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Antitrust, Talent, and Trust: What the Aya–Cross Country Deal Collapse Really Means for Healthcare Staffing

BlueSky Team January 9, 2026

The healthcare staffing industry is often described as cyclical, booms followed by corrections. But the collapse of the proposed acquisition by Aya Healthcare of Cross Country Healthcare, combined with renewed federal scrutiny of noncompete practices, signals something more structural: a shift in how regulators view labor markets, consolidation, and competition

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Vendor Neutral VMS: How Hospitals Gain Control Over Staffing Spend

BlueSky Team November 21, 2025

Vendor-neutral VMS puts hospitals in full control of their staffing spend and vendor relationships.

True neutrality means the hospital owns the VMS platform, not an MSP or staffing agency.

MSPs can limit transparency and vendor competition, increasing costs and reducing control.

Independent VMS drives cost savings,

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What MSP Fees Are Really Doing to the Healthcare Staffing Market

BlueSky Team October 16, 2025

There’s an old finance joke: ask a mathematician, “What’s two plus two?” you get 4. Ask an accountant, “What do you need it to be?” Numbers can tell very different stories depending on who’s adding them up. In healthcare staffing, MSP fees are a perfect example: they don’t just skim

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