Barton Associates, Inc., a premier locum tenens staffing and workforce solutions organization, has announced the acquisition of LocumsCollective. Based in Salt Lake City, LocumsCollective is a managed service provider (MSP) specializing in the locum tenens industry. This acquisition signals a strategic evolution for Barton, moving beyond traditional staffing to become a broader workforce solutions provider by integrating a differentiated, outcomes-focused MSP model.
Barton Associates acquires LocumsCollective to expand its healthcare workforce solutions platform.
LocumsCollective is an MSP designed to help healthcare organizations manage locum tenens talent more effectively.
Founder Matt Bennett will continue to lead LocumsCollective as President.
The move focuses on improving match quality, transparency, and measurable value for stakeholders.
The acquisition leverages Barton's 25+ years of scale and technology to grow LocumsCollective’s facilitated model.
Aims to reduce friction between healthcare clients, staffing agencies, and clinical providers.
The integration of LocumsCollective allows Barton to offer a more sophisticated layer of service to its hospital and health system clients. By incorporating an MSP model, Barton can now facilitate the entire lifecycle of locum tenens staffing, providing a centralized platform for quality control and communication. This shift addresses a growing need in the healthcare sector for more streamlined, data-driven approaches to managing temporary clinical labor.
"LocumsCollective strengthens our platform, broadens our capabilities, and gives us an opportunity to help shape the future of locum tenens workforce solutions," said April Hansen, MSN, RN, CEO of Barton Associates. "We believe the next generation of workforce solutions must be defined by quality, transparency, and measurable value."
Under the new structure, Matt Bennett will remain at the helm of LocumsCollective. This ensures that the organization maintains its core principles of collaboration between clients and agencies while gaining access to Barton’s extensive operational depth and national resources. The partnership is expected to focus heavily on reducing administrative friction and improving the speed and quality of clinical placements.
"Barton brings the scale, resources, technology, and operational depth to help us grow while staying true to the principles that have guided LocumsCollective from the beginning," added Bennett.
Barton Associates connects a wide range of healthcare facilities—from private practices to major health systems—with physicians, NPs, PAs, CRNAs, and dentists. The addition of an MSP capability ensures that these connections are backed by a structured management layer, which is increasingly critical for organizations managing high volumes of temporary staff across multiple specialties and care settings.
About Barton Associates
Barton Associates is a nationally trusted locum tenens staffing and workforce solutions organization with more than 25 years of experience supporting hospitals, health systems, private practices, and clinics nationwide. Barton connects healthcare organizations with physicians, nurse practitioners, physician associates, CRNAs, dentists, and other licensed professionals across a broad range of specialties, care settings, and communities.
About LocumsCollective
LocumsCollective is a Salt Lake City-based managed service provider built to improve how healthcare organizations and agency partners work together in locum tenens staffing. Through a facilitated model focused on quality, transparency, and execution, LocumsCollective helps clients access clinical talent more effectively while creating a more streamlined, outcome-focused experience.
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