CORT Furnishes Temporary Assignment Housing for AMN Healthcare Services

Program supports mobile healthcare professionals nationwide

FAIRFAX, VA (March 15, 2011) AMN Healthcare Services, Inc., the industry leader in healthcare staffing and management services, partners with CORT to provide furnished housing for its employees working on temporary assignments across the country. CORT, a Berkshire Hathaway company and the only national provider of furniture rental, currently supports approximately 80 to 90 percent of AMN’s furnished housing needs for mobile nurses, allied technicians and physicians working on assignments ranging from six to 13 weeks across all 50 states.

AMN Healthcare offers employees deployed on assignment a choice between a furnished apartment and a stipend for living expenses. Approximately 50 percent of AMN nurses choose to stay in furnished apartments while on assignment.

“Partnering with CORT as a primary provider of our furniture needs was a new direction for our furnished housing program, as in the past we worked with several providers at any given time,” said Brenda Gebler, vice president, vendor relationships and facility operations at AMN Healthcare. “However, CORT quickly lived up to their reputation of unmatched customer service, even as the volume of business we did with them greatly increased. We work to use their furniture as often as possible.”

“Our relationship with AMN Healthcare exemplifies the strengths CORT brings all its customers, but particularly clients with national needs,” said Beverly Steele, director of strategic business development for CORT. “Our national scope and depth of experience allow us to nimbly and swiftly adapt to the fluctuating housing needs that are an inherent component in any organization relying heavily on temporary assignments.”

CORT has consistently met AMN’s needs, including the introduction of flexible solutions such as incentive pricing programs based upon AMN’s annual furniture lease needs. In addition, CORT offers unmatched national scope with support for the top 70 markets nationwide.

“An audit we conducted using an independent third party, confirmed what we anecdotally knew to be true, that CORT was a partner we could trust to deliver best-in-class service,” said Gebler. “When our nurses are happy and well-cared for in their temporary homes, we can be confident that they are delivering the highest quality of care to the hospitals and patients we serve.”

For the past 40 years, CORT has been a leading provider in rental furniture and has provided services to more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 companies. CORT also provides the nation’s most comprehensive range of rental relocation services, including area-orientation tours and online apartment search services at www.ApartmentSearch.com. CORT is a Berkshire Hathaway company and has offices in every major U.S. market and a global furniture rental network of affiliates in more than 50 countries. For more information about CORT, visit www.cort.com.

AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. is the nation's largest provider of comprehensive healthcare staffing and workforce solutions. As the leading provider of travel nurse, per diem (local) nurse, allied and locum tenens (temporary physician) staffing and physician permanent placement services, AMN Healthcare recruits and places healthcare professionals on assignments of variable lengths and in permanent positions with clients throughout the United States. AMN Healthcare is also the nation's largest provider of clinical staffing managed services programs and recruitment process outsourcing solutions. Settings staffed include acute-care hospitals, government facilities, community health centers and clinics, physician practice groups, and a host of other healthcare settings. AMN Healthcare also provides home healthcare services in select regions. For more information, visit http://www.amnhealthcare.com.