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Veritas, Carlyle End Talks Around Cotiviti Stake Sale

Violin11/04/2023 70 Views

(Bloomberg) — Carlyle Group Inc. has ended its effort to buy a stake in health-care technology firm Cotiviti Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

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Provinces work to retain, recruit health-care staff

Violin25/03/2023 72 Views

As competition for health-care workers heats up, so too does the bidding.

When the Nova Scotia government announced $10,000 bonuses for public health-care workers this week, New Brunswick was surprised.

“That was a disappointment. I’m not going to say anything different,” said New Brunswick Health Minister Bruce Fitch.

“Not to speak for the premiere but I believe he was disappointed as well because it did put a lot of pressure on the other provinces.”

The race to retain and recruit staff amid a global shortage of workers is at times pitting provinces against one another.

In an interview with CTV

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Is Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH) a Strong ETF Right Now?

Violin24/03/2023 49 Views

The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF (RYH) made its debut on 11/01/2006, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Health Care ETFs category of the market.

What Are Smart Beta ETFs?

The ETF industry has traditionally been dominated by products based on market capitalization weighted indexes that are designed to represent the market or a particular segment of the market.

Because market cap weighted indexes provide a low-cost, convenient, and transparent way of replicating market returns, they work well for investors who believe in market efficiency.

However, some investors believe

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NS to add more modular housing for health-care workers, skilled tradespeople

Violin17/03/2023 49 Views

The Nova Scotia government is spending $12 million on “more affordable transitional housing” to support the recruitment and retention of health-care workers and skilled tradespeople to the province.

The new funding follows a previously announced $8 million investment in January for modular housing for health-care workers.

“We simply can’t afford to have that work impacted by a lack of available housing,” said Colton LeBlanc, acting minister of municipal affairs and housing, said in a news release.

“This added investment will help quickly get more housing into communities where supply is limited.”

While specific locations for housing have yet to be

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How to Naturally Increase Your Human Growth Hormone

Violin16/03/2023 47 Views

I am always on the quest to enhance my health.

One thing that I have been really interested in lately is increasing my HGH (Human Growth Hormone) production.

WHAT IS HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE

Growth hormone is synthesized by the pituitary gland, located at the base of the brain. HGH has many benefits for body composition, sexual and mental health.

Human Growth Hormone is our hormone that helps with bone health, recovery, muscle building, tissue regeneration after injury as well as fat burning. It is a peptide hormone that stimulates the liver to produce insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1); along with Growth

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The hands-on way Falmouth High School students are learning real-life budget skills

Violin14/03/2023 51 Views

FALMOUTH — Close to 200 Falmouth High School students had money to burn on Friday.

The students were released into a Credit for Life Fair, armed with laptops and a software program, a career they were considering — with its starting salary.

Their task was to take those theoretical salaries and decide how to spend the money on housing, transportation, food, health care and six other necessities. Their choices subtracted set amounts from their salaries, leaving them with the amount of money they might have left over after covering necessities.

Expenses added up quickly.

“Teachers don’t make the most money,

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Three years since COVID got here, health care remains changed

Violin12/03/2023 48 Views

The US Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee recently held a hearing examining health care workforce shortages. Mon. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., chairman of the committee, said the lack of health care workers would result in many patients not being able to get access to health care.

“We simply in our nation do not have enough doctors, nurses, nurse practitioners, dentists, dental hygienists, pharmacists, mental health providers, among other medical professions,” Sanders said.

In response to the shortage, area hospitals are working to address employee burnout, attract new talent, and fill gaps with other means, including innovation with telehealth options.

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Passionate doctor champions better health care in Ontario

Violin11/03/2023 51 Views

Orillia physician Rose Zacharias, who is Ontario Medical Association president, is ‘laser-focused’ on patients and ‘advocating for physicians in Ontario’

In a variety of fields, there are those who practice the profession and there are those who advocate for progress and for their fellow professionals.

Orillia physician Rose Zacharias has found a way to do both, in a way that uses her natural talents of teamwork and building strong relationships.

Zacharias, 51, grew up in the St. Thomas/Aylmer area of southwestern Ontario. She earned bachelor’s, master’s and medical degrees from McMaster University before completing her residency and moving to Orillia

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