AMN Healthcare Names 2015 Associate Vendor Awards for Managed Services Programs

SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AHS), the leader and innovator in healthcare staffing services and workforce solutions to healthcare facilities across the nation, recognized the top associate vendors that help supply physicians, nurses and allied professionals to healthcare providers through AMN managed services programs (MSPs) across the country.

Managed Services Programs enable hospitals, health systems and other types of healthcare facilities to streamline the management of the contingent workforce by providing one point of contact and integration of all workforce processes, ranging from candidate sourcing, selection, credentialing, timekeeping and billing. AMN industry leading MSP services improve financial, operational and clinical performance for our healthcare clients.

AMN Healthcare has a network of over 400 associate vendors that provide critical staff for AMN MSP clients.

"The work of our associate vendors is vitally important to ensuring that our clients receive the top quality healthcare professionals they need to provide excellence in patient care," said Becky Kahn, SVP, Strategic Accounts at AMN Healthcare. "Some of our vendors have distinguished themselves in their service to AMN Healthcare clients, and we are pleased to recognize them for their dedication."

All vendors that provide staff to AMN MSPs in the last year, regardless of technology platform or location, are eligible for the annual AMN Associate Vendor Awards. The awards are based on volume of supply, reliability, amount of support, dedication to clients, and an annual survey of AMN Account Managers and Quality Services, Clinical and Back-Office teams that interface daily with associate vendors.

The winners of the 2015 AMN Associate Vendor Awards are:

• Most Valued Partner for Travel Nursing: Trustaff
• Most Valued Partner for Travel Allied: Vital Healthcare Staffing LLC
• Most Valued Partner for Per Diem Staffing: Chesapeake Staffing
• Most Valued Partner for Locum Tenens: Mint Medical Physician Staffing
• Largest Volume Growth: Trustaff
• Largest Diverse Supplier: 24 Hour Medical Staffing Services
• Largest Project Partner Vendor: HealthSource Global Staffing

About AMN Healthcare
AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services to healthcare facilities across the nation. AMN Healthcare's workforce solutions - including managed services programs, vendor management systems, recruitment process outsourcing and consulting services - enable providers to successfully reduce complexity, increase efficiency and improve patient outcomes within the rapidly evolving healthcare environment. The Company provides unparalleled access to the most comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals through its innovative recruitment strategies and breadth of career opportunities. Clients include acute-care hospitals, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, retail and urgent care centers, home health facilities, and many other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare disseminates news and information about the Company through its website, which can be found at www.amnhealthcare.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Company based these forward-looking statements on its current expectations, estimates and projections about future events and the industry in which it operates using information currently available to it. Factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this press release are set forth in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 and its other periodic reports as well as the Company's current and other reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Be advised that developments subsequent to this press release are likely to cause these statements to become outdated with the passage of time.

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