What's in the AHLA Seminar Papers database?
The AHLA Seminar Papers database, AHLA-PAPERS, contains analysis, practice tips, and transaction strategies from experts in health law. An essential tool for the health law specialist, it's also a great resource for attorneys who handle only the occasional health law issue.
Why do I need AHLA-PAPERS?
It's no secret. Health law is one of the fastest growing legal specialties. More than 12 percent of the U.S. gross national product is directly related to healthcare expenditures. Legions of attorneys are kept busy by the mainstays of health law, which include:
- Regulation of healthcare providers
- Patient advocacy
- Health insurance
However, the practice of health law actually overlaps many legal disciplines, including contracts law, administrative law, personal injury law, antitrust law, insurance law, and corporate law.
How do I search AHLA-PAPERS?
You can use a Terms and Connectors search to find information in AHLA-PAPERS, but the Table of Contents is one of its best search features. The table includes a list of all the seminars covered in the database. You'll find links to individual seminar papers, as well as links to handy summary documents.
Here's how to find relevant information in just four clicks.
- Click Table of Contents at the top of the Search page. You'll see a list of seminars, including Antitrust in Healthcare, a 2001 seminar held in Washington, D.C.
- Click the plus sign (+) next to the seminar name. A link to a summary document is displayed, as well as a link to a list of the individual papers presented at the seminar.
- Click Summary – Antitrust in Healthcare to display a document containing titles and thumbnail descriptions of the various seminar papers. One paper is particularly promising: "A Primer for Defending Provider Networks and Hospital Mergers Before the Antitrust Enforcement Agencies."
- Click the title to retrieve the actual paper. It's that easy!