Chicago
Defends mergers and competitor collaborations in the healthcare industry through federal and state antitrust enforcement agency review
Advises on ongoing conduct and antitrust compliance matters, including provider contracting networks, joint purchasing arrangements, information exchanges, and other forms of competitor collaborations
A seasoned antitrust lawyer, Ashley M. Fischer has practiced exclusively in the healthcare industry for 25 years. Her practice ranges from defending clients in state and federal antitrust enforcement agency investigations and merger reviews to counseling on conduct and competitor collaborations. Her deep knowledge of the health industry allows her to advise clients on practical and strategic solutions.
Ranked in
Chambers USA, Healthcare, Band 1
Ranked in
The Best Lawyers in America, Healthcare Law
Recognized by
The Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year: Healthcare Law
- Successfully defended numerous hospital merger investigations of in-market competitors
- Counseled more than 50 provider contracting networks (CINs, ACOs, IPAs, PHOs) on their formation and operation, including the antitrust implications concerning the sufficiency of clinical integration programs and substantial financial risk sharing, joint contracting and size of network, messenger-model compliance, value-based payor contracts, shared savings models and hospital-efficiency contracts, and Medicare Shared Savings Program (MSSP) requirements
- Successfully defended against antitrust enforcement agency investigations of provider contracting networks
- Chambers USA, Healthcare, Band 1, 2026; Band 2, 2017-2025
- Best Lawyers in America, Healthcare Law, 2015-2026
- Best Lawyers in America, Lawyer of the Year: Healthcare Law, 2024
- McDermott Will & Schulte, Health Practice Group, Chicago, partner-in-charge, 2015 – 2018 and 2023 – 2024
- American Health Lawyers Association, Antitrust Practice Group, vice chair, 2017 – 2022
- American Bar Association, Antitrust Section, Health Care Committee Recent Developments, former editor
- Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, JD
- Georgetown University, BA, cum laude
- Illinois
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the Central District of Illinois
- English
