Physicians Groups Raise Concerns Over Sunshine Law's Dispute Process

The American Medical Association, Alliance of Specialty Medicine and other state and specialty societies are raising concerns that the dispute resolution process for the sunshine law's Open Payments program doesn't adequately protect physicians and lets manufacturers dismiss disputes that physicians or hospitals don't think have been resolved. Others, though, say it's too early to tell if the dispute resolution process will work as providers are still struggling to sign up for the program and many haven't gotten to the dispute...