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Medical Malpractice: suits from slips, trips and falls. What's your liability when a patient takes a tumble at your facility?

Business Advisor: Time to dust off those preference cards. Ensuring they're accurate and up to date pays off in big ways.

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Legal Update: Tapping into the self-insured employer market. Direct contracts with employers cut out insurance's middleman.

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