Break Free from the Status Quo with a Vendor-Neutral Healthcare Workforce Management Platform
As healthcare leaders enter 2025, labor costs remain a critical concern, driven by clinician shortages, financial pressures, and rising workforce expenses. Yet, many organizations continue to rely on large, agency-owned Managed Service Providers (MSPs) that perpetuate inefficiencies, limit flexibility, and drive up costs. These traditional MSPs, often owned by major staffing agencies, dominate the market and present a conflict of interest.
It’s time for healthcare leaders to reevaluate their workforce strategies and consider a vendor-neutral approach that delivers transparency, cost savings, and innovation.
The Hidden Costs of Agency-Led MSPs
What to expect from agency-owned MSPs and how to address these challenges:
- Delayed Placements & Increased Costs – Unequal order distribution and lack of competition among vendors can lead to staffing orders being held longer to protect margins, resulting in prolonged vacancies and higher costs. To avoid this, organizations must review how orders are distributed, ensure a competitive vendor landscape, and establish clear distribution tiers that promote fairness and efficiency in filling positions.
- Lack of Transparency – Agency-owned MSPs often limit visibility into real-time workforce data, making it difficult for healthcare organizations to control costs and plan strategically. To overcome this challenge, customers should ensure transparency by partnering with a vendor-neutral VMS that provides real-time reporting, AI-powered analytics, and unbiased vendor management—giving you full visibility into workforce costs, performance, and staffing trends.
- Rate Manipulation – Some MSPs prioritize their own agencies, reducing competition and inflating labor costs, limiting a robust talent pool. To address this, organizations need to request that job orders are fairly distributed, preventing preferential treatment and hidden costs. Standardized rate cards help control expenses while attracting top talent through fair and competitive pricing.
Why Choose a Vendor-Neutral VMS Like Ringo?
Unlike traditional MSPs, Ringo is a fully vendor-neutral workforce management platform designed to give healthcare organizations complete control over their contingent labor. With a vendor-neutral platform like Ringo, we ensure:
- Fair & Competitive Pricing – Open access to a wide range of staffing suppliers promotes competition, keeping rates fair.
- Real-Time Data & Insights – Transparent reporting provides full visibility into spending, vendor performance, and workforce trends.
- Faster Time-to-Fill – Automated processes, such as billing, onboarding, credentialing and flexible scheduling reduce hiring delays, ensuring optimal patient care.
- Custom Workforce Strategies – Scalable solutions, such as VMS, MSP, Flexible Workforce and our hybrid model - Shared Managed Services are all tailored to both clinical and non-clinical staffing needs.
- Compliance & Risk Mitigation – Integrated credentialing, contract tracking, and audit-ready documentation ensure regulatory adherence.
Ringo in Action: Proven Cost Savings & Efficiency
A vendor-neutral approach delivers measurable results, as seen in real-world case studies:
- 20% Annual Cost Savings – A clinical practice management group saved by centralizing workforce data, automating invoicing, and improving transparency.
- 15% Cost Reduction in Labor Expenses – One health system reduced labor expenses with a customized rate card.
- 53% Faster Hire-to-Active – Healthcare facilities optimized hiring processes and recovered an average of $3.8M in lost revenue due to unfilled positions.
Reimagine Your Workforce Strategy
Now is the time to move beyond outdated, agency-controlled workforce models. Ask yourself:
- Are you truly optimizing labor costs?
- Do you have full transparency into your workforce spend?
- Is your technology partner prioritizing your needs or maintaining the status quo?
- Are you in control of your workforce program?
Ringo puts control back in your hands with AI-powered technology, transparent insights, and flexible workforce solutions—empowering you to reduce costs, enhance efficiency, and improve patient care.
Break free from traditional MSPs. Take control of your workforce with Ringo.
