Leah D'Aurora Richardson
Partner
Leah D鈥橝urora Richardson focuses her practice on health law, representing academic medical centers, health systems, hospitals, hospices, and a range of ancillary service providers, including pharmacies, durable medical equipment suppliers, wound care providers, infusion providers, clinical laboratories, IDTFs, specialized management services organizations, and other health care entities in transactional and regulatory matters.
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庐, Health Care Law (2025)
- 搁别肠辞驳苍颈锄别诲,听Chambers USA, 鈥淯p and Coming Lawyer鈥 in the practice area of Healthcare (2024)
Publications and Presentations
- Speaker, 鈥淕etting Aligned: Structuring Strategic Affiliations for Community Providers,鈥 AHLA Annual Meeting (June 30, 2025)
- Speaker, 鈥淕etting Aligned: Structuring Strategic Affiliations for Community Providers,” AHLA Health Care Transactions Conference 2025 (May 5, 2025)
- Author, 鈥淭he 340B Drug Pricing Program: An Evolving Legal and Policy Landscape,鈥澛Journal of Health Care Compliance (September-October 2023)
- Author, 鈥淯npacking CMS鈥檚 Proposed Rule for Correcting Underpayments for 340B Drug Reimbursement鈥 (August 22, 2023)
- Author, 鈥淒EA Temporarily Extends COVID-19 Flexibilities for Controlled Substance Prescriptions via Telemedicine While Evaluating Permanent Rule Changes鈥 (May 11, 2023)
- Author, 鈥淐onsolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 Extends Telehealth Waivers鈥 (February 6, 2023)
- Author, 鈥淩ecent Developments to the 340B Drug Pricing Program鈥 (December 15, 2022)
- Author, 鈥淭ransforming Health: Digital Health Legal Insight Series 2022, Parts I, II, and III: D2C Telehealth Services鈥 (March-October 2022)
- Author, 鈥淩utledge and the Future of State Laws Prohibiting 340B Two-Tier Pricing,鈥 AHLA Practice Group Briefing (June 18, 2021)
- Author, 鈥淯ncertain Relief: Navigations CARES Act Provider Relief Fund Guidance and False Claims Act Risk,鈥澛Journal of Health Care Compliance (January-February 2021)
- Author, 鈥淚nteractions between Medical Technology Companies and Health Care Professionals: Updates to the AdvaMed Code of Ethics and Federal Anti-kickback Statute Implications,鈥 Journal of Health Care Compliance (July-August 2019)
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