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Movies and medicine equal jobs.

The board of directors for the Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) approved incentives Thursday for four film projects, as well as two health care-oriented companies.

The incentives come in the form of tax credits based on performance.

With the approval of the GOED board, CHG Healthcare Services will expand its operations into Utah. The company will build a new headquarters in Midvale. It is expected to add about 500 jobs to the area during the next 10 years, according to GOED.

Over the last 36 years, CHG has become the largest provider of temporary and permanent replacement physicians, nurses and other health-care providers to hospitals. Its services are particularly valued in rural locations.

New tax revenue from CHG is projected to be $8.5 million over 10 years.

The GOED Board approved a maximum tax credit of $1.7 million — 20 percent of the new taxes CHG will pay over that period.

Connolly iHealth Technologies, a firm that seeks to contain costs and increase efficiencies in health care, will receive tax incentives to open a Salt Lake City office. The company is expected to add 145 financial-services jobs to the local economy over the next five years.

Projected new state tax revenues it produces will be in excess of $2.6 million over the next five years, according to GOED. The maximum incentive it can receive is $520,351 — 20 percent of the new taxes it produces.

The board also approved incentives for four film projects, including an independent film feature, "It's Family," directed by Roger Donaldson. He also directed the 2005 film, "The World's Fastest Indian," shot in Utah.

The filmmaker is expected to spend about $5 million in the state. GOED approved a maximum $1.25 million tax credit — 25 percent of the money spent here.

Other film projects to receive incentives are the small productions of "Into the Mystic," "Saturday's Warrior," and "Riot."

Christopher Smart