Khaira

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and No. 2:18-cv-02790-MCE-JDP STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ex rel.; RAVINDER KHAIRA, M.D., an individual, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER Plaintiffs and Relator, 14 v.

BLUE CROSS OF CALIFORNIA, INC.,

a California corporation, et al., Defendants. 18 This lawsuit was originally filed under seal on October 18, 2018, pursuant to the qui tam provisions of the federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729, et seq. (“FCA”), and California’s False Claims Act, California Government Code §§ 12650, et seq. The remaining Defendants are Blue Cross of California, Inc., Blue Cross of California Partnership Plan, Inc., and Anthem, Inc. (together, the “Blue Cross Defendants”), which are private health plans, along with executive employee David Mosher (“Mosher”) (collectively with the Blue Cross Defendants, “Defendants”). The so-called “Relator” plaintiff, Ravinder Khaira, M.D., (“Relator” or “Plaintiff”) is a board-certified pediatrician who is the majority…