state tax filing handled automatically. 100% free for StarHealth members with no upgrade upsells.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• SnapNurse: SnapNurse is a tech-driven travel-nurse and allied-health staffing agency focused on rapid deployment and digital credentialing. Comparable to StarHealth in travel-nursing core, AI/digital tooling, and rapid time-to-fill positioning.
• Gale Healthcare Solutions: Gale Healthcare Solutions is a per diem nursing staffing app targeting hospitals and post-acute facilities with same-day pay features. Comparable to StarHealth's instant-pay and per diem staffing offerings, focused on the same nurse supply pool.
• IntelyCare: IntelyCare is a tech-enabled per diem nursing staffing platform matching nurses to shifts at post-acute and hospital facilities. Comparable to StarHealth's per diem and AI-matching capabilities with a strong technology and two-sided marketplace angle.
• Fastaff Travel Nursing: Fastaff is a US travel-nurse staffing agency specializing in rapid-response crisis and traditional 13-week assignments. Comparable to StarHealth's travel-nursing and rapid-deployment positioning, with similar hospital-system customer profile.
• ShiftMed: ShiftMed is a healthcare staffing platform connecting nurses and allied health professionals to per diem shifts across hospitals and post-acute facilities. Comparable to StarHealth's per diem and float-pool product lines with a similar tech-led marketplace approach.
• Aya Healthcare: Aya Healthcare is a leading US travel-nurse staffing firm with a technology-forward platform and large hospital system relationships. Directly comparable to StarHealth in core travel-nursing focus, AI-enabled matching, and facility-side sales motion, though at materially larger scale.
• Trusted Nurse Staffing: Trusted Nurse Staffing is a travel-nurse staffing agency offering housing, benefits, and recruiter support to nurses nationwide. Closely comparable to StarHealth's travel-nursing core with similar benefits-centric GTM and zero-fee professional model.

Emerging players

• Vivian Health: Vivian Health operates a healthcare-job marketplace focused on travel nursing and allied health with transparent pay data and self-serve application tools. Comparable to StarHealth's transparency-first, self-service, tech-enabled positioning, though more marketplace than agency.

Broad incumbents

• HealthTrust Workforce Solutions: HealthTrust Workforce Solutions is the staffing arm of HCA Healthcare and one of the largest US healthcare workforce providers, offering travel, per diem, and permanent staffing. Comparable to StarHealth's facility-side offerings, with significant captive demand from HCA's hospital network.
• AMN Healthcare: AMN Healthcare is the largest US healthcare staffing company, placing travel nurses, per diem, allied health, and locum tenens across all major health systems. Directly comparable in service mix to StarHealth, but operates at much larger scale and with public-market capital access.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/starhealth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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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