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Joan Polacheck is a partner in the law firm of McDermott Will & Emery LLP based in the Firm's Chicago office. She is a member of the Health Department. She represents a broad range of health care industry clients, including hospitals, suppliers, and drug and device companies.
Joan advises clients on a variety of health care compliance issues, including fraud and abuse and related matters. She has assisted health care providers and drug and device companies to perform "legal audits" and to establish and implement compliance programs and related policies. She also has extensive experience in managed care contracting on behalf of health care providers, as well as in advising clients with respect to self-insurance and captive insurance issues.
A member of the Illinois Bar, she belongs to the American Health Lawyers Association, and has spoken before various health industry groups on a variety of health care legal issues.
Education
Harvard Law School, J.D. (cum laude), 1980
Yale University, B.A. (summa cum laude), 1977 | 