8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) February 22, 2017

Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	0-33169	13-4066229
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

5201 Congress Avenue, Boca Raton, FL 33487
(Address of Principal Executive Office) (Zip Code)

(561) 998-2232
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01    Other Information.

Incorporated by reference is a press release issued by the Company on February 22, 2017, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1. This information is being furnished under Item 8.01 and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liability of such section.

Item 9.01    Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit	Description
99.1	Press Release issued by the Company on February 22, 2017

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized.

		CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE, INC.
		By:	/s/ William J. Burns
			William J. Burns
			EVP & Chief Financial Officer
Dated:	February 22, 2017

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Cross Country Healthcare to Present at Barclays Global Healthcare Conference and Oppenheimer’s 27^th Annual Healthcare Conference

BOCA RATON, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 22, 2017--Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. (Nasdaq: CCRN) announced today that it is scheduled to present at two upcoming conferences:

• Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. will be presenting at the Barclays Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, March 16, 2017 at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time, at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. William J. Grubbs, President and Chief Executive Officer, and William J. Burns, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, will be attending the conference.
• Cross Country Healthcare, Inc. will be presenting at the Oppenheimer 27^th Annual Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at 10:20 a.m. Eastern Time, at The Westin New York Grand Central in New York City. William J. Grubbs, President and Chief Executive Officer will be attending the conference.

An audio webcast and presentation for these conferences will be available on the Company’s website at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com in the Investor Relations section under ‘Events and Presentations’.

ABOUT CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE

Cross Country Healthcare is a national leader in providing innovative healthcare workforce solutions and staffing services. Our solutions leverage our nearly 40 years of expertise and insight to assist clients in solving complex labor-related challenges while maintaining high quality outcomes. We are dedicated to recruiting and placing highly qualified healthcare professionals in virtually every specialty and area of expertise. With more than 9,500 active contracts, our diverse client base includes both clinical and nonclinical settings, servicing acute care hospitals, physician practice groups, outpatient and ambulatory-care centers, nursing facilities, both public schools and charter schools, rehabilitation and sports medicine clinics, government facilities, and homecare. Through our national staffing teams and network of 74 office locations, we are able to place clinicians on travel and per diem assignments, local short-term contracts and permanent positions. We are a market leader in providing flexible workforce management solutions, which include managed services programs (MSP), internal resource pool consulting and development, electronic medical record (EMR) transition staffing, recruitment process outsourcing, predictive modeling and other outsourcing and consultative services. In addition, we provide both retained and contingent placement services for healthcare executives, physicians, and other healthcare professionals.

Copies of this and other news releases as well as additional information about Cross Country Healthcare can be obtained online at www.crosscountryhealthcare.com. Shareholders and prospective investors can also register to automatically receive the Company's press releases, SEC filings and other notices by e-mail.

CONTACT:
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.
William J. Grubbs, 561-237-6202
President and Chief Executive Officer
wgrubbs@crosscountry.com