Overview
Larissa Morgan leverages her experience in a variety of health care settings to help clients discover strategic solutions to their most pressing needs.
Health Care Regulatory Compliance & Strategic Transactions
Larissa’s passion for health care regulation emerged when she was a health insurance navigator at a public health organization prior to transitioning to her legal career. She represents a diverse portfolio of health care clients, including home health and hospice providers, federally qualified health centers, behavioral health organizations, nonprofit health systems, payors, and private equity-backed health care entities.
Her practice ranges from providing complex compliance and regulatory guidance at the state and federal level, partnering with clients to develop operational solutions, and assisting in strategic partnerships and affiliations among various health industry stakeholders amid an ever-evolving health care landscape. Larissa has served as a trusted advisor in high-stakes, billion-dollar transactions, managing health care regulatory diligence and the change of ownership and certificate of need filing process with precision and insight into the patchwork of regulatory requirements across the United States.
Internal & Governmental Investigations
Larissa has also partnered with clients in health care investigations, responding to subpoenas and requests by federal and state government agencies. Her dedication to delivering high-quality client service, combined with her nuanced understanding and curiosity about federal and state health care laws, helps Larissa serve as a resource for clients navigating growth, change and risk in the health care industry.
Health Law Thought-Leadership
Larissa is also an avid writer in the health care space, and her work has been published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics and was cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Personal Interests
Larissa enjoys musical theater, traveling, hiking, kickboxing, cooking and supporting Philadelphia restaurants.
Related Legal Services
Related Industries
Credentials
Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School
J.D. The Regulatory Review (editor-in-chief), The Journal of Law and Public Affairs (associate editor) (2021)
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Master of Bioethics (2021)
Villanova University
B.A. in Political Science and Psychology, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa (2017)
Insights & Events
News
Other Perspectives
- COVID-19 Vaccination of Minors Without Parental Consent: Respecting Emerging Autonomy and Advancing Public Health
Co-author, Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics, Vol. 175, No. 10 (2021)
Leadership & Community
Pro Bono
- Christian Legal Clinics of Philadelphia — General legal clinic and expungement clinics where Larissa assists clients with a broad range of issues related to trusts and estates, family law, Medicaid denials, criminal expungements, and fraudulent deed cases
- Animal Care and Control of Philadelphia — Represent client in litigation and general business operations matters
Professional Associations
- American Health Law Association — Member, 2021-present; Editorial Board Member for the Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law, 2022-25
Civic Activities
- University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School — Adjunct Professor, Regulatory Law and Policy, Sept. 2023-May 2024
Honors
- Faegre Drinker — Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-23
- City of Philadelphia — Mayor’s Distinguished National Service Alumni Award, 2020
No aspect of these recognitions has been approved by the highest court of any state.