Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
HENSEL EMIL
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
CROSS COUNTRY HEALTHCARE INC [CCRN] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chief Financial Officer
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
2538 NW 64TH BLVD.		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/14/2008
(Street)

BOCA RATON, FL 33496		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 08/14/2008   M   3,000 A $ 11.62 51,998 D  
Common Stock 08/14/2008   S   3,000 D $ 16.69 48,998 D  
Common Stock 08/15/2008   M   2,000 A $ 11.62 50,998 D  
Common Stock 08/15/2008   S   2,000 D $ 17.01 48,998 D  
Common Stock               131,502 (1) I By Wife

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 11.62 08/14/2008   M     3,000   (2) 12/16/2009 Common Stock 3,000 $ 0 55,953 (3) (4) D  
Employee Stock Option (Right to Buy) $ 11.62 08/15/2008   M     2,000   (2) 12/16/2009 Common Stock 2,000 $ 0 53,953 (3) (4) D  

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
HENSEL EMIL
2538 NW 64TH BLVD.
BOCA RATON, FL 33496		   X     Chief Financial Officer  

Signatures

 /s/ Emil Hensel   08/18/2008
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Mr. Hensel's wife holds 131,502 shares. In addition to the shares listed in Column 5 of Table I, 16,543 shares are held by each of his two sons and 17,032 shares are held by his daughter. Mr. Hensel's children are adults and as a result he disclaims beneficial ownership to these shares.
(2) The options exercised are fully vested.
(3) Following the option exercise now reported in row 1 and row 2 of Table II, Mr. Hensel has 53,953 options that expire December 16, 2009 to purchase Common Stock of the Company at an exercise price of $11.62 per share.
(4) In addition, Mr. Hensel has 236,602 options to purchase Common Stock of the Company with different exercise prices from the options reported in Table II.

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