Gregory Stoner 2021-01-22 05:47:57
Keeping Up to Date with Healthcare Law Developments
In recent years, the health care industry has grown both in scale and complexity. Keeping abreast of evolving laws and regulations, as well as developments in multiple related fields, is increasingly complicated. Fortunately, there are numerous online and print news resources available to today’s health care lawyer. While some are broad in their scope and coverage, others are highly focused and targeted to specialists practicing in specific areas of the law. The list that follows highlights both freely available and subscription-based resources designed to help attorneys stay attuned to important developments.
American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) Publications
https://www.americanhealthlaw.org/publications
Members of the American Health Lawyers Association can avail themselves of several current awareness resources, including Health Law Daily and Health Law Weekly. Health Law Daily is a customizable email news service that provides a daily email featuring articles from major media outlets throughout the country. Health Law Weekly, another electronic newsletter, features compiled summaries of important developments from the week. Other items of potential interest to members include the weekly electronic newsletter “Newsstand on State Health Law Issues” and the monthly member magazine Health Law Connections.
The Health Lawyer (ABA)
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/health_law/publications/health_lawyer_home/
The Health Lawyer is a quarterly publication featuring in-depth articles discussing developments in health and healthcare law. Accessible on the ABA website for members of the Health Law Section, this content is also available via other third-party services such as Lexis, Westlaw, and HeinOnline.
Virginia Medical Law Report
https://valawyersweekly.com/vamedicallaw/
The Virginia Medical Law Report is a free, bi-monthly newspaper from the publishers of Virginia Lawyers Weekly. Full text articles and a digital edition of the paper are accessible at the noted website. Readers may also be interested in registering to receive the accompanying Virginia Med Law Alert, an email alert featuring legal news developments of interest to doctors, health care providers and legal professionals.
Modern Healthcare
https://www.modernhealthcare.com/
Modern Healthcare is a longstanding, weekly news publication providing coverage of national and regional healthcare business news. While most content on their website is limited to subscribers, some material is accessible without a subscription. Interested individuals may sign up for free e-newsletters and alerts on the publisher’s website. Print, digital, and combination subscriptions are available.
Wolters Kluwer Health Law Daily
Health Law Daily is a subscription-based, daily electronic news publication featuring breaking news alerts and reports of noteworthy court decisions, legislation, and regulatory developments. This service covers a wide range of topics of interest to practitioners including Medicare, Medicaid, HIPAA, the False Claims Act, cybersecurity, and life sciences. A noteworthy feature of this service is the ability to customize notification emails by topic and/or jurisdictions of interest. Subscribers may access content online via the Wolters Kluwer Cheetah platform or via a mobile app.
Bloomberg Law
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/healthlaw-and-business
Bloomberg Law’s Health Law & Business News is an online service featuring news and important legal developments affecting the health care industry. Coverage focuses on recent opinions, legislation, regulations, and enforcement actions. A subscription is required to access this content.
Law360
Health Law360 provides daily news, expert insight, and analysis on the health care industry. In many instances, links to content such as complaints, petitions and decisions are included in news articles. A daily newsletter of article headlines is available to all, but a subscription is required to read the full text of articles (free trials available).
Gregory Stoner, library manager at McGuireWoods in Richmond, has bachelor’s degrees in historic preservation and American Studies from the University of Mary Washington, a master’s degree in history from Virginia Commonwealth University, and a master’s in information science from the University of Tennessee. He is a member of the Virginia Association of Law Libraries and other professional groups that advance the work of law librarians.
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