D. Louis Glaser

D. Louis Glaser concentrates his practice on corporate, transactional and regulatory health care law. He represents a wide variety of clients, including hospitals and multi-hospital systems, alternative delivery systems, HMOs and managed care organizations, ancillary service providers, pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers, physicians and group practices and medical clinics. On behalf of these entities, Mr. Glaser:

• Provides advice in connection with general corporate and transactional matters, as well as federal and state regulatory matters.
• Handles mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations, divestitures, joint ventures, private offerings, nonprofit conversions and other corporate transactions.
• Focuses significant time on hospital-physician relationships.
• Assists clients with an array of regulatory matters related to federal taxation (both tax-exempt and for-profit), Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse (including anti-kickback and physician self-referral), certificate of need and other general regulatory matters.

Mr. Glaser has received a host of awards and other commendations. In 2001, Mr. Glaser was selected as one of Illinois’ leading attorneys under the age of 40. This honor is granted annually by the Law Bulletin Publishing Company, publisher of The Chicago Daily Law Bulletin and The Chicago Lawyer. Mr. Glaser has been named among The Best Lawyers in America for health care law (2003–present), published by Corporate Counsel; was selected by his peers as a member of the “Leading Lawyers Network - Health Law” (2004–present); was named by Nightingale’s Healthcare News as one of the Country’s Outstanding Hospital Lawyers (2003) and Outstanding Healthcare Transactional Lawyers (2004); and is listed in Chambers USA: American Leading Lawyers for Business (2009–2011). He is also recognized by Illinois Super Lawyers (2006–2012).

Mr. Glaser has authored and co-authored a number of publications, including:

• “Phase III Regulations Result in Dramatic Changes to Stark Law,” BNA Health Law Reporter, Vol. 16, No. 40 (Oct. 11, 2007) (co-author).
• “Shared Use Arrangements: A Look Back and a Glance Forward,” Hospitals and Health Systems Rx (June 2007) (Glaser & Guenthner).
• “Is a Joint Venture Right for You?” Managing the Margin (Apr. 2005) (Holm, Glaser and Zuckerman). 
• “Doing Deals in the Health Care Industry: M&A & Partnerships,” ExecBluePrints (2005) (Glaser, Thomas and Wahr). 
• “Health Care Law: Many Facets, Many Perspectives,” Inside the Minds: The Art & Science of Health Care Law – Leading Lawyers on Industry Regulations, Trends & Transactions (Aspatore Books 2004).
• “Physician-Health System Partnerships: Restructuring Employment Relationships,” Vol. 45 Journal of Healthcare Management 222 (July/Aug. 2000) (Holm and Glaser).
• “Physician Practice Divestiture: From Primary Care Physician Employment to Private Practice: Easing the Transition,” Vol. 26 The Physician Executive 562 (July/Aug. 2000) (Holm, Glaser and Ahern).
• “New and Clarified Safe Harbors May Ease Certain Provider Transactions,” Healthcare Financial Management (Feb. 2000) (Glaser and Bloomquist).
• “How the New Stark II Regulations Will Affect Doctor Pay,” ACP Observer (Mar. 1998) (Glaser and Bloomquist).
• “Choosing Medical Practice Acquisition Models,” Healthcare Financial Management 58 (Mar. 1995) (Peregrine and Glaser).
• “Legal Issues in Medical Practice Acquisitions,” Healthcare Financial Management 71 (Feb. 1995) (Peregrine and Glaser).
• “Ascending Liability and Attribution: Corporate Concerns for the 1990s,” 26 Journal of Health and Hospital Law 33 (1993) (Peregrine, Roach and Glaser).
• “Legal Review: Free Coding Instruction for Physicians’ Office Staff - Medicare Fraud?” 13:1 Topics in Health Information Management 83 (1992) (Roach and Glaser).
• “Medical Records: Current Issues and Emerging Trends,” Health Law Handbook (A. Gosfield ed. 1992) (Waller, Glaser and Johnson).
• “Overruled: Objections to Optical Disk Archiving,” Healthcare Informatics 20 (Apr. 1992) (Roach and Glaser).
• “Safe Harbors for Toy Boats: An Analysis and Commentary,” 24 Journal of Health and Hospital Law 297 (1991) (Peregrine, Waller and Glaser).
• “The Case for Parity Between Tax-Exempt and Non-Exempt Purchasers in Asset Acquisitions,” 39 DePaul Law Review 753 (1990).
• “Comment, Unrelated Trade or Business Income and Hospitals: Reconciling Operating Losses and Charity Care,” 19 Loyola University of Chicago Law Journal 1307 (1988).

Mr. Glaser earned his Bachelor of Arts from DePauw University in 1984, his Masters of Health Administration from Ohio State University in 1986, and his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1989, where he served as the editor-in-chief of the Loyola Law Journal. In 2005, Mr. Glaser received a Certificate of Mediation from the American Health Lawyers Association.  He is admitted to practice in Illinois.