Oct. 11, 2018

Healthcare staffing provider Health Carousel acquired the assets of Locum Medical Group, a part of Randstad Holding NV.Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Staffing firms across the country - and especially those with candidates working in New York and California - should take note that the laws surrounding sexual harassment are becoming much stricter, Update Legal CEO April Pish writes in Staffing Industry Review. It is important that every staffing organization maintain broad-minded policies.

Private equity firm Beecken Petty O'Keefe & Company invested in New Hampshire-based Medicus Healthcare Solutions LLC, a locum tenens staffing company.The transaction is effective immediately and financial terms were disclosed."We are very proud of what our team has accomplished over the last 15 years and we look forward to working with BPOC to execute on our growth strategy," said Medicus CEO and founder Joe Matarese.

Medix rebranded its Epic advisory and workforce solution practice into the Alidade Group to further expand it healthcare IT services.It also added two strategic members to Alidade Group. Managing Partner Tony Catalano has 30 years' experience in the industry with expertise building IT services organizations.

Bain Capital Double Impact, the impact investing business of Bain Capital, acquired two regional healthcare companies: healthcare staffing provider Arosa and in-home care provider LivHOME.The two firms will combine and operate as Arosa+LivHOME, which will be led by Arosa owner and CEO Ari Medoff.Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.Founded in 2012, Arosa operates affiliates Nurse Care of North Carolina and Developmental Therapy Associates, which provide nonmedical in-home care,

On average, employers expect after-plan healthcare costs to increase 5.0% in 2019, up from 4.7% in 2018, according to Willis Towers Watson's 23rd annual Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey.Without plan changes, the increases are 5.3% for 2018 and 5.5% for 2019.