Media Mentions
2010
Joan Polacheck told the Healthcare Financial Management Association (www.hfma.org) that the health reform law’s fraud-fighting and other regulatory initiatives mean that “the natural tendency will be for legal and compliance [officers] to work even more closely together than in the past.” Ms. Polacheck cited in particular the impetus that the law gives to hospital-physician integration, which will raise legal and compliance issues involving antitrust, HIPAA privacy and security, fair market value of compensation arrangements, and filing of enrollment applications.
2009
Joan Polacheck was quoted in the December 2009 issue of Inside Counsel regarding health care reform legislation being considered by Congress. She stated that provisions to fight fraud by strengthening requirements that health care organizations return overpayments quickly will play a key role in funding the overall plan. “There will be enhanced scrutiny of the relationship between health care providers and insurance companies,” Ms. Polacheck stated, which will create increased pressure to identify and refund overpayments.
Joan Polacheck, Health, Health - Insurance, Reimbursement/Fraud & Abuse
2008
Joan Polacheck was quoted in the February 2008 issue of ABI/INFORM in an article regarding Stark law. "The law specifically prohibits physicians with a financial relationship with a hospital from making a referral to that hospital for the treatment of Medicare patients unless there is a specific exception. The problem is there is a lot of gray and disagreement about how the law is interpreted," Ms. Polacheck said.
2001
Daniel Melvin and Joan Polacheck were highlighted in Healthcare Financial Management (October 2001), "Stark II, Phase I: What Every Provider Needs to Know."
