一位深色直发、身着黑色西装外套、佩戴珍珠项链的女士站在公司法律办公室的走廊里微笑,背景灯光模糊不清。

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Leah D'Aurora Richardson 的主要执业领域是医疗法,代表学术医疗中心、医疗系统、医院、临终关怀机构以及一系列辅助服务提供商,包括药店、耐用医疗设备供应商、伤口护理提供商、输液提供商、临床实验室、IDTF、专业管理服务组织和其他医疗实体处理交易和监管事宜。

Leah advises health care clients on complex regulatory, compliance, and transactional matters related to new business initiatives and existing service lines. Her experience includes compliance with fraud and abuse laws, anti-kickback statutes and physician self-referral laws, HIPAA and state privacy, security, breach notification rules, state licensure rules, government and commercial reimbursement issues, enterprise-wide health care and supply chain contract negotiations, and regulatory diligence.

Leah has extensive experience advising hospital and health system-owned, independent retail, specialty pharmacies, and infusion providers on regulatory, reimbursement, operational, compliance, and risk management issues. She counsels on Robinson-Patman requirements, federal DEA and state-controlled substances laws, state licensure requirements, limited distribution drug access, manufacturer purchasing arrangements, fraud and abuse compliance, HIPAA compliance for data sharing arrangements, payor/PBM negotiations, wholesaler contracts and disputes, and acquisitions/changes of ownership.

Leah is a nationally recognized professional in the 340B Program, serving as primary counsel for dozens of 340B covered entities. She provides comprehensive guidance on 340B Program compliance, including contract pharmacy arrangements, HRSA audits, manufacturer inquiries, Medicaid billing audits, federal grant compliance, government and private billing compliance related to 340B drug claims, and program strategy and public policy.

Prior to attending law school, Leah was a medicinal chemist for nearly 10 years at GlaxoSmithKline and Albany Molecular Research.

Accolades and Recognition

  • Recognized, Chambers USA, Healthcare in Texas (2025)
  • The Best Lawyers in America®, Health Care Law (2025)
  • Recognized, Chambers USA, “Up and Coming Lawyer” in the practice area of Healthcare (2024)

出版物和演讲

  • Speaker, “Getting Aligned: Structuring Strategic Affiliations for Community Providers,” AHLA Annual Meeting (June 30, 2025)
  • Speaker, “Getting Aligned: Structuring Strategic Affiliations for Community Providers,” AHLA Health Care Transactions Conference 2025 (May 5, 2025)
  • Author, “The 340B Drug Pricing Program: An Evolving Legal and Policy Landscape,” Journal of Health Care Compliance (September-October 2023)
  • Author, “Unpacking CMS’s Proposed Rule for Correcting Underpayments for 340B Drug Reimbursement” (August 22, 2023)
  • Author, “DEA Temporarily Extends COVID-19 Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions via Telemedicine While Evaluating Permanent Rule Changes” (May 11, 2023)
  • Author, “Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Extends Telehealth Waivers” (February 6, 2023)
  • Author, “Recent Developments to the 340B Drug Pricing Program” (December 15, 2022)
  • Author, “Transforming Health: Digital Health Legal Insight Series 2022, Parts I, II, and III: D2C Telehealth Services” (March-October 2022)
  • Author, “Rutledge and the Future of State Laws Prohibiting 340B Two-Tier Pricing,” AHLA Practice Group Briefing (June 18, 2021)
  • Author, “Uncertain Relief: Navigations CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Guidance and False Claims Act Risk,” Journal of Health Care Compliance (January-February 2021)
  • Author, “Interactions between Medical Technology Companies and Health Care Professionals: Updates to the AdvaMed Code of Ethics and Federal Anti-kickback Statute Implications,” Journal of Health Care Compliance (July-August 2019)
2025 年 6 月 5 日 新闻发布

富理达在 2025 年《钱伯斯美国》杂志中名列前茅

Foley & Lardner LLP 很荣幸再次被《钱伯斯与合伙人》(Chambers & Partners)评为 2025 年版《钱伯斯美国:美国商业领先律师》(Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business)中的美国领先律师事务所之一。
June 30, 2025 Events

AHLA Annual Meeting

Foley partners Judy Waltz, chair of the firm’s Health Care Practice Group, and Leah D'Aurora Richardson are speaking in the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA. Waltz is hosting the session “Evolving Expectations: Medicare Advantage Compliance for Plans and Providers,” and Richardson is speaking in the session “Getting Aligned: Structuring Strategic Affiliations for Community Providers.”
May 5, 2025 Events

AHLA Health Care Transactions Conference 2025

Foley partner Leah D’ Aurora Richardson and senior counsel Alexandra Shalom, co-chair of the firm’s Payor/Provider Convergence Area of Focus, are speaking at the American Health Law Association’s (AHLA) Health Care Transactions conference on May 5-6.
August 28, 2024 Events

CCHP 2024 Webinar Series: Loper Bright/Chevron

Foley partners Lori Rubin Garber, chair of the firm’s national Government Enforcement Defense & Investigations Practice Group, and Leah D’Aurora Richardson are speaking on the Center for Connected Health Policy’s (CCHP) Webinar: Loper Bright/Chevron on August 28.
July 12, 2024 In the News

福莱进军罗利市场,全新全国性企业医疗团队引发广泛媒体关注 

福里尔·拉德纳律师事务所通过在北卡罗来纳州罗利市开设新办公室,同步进军另一战略市场。
July 11, 2024 Press Releases

Foley Expands Health Care Capabilities with National Team of Corporate and Regulatory Lawyers, Simultaneously Opens Office in Raleigh   

Foley announced today that the firm strengthened its Health Care & Life Sciences Sector, adding a group of attorneys and opening a new office in Raleigh, N.C.