Lauren Randall Buckley, Group President of Health and Reimbursement Policy, has spent her career representing innovative healthcare technology companies before the Administration and Congress on cutting-edge federal regulatory, policy, and legislative issues. Her past experience as a policy advisor and lobbyist in corporate and client-service settings provide her a unique perspective for providing forward-thinking strategic advice and translating complex policy challenges into potential future opportunities.

Lauren's practice focuses primarily on providing strategic advice on health policy and reimbursement matters, as well as representing clients before the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and other key policy stakeholders. She regularly advises biopharmaceutical and cell and gene therapy companies of all sizes on health policy matters relating to federal healthcare programs, such as Medicare, Medicaidand the 340B Drug Pricing Program. She possesses extensive experience relating to federal healthcare program payment systems and fee schedules, as well as on policy issues pertaining to drug price reporting methodologies. Lauren assists pre-commercial companies in developing strategic health policy objectives and provides education relating to critical aspects of coverage, coding, and payment parameters.

Lauren has successfully represented companies in obtaining HCPCS, CPT, ICD-10-PCS, and ICD-10-CM diagnosis codes, as well as Medicare Part B Transitional Pass-through Payment Status under the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System. She also assists companies in developing strategies for mitigating coverage challenges, as well as technical coding and payment policy issues. She regularly advocates for client priorities through rulemaking comments, proposals, and engagements with CMS.

Prior to joining Kimbell & Associates, Lauren led the U.S. federal health policy portfolio and served as a lobbyist for MedImmune, a biotechnology company that is now part of AstraZeneca. Before joining MedImmune, Lauren practiced law as a senior associate in the Healthcare Regulatory practice group at Sidley Austin LLP. She began her career as an associate in the Washington, DC office of DLA Piper.

Lauren holds a Juris Doctor degree from the Washington College of Law at American University and a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and minor in Political Science from Penn State University, Schreyer Honors College. 

Outside of work, Lauren can be found running, playing the piano, spending time with her family, and volunteering in her local community. 

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