Jamie A. Klapholz

Partner

Jamie Klapholz represents a wide spectrum of health care providers, facilities, and other organizations in business, licensure, compliance, and regulatory matters.

Her clients range from solo practitioners and group practices to hospitals, pharmacies, clinical laboratories, nonprofit clinics, and long-term care facilities. With a practice grounded in regulatory compliance and client advocacy, Jamie advises clients in matters including health care licensure, HIPAA/HITECH compliance and breach response, Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement. She also defends clients in regulatory audits and investigations.

Jamie’s work often begins before a problem becomes public. She has successfully helped physicians, administrators, and health care companies avoid sanctions or liability by intervening early in the investigative process. Her experience includes defending physicians against license revocation and securing dismissal of a HIPAA investigation arising from a ransomware attack. Clients rely on her to translate dense regulatory expectations into pragmatic steps that support both operational efficiency and patient care.

Jamie is recognized for her deep knowledge of administrative and health law and anti-fraud regulations, including Stark Law and Anti-Kickback Statute compliance. She is meticulous in her approach, collaborative in her counsel, and driven by the belief that legal guidance should empower providers—not overwhelm them.

In addition to her legal practice, Jamie frequently presents to health care industry professionals, academic institutions, and bar associations on subjects such as HIPAA enforcement, health care business operations, and Florida’s licensure rules. She has been consistently recognized by The Best Lawyers in America as “One to Watch” and named a Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star in health care law.

Jamie is committed to public interest and equity. Prior to focusing exclusively on health care law, she represented individuals in family law and guardianship cases, and volunteered as pro bono counsel for the ACLU.

Representative Matters

• Defended Home Health Agency in $5 Million Medicare Overpayment Appeal: When the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) sought to claw back over $5 million from a large multilocation home health agency (HHA), Jamie successfully defended the HHA before a federal Administrative Law Judge who reduced the alleged overpayment by 80% based on evidence that the Medicare services were medically necessary.

• Guided Healthcare Provider Through HIPAA Investigation After Ransomware Attack: After a significant ransomware attack on a healthcare client, Jamie successfully guided the client through a HIPAA compliance investigation by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR). Jamie and her team provided expert counsel on healthcare data breach response, regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity risk mitigation. By aligning documentation and communications with HIPAA best practices, they secured an early closure of the investigation and helped the healthcare client avoid regulatory penalties and reputational damage.

• Preserved Physician’s Clinical Privileges in Hospital Fair Hearing: When a hospital medical staff alleged that a physician demonstrated an ongoing pattern of substandard care and proposed to revoke the physician’s clinical privileges, Jamie successfully defended the physician at a 3-day fair hearing, preventing a National Practitioner Data Bank report and ensuring the physician’s clinical privileges remained in full force and effect.

• Secured Dismissal of Department of Health Complaint Against Physician: Jamie successfully secured dismissal of a Florida Department of Health administrative complaint against a physician accused of being convicted of a crime related to the practice of medicine.

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 2011
• Washington D.C., 2016 (Inactive)

Education

• University of Florida Levin College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2011
• University of Florida, B.A. in Political Science, Minor in Mass Communications, cum laude, 2008

Awards & Recognition

• The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch, 2021–present
  • Health Care Law
  • Administrative / Regulatory Law
  • Corporate Governance & Compliance Law
• Florida Super Lawyers, 2018 – 2020
• Florida Super Lawyers Rising Star in Health Care Law and Administrative Regulatory Law, 2021 and 2022

Community & Professional Organizations

• Hillsborough County Bar Association, Health Law Section
  • Leadership Institute Member, 2013
• Greater Tampa ACLU Legal Panel
  • Pro Bono Volunteer
• New Leaders Council Tampa Bay
  • Fellow, 2016
  • Chapter Co-Director, 2017–2019

Outside the Office

Jamie lives in Tampa with her family and two young children. She’s an avid traveler who seeks out cool mountain air as an antidote to Florida’s heat, and she enjoys hiking, nature, and unplugged weekends. A policy nerd at heart, Jamie is passionate about protecting people’s rights and has never lost her love for a well-crafted argument—or a well-organized checklist.