For Finance & Operations Leaders · Workforce Strategy Teams

Check every rate before you commit.

Live market benchmarks that tell you if a rate is in range—before you approve it.

Mispriced offers create 2–5% margin drift. Live rate benchmarks set defensible targets before commitment.

Rate Check — LiveConnected
Rate Submitted
RoleICU RN
MarketDallas-Fort Worth, TX
ShiftNights
Proposed Rate$72.00/hr
Market Benchmark
✓ In Range
Floor: $64Target: $70Ceiling: $78
$72
$64$70$78
Status
Approved for commitment
Variance from target
+$2.00/hr (2.9%)
Tracking live rates across10,000+employers·50states·40+clinical specialties
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Unchecked rates erode margin.

Every rate committed without market reference is a pricing decision made blind. Variance compounds monthly. By the time finance sees it, the damage is done.

$3.80
average hourly variance on unverified rates
2-5%
margin drift from pricing without benchmarks
$500K+
annual exposure per 100 placements
Process Risk

Why spreadsheets and surveys are costing your organization margin and efficiency.

Manual benchmarks were built for a slower market. Today's rate volatility exposes gaps that compound quietly—until finance sees them in variance reports.

Rates change daily
Your benchmarks don't. By the time surveys update, you've committed at the wrong price.
Future state
Live benchmarks refresh every 30–60 minutes from real market data.
Titles vary wildly
Spreadsheets can't normalize 'ICU RN' vs 'Critical Care Nurse' vs 'CVICU Staff.' Apples get compared to oranges.
Future state
Automatic title normalization maps every variation to standard roles.
Contracts drift quietly
Vendors creep above agreed rates. No one notices until renewal—when leverage is already gone.
Future state
Continuous vendor tracking flags variance the moment it happens.
Errors compound unseen
Leadership sees problems last. By then, months of margin loss are already locked in.
Future state
Exception alerts surface to leadership before commitment—not after.

HealthWorkforce IQ is the check before the commit—so margin loss is prevented, not discovered.

Built for the people who own pay decisions.

CFO / Finance
Margin protection
Review exceptions before sign-off
VP Workforce
Pricing discipline
Set thresholds teams follow
Talent Acquisition
Competitive offers
Check rates before proposing
MSP / Agency
Vendor accountability
Track variance against contracts

Three moments. One reference.

From individual rate checks to threshold management to vendor tracking—same benchmarks, different views.

1Check any rate before committing
Individual Rate Check
Role / MarketProposedRangeStatus
ICU RN · CA Nights$92/hr$88–$98In Range
Med-Surg RN · TX Days$58/hr$48–$54Above +7%
OR RN · FL Nights$74/hr$72–$80In Range

Every rate is checked against live market benchmarks before commitment. In-range rates document automatically. Out-of-range rates show exactly how far off—so the decision is informed.

2Set thresholds everyone follows
Threshold Configuration
Med-Surg RN · Texas
Floor$46/hr
Target$52/hr
Ceiling$58/hr
Rates in range94.2%
Exceptions This Month
Jan 3$62+$4Approved with note
Jan 5$64+$6Pending review
Jan 6$59+$1Auto-documented

Finance defines the thresholds. Teams price within them. Exceptions are visible immediately—not discovered in monthly variance reports.

3Track vendor variance against contracts
Vendor Variance Tracking
VendorVarianceOccurrencesStatus
Vendor A+7.4%134 this monthReview needed
Vendor B+1.1%96 this monthWithin tolerance
Vendor COn contract58 this monthOn target

Every vendor quote is compared against contracted terms at submission. Drift is quantified automatically—visible before renewal, not after.

Platform Capabilities

Intelligence that shapes workforce strategy.

From enterprise exposure modeling to labor market intelligence—decision infrastructure for workforce leaders.

Financial ModelingLive
Market pressure scenario
$4.2M
Annual exposure
2.1%
Avg variance
$890K
Margin at risk
Variance concentration by role × market
Role
Dallas
Phoenix
Chicago
LA
Miami
ICU RN
+2.1%
+4.8%
+0.8%
+3.2%
+4.1%
Med-Surg
+0.5%
+1.2%
-0.3%
+2.8%
+1.5%
OR RN
+3.5%
+5.2%
+1.8%
+4.9%
+3.8%
L&D RN
+1.8%
+2.5%
+0.9%
+1.5%
+2.2%
ER RN
+2.8%
+3.9%
+1.2%
+3.5%
+3.2%
Favorable Low risk Elevated High risk

Portfolio exposure modeling — annualized impact by role, market, vendor

Margin sensitivity analysis — acceptable thresholds with automatic flagging

Variance concentration — 70–80% of cost drift sources identified

Forward-looking planning — model impact if conditions tighten

Talent Market ModelingPilot
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Surplus Balanced Tightening
92%
Mapped to canonical roles
2.1×
Market responsiveness

Skills-to-role mapping — qualifications matched to canonical roles

Availability scoring — supply pressure by geography and specialty

Rate alignment — expectations vs live benchmarks

Credential status — license and certification completeness

Foundation Layer

Normalization & Taxonomy

Every rate, role, and candidate is mapped to a canonical definition—so every comparison is valid. This foundation is what makes the models above reliable.

Title normalization— Standardized every role and title variant for consistency
Cross-system consistency— ATS, VMS, and MSP feeds resolved to the same role and rate definitions
Decision integrity— Benchmarks, thresholds, and fit scores remain accurate across systems and time
1,200+
Role & title variants normalized
ICU RN
Critical Care RN
CVICU RN
Canonical: ICU RN
Deployment & Integration

Designed to work however your organization operates.

HealthWorkforce IQ is a reference layer—not a system replacement.

Ingest and serve intelligence across existing systems

  • ATS, VMS, MSP, job feeds
  • Contract and rate submissions
  • Candidate pipelines

Read-only ingestion. No system of record replacement.

Surface intelligence where decisions happen

  • Embedded in internal tools
  • Executive dashboards
  • Shared decision views

Reference layer runs alongside existing workflows.

White-label & API-ready

  • MSP programs
  • VMS platforms
  • Internal finance tools

Expose benchmarks, thresholds, and models wherever needed.

Deployed across single facilities, multi-entity health systems, and national staffing programs - without disrpting existing workflows.

Observed outcomes

What changes when checking becomes standard practice.

"Nobody commits without checking first. In-range rates auto-document. Out-of-band rates show margin exposure before sign-off. Finance stopped asking for rate justification—the record exists."

VP
VP of Workforce Strategy
Regional Health System

"Guessing stopped. Every recruiter sees the same thresholds before proposing. Exceptions with real exposure identified, quantified, defensible. Variance reviews confirm what we already knew."

TA
Director of Talent Acquisition
National Staffing Agency
Data foundation

Thresholds track market conditions. Decision context current without manual work.

Benchmark scope

50 states. 40+ clinical specialties. 10,000+ employers tracked. No coverage gaps.

Market signal sources

Live job feeds. MSP program data. No survey data older than 48 hours. Market shifts, thresholds shift.

Update frequency

Thresholds recalculate every 30–60 minutes. Rate status may change automatically.

Implementation

Teams checking before committing within 7–14 days. No integration engineering.

Time to reliance

Day 1: thresholds configured. Day 7–14: teams checking. Decision error reduction begins immediately.

System-agnostic

Operates alongside existing VMS/ATS. No migration. Reference layer runs independently.

IT & compliance ready

No PHI required. IT security review completes in 48 hours. HIPAA compliant. SOC 2 Type II.

Pricing

Pricing scales with decision volume and margin at risk.

Infrastructure cost is fixed and predictable. Margin leakage is not.

Standard Decision Coverage
$5,000/ month

Expanded or national coverage scales higher based on decision volume and exposure surface. Final scope confirmed during scoping.

What Standard provides
  • Centralized pricing contextRate decisions referenced against live market benchmarks.
  • Shared thresholds across teamsFinance, workforce leads, recruiters—pricing from the same market reference.
  • Documented rationale on demandEvery pricing decision captured. Audit-ready justification available immediately.
  • Deviation visibility with exposureOut-of-band rates identified and quantified automatically.

Standard is the decision infrastructure serious teams price against today. Not analytics or reporting—the shared reference that makes pricing defensible.

Enterprise / White-Label / API
MSPs · VMS · Multi-entity
Custom
Embedded deployments. API access. Multi-tenant configuration. Scales with labor spend under management.
Unmanaged exposure

Quantify exposure from rate decisions without a live reference.

Inputs
Margin drift from variance
Exposure driven by rate variance across placements. Adjust assumptions only if needed.
Annual
$4,492,800
Per assignment$1,872
Monthly (× placements)$374,400/mo
Opportunity cost
Optional: quantify lost margin when rates are not competitive.
Monthly lost margin$42,000/mo
Annual lost margin$504,000
Total annual exposure$4,996,800
Assumptions: exposure is driven by placement volume, average variance, and the time it remains undetected. Adjust inputs to match your operating rhythm.
volume × variance × time
Decision error assessment

Quantify the cost of deciding without context.

30 minutes. Map where rate decisions lack market reference. Document exceptions compounding untracked. Quantify margin exposure from blind pricing. Written analysis of decision error cost delivered within 48 hours.

Deliverables:
  • · Decision error rate against market benchmarks
  • · Exception volume and exposure quantification
  • · Vendor variance and contract erosion analysis

For teams where margin error affects financial results immediately.

Request exposure analysis

Submit. Visibility gaps analyzed. Documented exposure analysis within 48 hours.

Every submission reviewed manually. Response within 24 hours with analysis scope and required inputs.