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Editorial: Shining new light on payments to docs

Buried deep within the massive health care overhaul passed by Congress are tough new laws that will soon shine a much-needed light on physiciansâ?? lucrative financial ties to industry. Known as the Physician Payments Sunshine provisions, these are some of the most significant, yet unheralded, reforms contained in the historic health care legislation signed by President Obama last month.