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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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Take our blanket warmers quiz. Bonus points if you know the recommended maximum temperature for warming cabinets, and if warmed blankets can burn a patient.

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