Ashley Fischer
Subscribe to Ashley Fischer's PostsAshley Fischer advises clients across all sectors of the healthcare industry on their most critical transactions and collaborations. Her health antitrust practice makes her a valuable partner to healthcare businesses as they work to expand and pursue their strategic business initiatives. Read Ashley Fischer's full bio.
Perspectives from the Federal Antitrust Enforcement Agencies
By Ashley Fischer, Michelle Lowery and Stephen Wu on May 20, 2014
Posted In DOJ Developments, FTC Developments, Healthcare Antitrust
At the recent Antitrust in Health Care conference in Arlington, Virginia, representatives from the Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division discussed important health care and antitrust topics. Speakers stressed that the Affordable Care Act is not an opportunity for anticompetitive consolidation and conduct. Providers and payers alike should continue to analyze...
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Court Orders Divestiture of Consummated Physician Practice Acquisition
By Ashley Fischer on Feb 14, 2014
Posted In Healthcare Antitrust, Mergers & Acquisitions
In a challenge brought both by private plaintiffs and the government, a court has ruled that a health system’s acquisition of a competing physician group practice violated the antitrust laws where the transaction resulted in the health system employing 80 percent of the primary care physicians in one area. Hospitals and health systems pursuing physician...
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