Glenn E. Solomon, Partner

Glenn E. Solomon received his B.A. in Political Economics of Industrial Societies from the University of California at Berkeley in 1988, graduating with high honors.  In 1991, he received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, graduated cum laude, and was admitted to the California Bar in the same year.  Mr. Solomon is also admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California.

Practice Areas

Mr. Solomon concentrates his national practice on complex business and corporate litigation, arbitration, and dispute resolution, with particular focus on the health care industry on behalf of providers, and special expertise in managed care issues.

A partner in the firm’s Litigation Department, Mr. Solomon has a proven ability to seek creative solutions, to think outside-the-box, to find unique approaches to successfully navigate through difficult matters, and to employ the methods most likely to meet his clients’ goals.

Mr. Solomon has litigated, arbitrated and resolved a wide range of cases for health care organizations. His broad experience includes disputes involving managed care, contracting, management services, real estate, fraud and abuse, business relations, reimbursement, trade secrets, misappropriation, employment, and discrimination. He has also been a court-designated expert witness in a number of cases.

Mr. Solomon has successfully represented many prominent hospitals and health systems, medical groups, independent physician associations, management services organizations, and other health care providers and entities in dealings with health plans, insurance companies, employees, qui tam relators, ERISA plans, self-funded plans, and the government. 

Recent Representative Court Cases

American Medical Association v. United Healthcare Corp., No. 00 Civ. 2800 (S.D.N.Y. August 16, 2010) (successfully represented the California Hospital Association, along with a national provider of dialysis services, and a putative class of all ambulatory surgery centers in the country, in obtaining court order that class action settlement agreement regarding United’s reimbursement practices to non-contracted physicians does not bar facilities from pursuing underpayment claims for facility services).

C/HCA, Inc. v. Regence Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utah, No. 2L09-CV-1100 TC (D. Utah, Central Division, January 4, 2010) (successfully represented hospitals in obtaining preliminary injunction against health plan from marketing the hospitals as being in-network providers for new tiered network product that was not contemplated by the parties’ contract).

Coast Plaza Doctors Hosp. v. Blue Cross of California, 173 Cal.App.4th 1179 (2009) (successfully represented hospital in appeals court decision that providers are not preempted from pursuing direct state law claims against non-self-funded ERISA health plans, and can sue such plans in their own right, rather than as assignees of the patient’s ERISA benefits).

People v. CHCM, Inc., No. BC411400 (Los Angeles Sup. Ct. 2009) (represented hospital in complex negotiations with the city of Los Angeles for a pre-filing settlement and stipulated judgment to resolve allegations of improper psychiatric patient discharges).

Recent Representative Publications/Lectures

Presenter, “When ERISA May Be Your Friend”, Annual Managed Care Leader Summit (February, 2011).

Presenter, “The Latest Legal Weapons at Your Disposal – and the Payors’ Arsenal,” Annual Managed Care Leadership Summit (February, 2010).

Lead Presenter, “Payor-Provider Claims Disputes:  Current Trends,” Healthcare Financial Management Association, 12th Annual Region 11 Symposium (Las Vegas, NV, January 2010).

Author, Managed Care Litigation, Chapter 5: Providers Versus Payors: Common Legal Disputes in Managed Care, ABA (2005), and Supplement (2009 – 2011).

Lead Presenter, “Homeless Patient Discharge:  Maximizing Patient Care and Minimizing Liability,” Hospital Association of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA, July 2009).

Lead Presenter, “Current Issues in Payor-Provider Relations,” Health Financial Management Association, Northern California Chapter (Sacramento, CA, May 2009).

Co-Host, Organizer and Presenter, ERISA Claims: Don’t Give Up! What you need to know to maximize your organization’s reimbursement potential, HLB Webinar (2009). 

Professional Affiliations

American Bar Association, Health Law Section
American Health Lawyers Association, Health Law Section
Healthcare Financial Management Association
California Society of Healthcare Attorneys
California Bar Association
Los Angeles County Bar Association, Member, Health Care and Litigation Sections