About Katy Pollitt

Sara ("Katy") Pollitt leverages her prior in-house health system experience to counsel various members of the health care industry on complex transactions and compliance matters. Whether leading a transaction, managing due diligence or providing legal guidance, Katy is resourceful, efficient and thorough to achieve the best results for her clients.

Practical solutions through organized, strategic counsel

Prior to joining Katten, Katy spent two years in-house as a Legal Fellow at a Chicago-based, U.S. News' top ranked health system where she learned how to provide practical solutions that align with strategic objectives, while navigating complex risk during unprecedented circumstances. Since joining Katten, Katy has provided strategic corporate and regulatory guidance to a variety of health care industry players conducting complex transactions, including national management organizations, physician practices and health systems. In addition, Katy advises clients on complex regulatory matters involving the Stark Law, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and other compliance matters including reimbursement and billing, the corporate practice of medicine and licensing.

Katy is an active leader in both national and local professional associations. She is also the recipient of the ABA Health Law Section's Emerging Young Lawyer in Healthcare award for her commitment to that leadership. During her Fellowship, Katy was appointed Adjunct Instructor to the health system's Health System Management program where Katy co-instructed a health care law and ethics course to aspiring health care administrators.

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Practice Focus

  • Healthcare Providers, including large health systems, physician practices, individual providers, and managed care entities.
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Joint Ventures
  • Federal and state fraud and abuse compliance, including Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law
  • Health IT and privacy
  • EMTALA
  • Corporate Practice of Medicine
  • Billing compliance and reimbursement
  • Research and Clinical Trial Compliance

Representative Experience

  • Guided and advised national management entities and independent physician groups through transaction, in various specialties, including anesthesia, gastroenterology, urology, concierge medicine, dermatology and emergency medicine.
  • Assisted with the sale and recapitalization of the nation’s largest national private-equity backed gastroenterology management services organization.
  • Aided large national health system and national private equity backed management entities through Federal Trade Commission administrative inquiries and investigations pertaining to antitrust and competition.
  • Supported large health system with its affiliation with, and disaffiliation from, various industry partners.
  • Counseled a variety of health care organizations, including Accountable Care Organizations, health systems, physical therapy clinics, concierge medicine practices and independent professional practices, through complex compliance, contracting and regulatory issues.
  • Advised research grant foundation in contracting matters with institutions and collaborative arrangements with other foundations.

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Education
  • University of Notre Dame Law School, JD
  • Texas A&M University, BBA Management, magna cum laude
Bar Admissions
  • Illinois
  • Texas
Community Involvements
  • American Bar Association, Health Law Section, Marketing and Technology Committee Co-Chair (2023–2025); Membership Committee Vice Chair (2024–2025)
  • American Health Law Association (AHLA)
  • Illinois Association of Healthcare Attorneys, Symposium Committee Member, (2019–2020, 2023–2025)
  • Texas Bar Association
Recognitions
Recognized or listed in the following:
  • American Bar Association
    Emerging Young Lawyer in Healthcare, 2024
  • Edward J. Kelly Memorial Elder Law Writing Award
    2019
  • Super Lawyers Rising Stars
    Illinois, 2023–2025
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