Jana L. Kolarik
Partner
Jana L. Kolarik
Partner
Jana Kolarik鈥檚 deep understanding and unique experience with Federal and State health care regulatory requirements, Anti-Kickback Statute risks, and Stark Law issues helps clients further safeguard their arrangements in the health care and life sciences sector.
Clients trust Jana to recommend compliance strategies to manage risk, including –
- advising on compliant compensation and ownership models,
- working with clients to address coding, coverage and payment issues affecting claims and repayment obligations,
- structuring corporate compliance effectiveness reviews and implementing compliance program changes,
- providing health care regulatory due diligence advice on transactions, and
- assisting on HHS Office of Inspector (OIG) and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) voluntary self-disclosures.
She has also served as a Compliance Expert and Legal Independent Review Organization (IRO) for different OIG Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs).
Jana represents a broad range of organizations in the health care and life sciences sector, including health systems, hospitals, physician groups, durable medical equipment suppliers and device manufacturers, as well as investors in health care entities. Jana is a member of the firm鈥檚 Health Care Practice Group and Government Enforcement, Defense & Investigations Practice Group.
Jana has been recognized by Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Business Lawyers:
“Jana is an outstanding lawyer and business partner. She is responsive and thoughtful.”
“She’s very strategic, intentional and thoughtful, providing reliable advice which is always aligned with our end-goal.”
Representative Experience
- Counsels in-house counsel, compliance officers and executive teams on structuring compliance programs and addressing health care compliance issues (e.g., fraud and abuse-related, licensure, claims-related).
- Counsels clients on how to structure compensation and ownership arrangements in compliance with the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark Law.
- Structures corporate compliance effectiveness reviews and advises on recommended compliance program implementation and changes.
- Advises on claims-related issues including statistical sampling, extrapolation and repayment recommendations for providers and suppliers.
- Assists on OIG and CMS voluntary self-disclosures.
- Counsels clients on compliance with coding, coverage and payment rules.
- Acts as Compliance Expert for a clinical laboratory pursuant to its OIG CIA.
- Provides health care regulatory due diligence advice on buy-side and sell-side transactions for a wide range of providers and suppliers.
- Acted as a Legal IRO for a hospital鈥檚 OIG CIA for five years.
Awards and Recognition
- Recognized in Chambers USA: Health Care (2025-2026)
- Peer review rated as AV Preeminent庐, the highest performance rating in Martindale-Hubbell庐 Peer Review Ratings鈩 system
- Selected by her peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America漏 in the field of Health Care Law (2018 鈥 2024)
- Named the Best Lawyers庐 Health Care Law 鈥淟awyer of the Year鈥 in Jacksonville (2022, 2024)
- Voted by her peers and selected as a member of Florida Trend鈥檚 Florida Legal Elite鈩 group (2020)
Affiliations
- Hope Haven (board of directors)
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association
- Member, Health and Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association
- Member, District of Columbia Bar Association and the Florida Bar Association
Presentations and Publications
- Co-author, “,” American Health Law Association聽(October 2025)
- Co-author, 鈥Unpacking the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute鈥檚 Application to Payments to Medicare Advantage Agent and Brokers,鈥 Health Care Law Today (May 22, 2025)
- Author, 鈥Episode 35: Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance: Physician Compensation Plans and Trends of 2024,鈥 Health Care Law Today聽(November 21, 2024)
- Author, “Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance: Physician Compensation Plans and Recent Trends in Physician Compensation 2024,” Health Care Law Today聽(October 22, 2024)
- Co-author, “Medicare Advantage: A Circuit Court Addresses What is (or is not) Material in False Claims Act Cases,” Health Care Law Today聽(September 18, 2024)
- Author, 鈥Compliance Compass: The Erlanger Complaint 鈥 A Cautionary Reminder About the Importance of FMV,鈥 Health Care Law Today (August 12, 2024)
- Quoted, Relias Media News (May 1, 2024)
- Author, 鈥淐MS Changes Medicare Advantage and Part D Plans鈥 Agent/Broker/TPMO Compensation Landscape,鈥 Health Care Law Today (April 22, 2024)
- Co-Presenter, Health Care Compliance Association鈥檚 (HCCA) 28th Annual Compliance Institute, 鈥淪tark Law & Valuation: Fixing Problematic Structures鈥 (April 16, 2024)
- Author, 鈥溾橪et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥: Hot Topics in Compliance,鈥 Health Care Law Today (February 16, 2024)
- Author, ,鈥 American Health Lawyers Association (AHLA) RAP Practice Group Bulletin (April 25, 2023)
- Moderator, 5th Annual 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 麻豆传媒 & PYA Virtual Conference (January 19-20, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, 鈥State of the Health Care Industry 鈥 Compliance and Enforcement,鈥 5th Annual 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 麻豆传媒 & PYA Virtual Conference (January 19, 2023)
- Co-Presenter, 鈥溾 American Health Law Association (AHLA) Podcast, 鈥淭he Impact of Split-Shared and Other Billing Concepts on Fair Market Value鈥 (December 13, 2022)
- Quoted, 鈥,鈥 Becker鈥檚 ASC Review (September 22, 2022)
- Co-presenter, 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 Event 鈥 Stark Law Changes and Impact on Physician Compensation Part 2, 麻豆传媒 & PYA Webinar (September 13, 2022)
- Author, 鈥Stark Law Changes: Hospitals Need to Revisit Physician Compensation Arrangements鈥 Health Care Law Today (September 6, 2022)
- Author, 鈥溾 Bloomberg Law Today (August 3, 2022)
- Co-author, 鈥OIG Special Fraud Alert on Arrangements with Telemedicine Companies鈥 Health Care Law Today (July 20, 2022)
- 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 Event 鈥 Recent Regulatory Changes Require Fresh Look at Physician Compensation, 麻豆传媒 & PYA Webinar (June 9, 2022)
- Author, 鈥溾 Bloomberg Law (June 8, 2022)
- Co-author, 鈥Health Care & Life Sciences Sector Top Trends for 2022鈥 Health Care Law Today (May 4, 2022)
- Co-host, 鈥淟et鈥檚 [Virtually] Talk Compliance | A 麻豆传媒 & PYA Master Class鈥 麻豆传媒 & PYA Event (January 19-20, 2022)
- Co-presenter, 鈥淟et鈥檚 [Virtually] Talk Compliance | A 麻豆传媒 & PYA Master Class鈥 – Session #2 Compliance Considerations Related to Provider Compensation (January 19, 2022)
- Co-presenter, 鈥Episode 17: Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance (Again!) 鈥 An Update on Fair Market Value & Commercial Reasonableness鈥 (August 19, 2021)
- Co-presenter, 鈥淓verything You Always Wanted to Know About Sales Practices 鈥 the Dos, the Maybes, and the Don鈥檛s-But Have Been Afraid to Ask,鈥 ACC Health Law Network Webinar (July 1, 2021)
- Presenter, 鈥淪tark Law & Anti-Kickback Statute Regulatory Changes 2021,鈥 ACC Health Law Network Webinar (May 4, 2021)
- Co-author, 鈥淏ipartisan Leadership of House Committee of Energy and Commerce and its Health Subcommittee Urge HHS Secretary Becerra to Vigorously Enforce Compliance with the Hospital Price Transparency Rule,鈥 Health Care Law Today (April 21, 2021)
- Quoted, 鈥淪tark Law Revisions Take Effect for Hospice, Other Health Care Providers,鈥 Hospice News (February 3, 2021)
- Co-host and Presenter, Let鈥檚 [Virtually] Talk Compliance | A 麻豆传媒 & PYA Master Class – 鈥淧hysician Compensation: Hot Topics,鈥 (January 22, 2021)
- Author, 鈥Key Takeaways from the Revised and Clarified Stark Law Regulations 鈥 Part 2,鈥 Health Care Law Today (January 22, 2021)
- Author, 鈥Key Takeaways from the Revised and Clarified Stark Law Regulations 鈥 Part 1,鈥 Health Care Law Today (January 21, 2021)
- 鈥淧hysician Contracts and the Stark Law/Anti-kickback Backdrop,鈥 APSMA Physician Compensation Mini Conference (November 10, 2020)
- 鈥淏ad Facts and Qui Tam: FMV and CR in the Eye of the Beholder,鈥 American Bar Association鈥檚 (ABA鈥檚) Physicians Legal Issues: Healthcare Delivery & Innovation (September 21-25, 2020)
- 鈥淧hysician Contracts and the Stark Law/Anti-kickback Backdrop,鈥 APSMA Physician Compensation Mini Conference (November 10, 2020)
- Co-author, 鈥Key Takeaways from Executive Order on Surprise Billing,鈥 Health Care Law Today (October 6, 2020)
- Co-presenter, 鈥淏ad Facts and Qui Tam: FMV and CR in the Eye of the Beholder,鈥 American Bar Association鈥檚 Physicians Legal Issues: Healthcare Delivery & Innovation (September 25, 2020)
- Co-presenter, 鈥,鈥 Strafford CLE Webinar (August 4, 2020)
- 鈥淪urprise Billing 鈥 Not the Kind of Surprise You Want!,鈥 Association of Corporate Counsel Health Law Network Legal Quick Hit (August 4, 2020)
- Author, 鈥Welcome Changes to Florida鈥檚 Patient Brokering Act,鈥 Health Care Law Today (July 7, 2020)
- Author, 鈥EKRA and Florida鈥檚 Patient Brokering Act: Clarification Needed Amid Uncertainty,鈥 Health Care Law Today (February 18, 2020)
- Author, 鈥Compliance: Top Takeaways from 麻豆传媒 and PYA鈥檚 Annual 鈥楲et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 Event,鈥 Health Care Law Today (February 11, 2020)
- 鈥淣avigating Overpayments,鈥 Florida Hospital Association鈥檚 2020 Health Care Corporate Compliance Roundtable Event (February 6, 2020)
- 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 Event 鈥 Overpayments Presentation, 麻豆传媒 & PYA Event in Orlando (January 24, 2020)
- Co-presenter, 鈥Episode 3: Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance: Breaking Down Fair Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness,鈥 Health Care Law Today (October 9, 2019)
- Co-author, 鈥Health Care MarketTrends | September 2019, Issue 2,鈥 Health Care Law Today (September 16, 2019)
- Co-author, 鈥Florida: Changes to the State Patient Brokering Act,鈥 Health Care Law Today (August 16, 2019)
- 鈥淏est Practice Scenarios for Internal Investigations and Audits,鈥 Florida Hospital Association鈥檚 16th Annual Health Care Corporate Compliance Education Retreat (June 13, 2019)
- 鈥淔air Market Value and Commercial Reasonableness 鈥 Stark Law & Regulatory Risks,鈥 Florida Institute of CPAs (April 26, 2019)
- 鈥淭he Anatomy of Incident-to and Split/Shared Billing,鈥 AHLA Physicians & Hospitals Law Institute (February 4-6, 2019)
- 鈥淟et鈥檚 Talk Compliance鈥 Event 鈥 Overpayments and Internal Audit/Investigation Presentations, 麻豆传媒 & PYA Event in Jacksonville (January 25, 2019)
- Co-author, 鈥The Importance of Diligence in Orthopedic Recapitalization Transactions,鈥 Health Care Law Today (January 4, 2019)
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