Related Party Transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

Related Party Transactions

Related Party Transactions

Prior to December 31, 2020, the Company had a 68% ownership interest in Cross Country Talent Acquisition Group, LLC, a joint venture between the Company and a hospital system. The Company generated revenue providing staffing services to the hospital system of $16.0 million and $25.0 million in 2020 and 2019, respectively, with no activity in 2021. At December 31, 2020, the Company had a receivable balance of $1.7 million and a payable balance of $0.2 million, with no such balances as of December 31, 2021. Effective December 31, 2020, the sole professional staffing services agreement held by its joint venture was terminated, at which time the Company entered into a direct staffing agreement with the hospital system. The Company dissolved Cross Country Talent Acquisition Group, LLC during the third quarter of 2021.

The Company has entered into an arrangement for digital marketing services provided by a firm that is related to Mr. Clark, the Company's Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Clark is a minority shareholder in the firm's parent company and is a member of the parent company's Board of Directors. Management believes the terms of the arrangement are equivalent to those prevailing in an arm's-length transaction and have been approved by the Company through its related party process. The digital marketing firm manages a limited number of digital publishers covering various Company brands for a monthly management fee. In 2021, 2020, and 2019, the Company incurred an immaterial amount in expenses related to these fees. The Company had an immaterial payable balance at December 31, 2021 and no payable balance at December 31, 2020.

The Company has provided services to entities affiliated with certain members of the Company’s Board of Directors, which it believes were conducted on terms equivalent to those prevailing in an arm's-length transaction. Revenue related to these transactions was $0.7 million in 2021, and an immaterial amount in both 2020 and 2019. Accounts receivable due from these entities was an immaterial amount at December 31, 2021 and 2020.

As a result of the WSG acquisition on June 8, 2021, the Company continues to rent WSG's headquarters. The Chief Executive Officer and Founder of WSG, and currently a business unit president with the Company, is an agent of the lessor. The lease term is from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024. The Company paid an immaterial amount in rent expense for these premises for the year ended December 31, 2021, and had no payable balance at December 31, 2021.

In the first quarter of 2020, the Company entered into a note payable of $7.3 million related to contingent consideration assumed as part of a prior period acquisition, payable in three equal installments. The payees of the note are controlled by an employee of the sellers who remained with the Company. The first two installments have been paid, leaving a note payable balance of $2.5 million and accrued interest of $0.1 million at December 31, 2021. See Note 4 - Acquisitions.