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Experienced Healthcare Attorney Joins Nelson Mullins' Growing National Healthcare Group
Washington, DC (April 8, 2010) – Jana Kolarik Anderson has joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough's National Healthcare Practice Group in the Firm's Washington, DC, office and is also practicing out of the Firm's Florida office.
Ms. Kolarik Anderson was previously associated with two other leading national healthcare law firms. Ms. Kolarik Anderson has more than 10 years of experience focusing on healthcare regulatory issues for a wide variety of clients.
Ms. Kolarik Anderson represents clients in a broad range of healthcare regulatory issues, including fraud and abuse analysis; Medicare and Medicaid enrollment issues and licensure and accreditation; Medicare, Medicaid and private payor reimbursement issues; contracting issues; and the creation and revision of healthcare compliance programs, including training materials and compliance policies and procedures. She speaks and writes frequently on healthcare compliance topics.
Already a Top 10 healthcare law firm (according to Modern Healthcare), the addition of Ms. Kolarik Anderson augments the fast-growing healthcare and life sciences practice at Nelson Mullins, with extensive experience representing a wide variety of healthcare providers in litigation (including government investigations), complex mergers and acquisitions, finance, transactional diligence, federal and state False Claims Act matters, commercial disputes, Medicare certification and licensure disputes and appeals, and other proceedings before federal and state administrative bodies.
Provider industries covered by Nelson Mullins' healthcare platform include:
- Hospitals, healthcare systems and hospital authorities;
- Home health and hospice providers;
- Radiology imaging providers including teleradiology service providers;
- Hospital-based and freestanding radiation therapy and cancer treatment providers;
- Medical device manufacturers;
- Durable medical equipment and special infusion providers;
- Pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences companies;
- Specialty healthcare lenders and healthcare equity sponsors;
- Large physician clinics and specialty medical practices, including concierge medical practices;
- Wellness solution providers;
- Prosthetics and orthotics manufacturers and suppliers;
- Ambulatory surgery centers;
- Emergency and other medical staffing companies;
- Medical oncology providers;
- Group purchasing organizations;
- Clinical and diagnostic laboratory providers; and
- Healthcare informatics and healthcare IT and electronic medical records integration providers.
Barry Alexander, Chair of Nelson Mullins' National Healthcare Practice Group, notes that, "With the addition of Jana, the Firm expands its healthcare regulatory group providing fraud and abuse counseling, enrollment, licensure and reimbursement advice to the entire healthcare sector. We will now have almost 80 lawyers dedicated to healthcare sector advice, transactions, litigation and policy development – clearly positioning Nelson Mullins as one of the largest healthcare law platforms in the country. We are excited about this opportunity and thrilled to be able to offer our current and future clients the experienced healthcare regulatory counsel that they need."
Ms. Kolarik Anderson can be reached at jana.kolarik@nelsonmullins.com or 202-545-2960.
For more information on the National Healthcare Practice Group at Nelson Mullins, please contact Barry Alexander in our Raleigh, NC, office; Helen Quick in our Washington, DC, office; Jennifer Malinovsky in our Atlanta, GA, office; Frank Pray in our Charlotte, NC, office; or any of our other healthcare attorneys with whom you may routinely work. If you are interested in receiving Nelson Mullins' periodic healthcare alerts (including updates regarding healthcare reform and changes in Medicare reimbursement policy), please contact Hailey Crocker at hailey.crocker@nelsonmullins.com or 803.255.9681.
Established in 1897, Nelson Mullins has more than 400 attorneys and government relations professionals practicing from 12 office locations in the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, South Carolina, and West Virginia. For more information on the Firm, go to www.nelsonmullins.com, or call 803.255.9794.
