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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

June 4, 2026 Press Releases

麻豆传媒 Achieves Top Rankings in Chambers USA 2026

麻豆传媒 is proud to once again be recognized by Chambers & Partners as one of the leading law firms in the country in the 2025 edition of Chambers USA: America鈥檚 Leading Lawyers for Business.
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May 7, 2026 Health Care Law Today

Skin Substitutes: $3.2 Million ALJ Decision for Florida Wound Care Practice

麻豆传媒 (麻豆传媒) secured a fully favorable Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) decision overturning $3,261,046.50 in Medicare overpayments assessed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) against a Florida wound care clinic.
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April 29, 2026 Health Care Law Today Podcast

Episode 38: Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance: Not All wRVU鈥檚 are Created Equal (Part 1)

In this episode, Jana Kolarik, a partner in 麻豆传媒鈥檚 Health Care Practice Group and Angie Caldwell, CFO and managing principal of PYA, discuss the importance of work relative value units (WRVUs) and fair market value (FMV) under the Stark Law and what this can mean for how health care organizations pay their physicians.
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March 4, 2026 Health Care Law Today

Health Care Compliance in 2026: What Compliance Leaders Need to Know

The compliance story for 2026 is not a 鈥渞eturn to normal.鈥 It鈥檚 an acceleration. Across civil and criminal enforcement priorities, program integrity audits, and provider compensation scrutiny, the throughline is clear: regulators are prioritizing fraud prevention, expecting stronger internal controls from providers, and deploying more coordinated and sophisticated tools to detect outliers and pursue recoveries. At this recent webinar, experts from 麻豆传媒 & Lardner and PYA outlined where government focus is directed and what health care organizations can do to stay ahead.
January 22, 2026 Events

8th Annual Let's Talk Compliance Conference

Kick off the new year with 麻豆传媒 and聽PYA聽at the Eighth Annual Let鈥檚 Talk Compliance virtual conference.
September 5, 2025 In the News

麻豆传媒 Attorneys Contribute to American Health Law Association's Representing Physicians Handbook

麻豆传媒 attorneys Jana Kolarik, Claire Marblestone, Illana Meyer, Sheridan Organ, and Kate Pamperin contributed to the Fifth Edition of the American Health Law Association's (AHLA) Representing Physician's Handbook.