Reuters (09/10/12) Greg Roumeliotis; Soyoung Kim

Sources say Goldman Sachs Group has been hired to advise on a potential sale of Salt Lake City, UT-based CHG Healthcare Services Inc., one of the oldest and biggest health care staffing firms in the U.S. The sale could top $1 billion. CHG, acquired five years ago by the private equity firm J.W. Childs and CHG chief executive Mike Weinholtz, boasts such brands as CompHealth, Weatherby Healthcare, RN Network, and Foundation Medical Staffing.