Overview
Attorney Ashley Creech represents a diverse group of health care clients, including ambulatory surgery centers, health systems, hospitals, health insurers, large physician group practices, and investors specializing in health care companies. Clients turn to Ashley for her comprehensive understanding of the intersection of the clinical, business, and legal aspects of health care.
Ashley began her career in the health care industry as a registered nurse and as a clinical manager, working in a variety of health care settings, overseeing the operation of services, financial management, and quality assurance programs. Her clinical experience combined with her in-depth knowledge of health systems operations makes her exceptionally qualified to navigate clients through the complexities of the health care regulatory landscape at the state and federal level.
When representing health care entities in litigation, Ashley’s experience and attention to detail provides reassurance to both clinicians and health care executives. She has successfully guided clients and provided regulatory advice on a wide range of matters, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and state law regarding various licensure requirements. She also regularly reviews a variety of contracts, including medical director agreements, physician employment agreements, asset purchase agreements, and payor agreements.
Before joining Epstein Becker Green, Ashley interned for the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division, where she reviewed health care mergers and acquisitions, and at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General, where she analyzed corporate integrity agreements and settlement agreements.
Ashley is a contributing author of Epstein Becker Green’s Telemental Health Laws app, a comprehensive survey of state telehealth laws, regulations, and policies for mental and behavioral health practitioners and stakeholders across all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. She is also a frequent contributor to the firm’s Health Law Advisor Blog.
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Focus Areas
Experience
- Assisted a large privately owned primary care practice in due diligence review to build a national platform
- Defended a physician practice providing hospital management and staffing services against allegations of violation of the False Claims Act
- Guided a not-for-profit health plan in the development of a compliance program in conformity with state and federal mental health parity laws
Credentials
Education
- University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law (J.D.)
- Business Concentration
- Health Law Concentration
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
- William P. Cunningham Award
- University of North Carolina at Pembroke (B.S.N.)
Bar Admissions
- District of Columbia
- Maryland
Professional & Community Involvement
- American Bar Association
- American Health Lawyers Association
Insights
Insights
- BlogsInterested in Opening a Medical Spa? (Part II): Here’s (More) That You Need to Know7 minute read
- PublicationsCorporate Practice of Medicine: A 50 State Survey2 minute read
- BlogsInterested in Opening a Medical Spa? Here’s What You Need to Know7 minute read
- PublicationsNavigating New Regulations in Healthcare and Other M&A2 minute read
- BlogsCongressional Investigation, White House Crackdown Means New Oversight of Private Equity Owners in Health Facilities ...7 minute read
- BlogsWarning - Transaction Delays Expected. State Notice Requirements Ahead for Health Care M&A!8 minute read
- PublicationsCMS Announces the Making Care Primary Model, a Multistate Initiative to Strengthen Primary Care9 minute read
- Publications
In Wake of Dobbs Decision, CMS Issues Guidance to Hospitals on EMTALA Obligations
12 minute read - PublicationsU.S. Department of Labor Settles Unprecedented Lawsuit Against United Healthcare for Violations of the Mental Health ...12 minute read
- Media Coverage
Epstein Becker Green Article on OIG Advisory Opinion Allowing ASC Joint Venture Featured in Chicago Medicine Magazine
2 minute read - BlogsOIG Issues Favorable Advisory Opinion on Ambulatory Surgery Center Joint Venture7 minute read
- PublicationsNew York’s Strict Requirements for Insurers’ Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Compliance and Oversight ...3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green's Annual Telehealth Analysis Reports an Increase in Telemental Health Fraud6 minute read
- PublicationsNew York's Strict Requirements for Insurers' Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Parity Compliance and Oversight ...10 minute read
- BlogsLegal Liability of Healthcare Providers for Care Provided During COVID-19 Pandemic4 minute read
- BlogsHHS Office for Civil Rights Bulletin on Civil Rights Issues During the COVID-19 Crisis4 minute read
- BlogsFDA Eases Device Modification Rules to Expand Availability of Ventilators During COVID-19 Pandemic6 minute read
- BlogsFederal Legislators Express Continued Concerns with Oversight of Medicare Advantage Plans3 minute read
- Firm AnnouncementsEpstein Becker Green Finds Increasing Acceptance of Telehealth Services Among Providers and Legislators8 minute read
- PublicationsFive Key Employment Law Issues Facing the Health Care Industry32 minute read