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A growing body of randomized trials shows some routine procedures deliver little more than time and good bedside care would. With 2027 renewals the steepest in decades, that evidence belongs in the renewal conversation

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A growing body of randomized trials shows some routine procedures deliver little more than time and good bedside care would.

With 2027 renewals the steepest in decades, that evidence belongs in the renewal conversation

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A growing body of randomized trials shows some routine procedures deliver little more than time and good bedside care would. With 2027 renewals the steepest in decades, that evidence belongs in the renewal conversation

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