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Secondary Sources

Federal Agencies

• FDA Newsroom
• Health Blog (Wall Street Journal)
• Health Care Policy Report (BNA)
• Healthcare News (Lexis)
• Health Law Prof Blog
• Health Law Reporter (BNA)
• Health Policy Tracking Service (Westlaw)
• Inside CMS (Lexis)
• Medicare Report (BNA)
• Pharmaceutical Law and Industry Report (BNA)
• United States Law Week (BNA)

• Health Care Law Review Articles (Lexis)
• Health Law Journals and Texts (Westlaw)

• Health Care and Antitrust Law (Westlaw)
• Health Care Law: A Practical Guide (Bender, Lexis)
• Health Law Practice Guide (AHLA, Westlaw)
• FDA Law, by O'Reilly (Westlaw)
• Medicare and Medicaid Fraud and Abuse (Westlaw)

• Health & Human Services
  • About HHS
  • Policies and Regulations
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)
• Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Employee Benefits Security Administration (DOL)
• Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• Social Security Administration (SSA)

Primary Legal Sources

Administrative Materials

Other Government Sources

• Code of Federal Regulations (GPO)
• Federal Cases (WL)
• Federal and State Health Care cases (Lexis)
• Federal Register (Hein Online)
• Federal Register (Lexis)
• State Codes (Lexis, combined health materials)
• Public Laws (GPO)
• Public Laws (Historical, Hein Online)
• United States Code (GPO)
• United States Code Annotated (Westlaw)
  

• FDA Guidance Documents (Westlaw)
• Fraud Prevention & Detection (HHS Inspector General)
• HHS Departmental Appeals Board Decisions (Lexis)
• Medicare Manuals CMS (Westlaw)
• Physician Self-Referral Materials (CMS)
• PRRB and HCFA Decisions (Westlaw)
• State Health Care Regulations (Lexis)

• GPO Access
• Presidential Materials (GPO)

• Bills and Bill Tracking (Lexis)
• Bills and Legislative Information (THOMAS)
• Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Health Collection
• Government Accountability Office (GAO)
• Justice Department agencies
• State Health Agencies (FDA)
• State Law Sources (Findlaw)
• U.S. Supreme Court
• White House (Health Care Information)

• Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (GPO)
• Google U.S. Government
• USA.gov (Health and Nutrition)

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General Research

Law Library Resources and Services

• Congressional Universe
• Foreign Law Guide (aka Reynolds & Flores)
• Index to Legal Periodicals
• LegalTrac
• Medline (OVID) (BULaw users only: ask for password)
• Science Direct
• Social Science Research Network (SSRN)

• Lexis Directory of Sources
• Westlaw Database Directory
  

• BU Electronic Journals
• BU Electronic Resources by Subject
  • Health and Medicine
• BU Libraries Catalog
• Google

• BNA subscriptions (all)
• LLRX Research Guides
• New York Times (Lexis)

• BU Law Library Resources (A-Z)
• Health Care Law Research Guide (Pappas)
• Pappas research guides (all)

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