symplr
by symplr · Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare operations platform for credentialing, workforce scheduling, and compliance management.
Updated August 2026 · By the ERP Research Editorial Team · Independent and vendor-neutral.
- Works with
NetSuiteQuickBooks
Sage
Oracle- Deployment
- Cloud
- Company size
- Mid-market, Enterprise
- Pricing
- Quote-based
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas, United States
Overview
symplr provides enterprise healthcare operations software delivered as the symplr Operations Platform, a set of SaaS product lines covering provider data management and credentialing, workforce scheduling and time and attendance, contingent staffing, quality and safety management, compliance management, spend management, and facility access and contract management. The company reports its software is used in 9 out of 10 U.S. hospitals and health systems and by more than 400 U.S. health plans, alongside medical groups and post-acute providers.
The provider data management suite (symplr Provider, CVO, Payer, Directory) centralizes verification, credentialing, payer enrollment, privileging and contracting so that provider data does not have to be re-entered across separate systems. The workforce suite (symplr Workforce, Smart Square, Contingent Talent Management) covers demand-based scheduling, timekeeping and staffing automation, including a dedicated module for managing agency and travel-clinician contracts. Separate modules handle quality and patient-safety event management (Midas Health Analytics, symplr Safety), regulatory compliance (HIPAA policy management, No Surprises Act monitoring, conflicts-of-interest disclosure), non-labor spend and value analysis, and facility access/vendor credentialing.
symplr is privately held, headquartered in Houston, Texas, and majority-owned by Clearlake Capital Group and SkyKnight Capital since 2018, with Charlesbank Capital Partners as an additional strategic investor since 2021. It holds HITRUST r2 certification for several core products and SOC 1/SOC 2 attestations across its broader platform.
Screenshots & demo
Demo video from the vendor's YouTube channel. Screenshots sourced from symplr.
Modules & capabilities
symplr covers 10 of 54 capabilities we track in this category (+1 partial)
19%- Document version control & approval workflowsNot evidenced
- Electronic signaturesNot evidenced
- Training linked to document changesNot evidenced
- Training records & competency trackingNot evidenced
- SOP authoring & controlNot evidenced
- Collaborative document authoringNot evidenced
- Role-based document access controlNot evidenced
“Not evidenced” means our research found no public documentation of this capability — the vendor may still offer it. Confirm on a demo.
Common use cases
- Centralizing physician and allied-health credentialing, privileging and payer enrollment across a multi-hospital health system
- Building nurse and clinical staff schedules with demand forecasting to reduce overtime and agency reliance
- Managing contract and travel-nurse staffing agencies through a shared VMS, with approved timecards flowing into NetSuite, Sage, QuickBooks or PeopleSoft for payroll and billing
- Running HIPAA policy management, staff training and business associate agreement tracking for a compliance office
- Routing patient-safety and quality incidents through investigation and board-reporting workflows
- Standardizing new medical-device/product evaluation and benchmarking vendor spend for a value analysis committee
- Managing facility access badges and credentialing for outside vendor representatives entering clinical areas
Strengths & considerations
Strengths
- Single vendor spanning provider credentialing, workforce/staffing, quality & safety, compliance, spend and facility access, purpose-built for healthcare rather than general-purpose HR/GRC software
- Reports use in 9 of 10 U.S. hospitals and health systems and 400+ U.S. health plans, giving it unusually deep penetration in the provider credentialing/CVO niche
- symplr Contingent Talent Management posts timecard data directly into a range of payroll/ERP back ends (NetSuite, Sage, PeopleSoft, QuickBooks, ADP) rather than assuming a single ERP
- HITRUST r2 certification on core products (symplr Payer, Contract, Clinical Communications) plus SOC 1/SOC 2 attestations across dozens of products, notable in a market where hospital IT security review is a major buying gate
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Rate itERP integrations
Approved agency/travel-clinician timecard data from symplr CTM moves into NetSuite for payroll and billing.
Approved CTM timecard data transfers into QuickBooks payroll workflows.
Approved CTM timecard data transfers into Sage payroll workflows. Vendor materials cite 'Sage' generically; not independently confirmed as Sage Intacct specifically versus Sage X3.
Approved CTM timecard data transfers into Oracle PeopleSoft payroll workflows.
Connector details independently verified against vendor marketplaces and documentation; last checked 2026-08-20.
Pricing
Full symplr pricing breakdown — cost at 25/100/500 seats, competitor rates & FAQs
symplr is sold as separate product modules (e.g., Provider, Workforce, Compliance, Contingent Talent Management). Pricing is not published and depends on modules selected, bed count or user count, and contract term. Get an independent shortlist with pricing guidance below.
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Technical & security
- Hosting
- Cloud SaaS (AWS infrastructure)
- Compliance
- HITRUST r2, SOC 1 Type II, SOC 2 Type II, HIPAA
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Languages
- English
About the vendor
- Founded
- 2006
- Headquarters
- Houston, Texas, United States
- Employees
- ~1,880
- Ownership
- Private (Clearlake Capital Group and SkyKnight Capital, majority since 2018; Charlesbank Capital Partners strategic investor since 2021)
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symplr — frequently asked questions
What does symplr do?
symplr is a healthcare operations software platform sold as separate SaaS product modules covering provider credentialing and data management, workforce scheduling, contingent staffing, quality and safety management, compliance management, spend management, and facility access/contract management.
Does symplr integrate with payroll or ERP systems?
Yes. symplr Contingent Talent Management documents integrations that move approved timecard data into payroll and accounting systems including NetSuite, Sage, PeopleSoft, QuickBooks and ADP.
Is symplr HIPAA/HITRUST certified?
symplr Payer, symplr Contract and symplr Clinical Communications hold HITRUST r2 certification, and the broader symplr Operations Platform carries SOC 2 attestations across dozens of products and SOC 1 attestations across several more.
How is symplr priced?
Pricing is quote-based and not published on symplr's website. Cost depends on which product modules a hospital or health plan selects, along with bed count, user count and contract term.
Who uses symplr?
symplr reports its software is used in 9 out of 10 U.S. hospitals and health systems and by more than 400 U.S. health plans, along with medical groups and post-acute providers.
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