Osinek

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ex rel. Case No. 13-cv-03891-EMC

RONDA OSINEK,

CONSOLIDATED MEMBER CASES Plaintiff,

9 v. Case No. 16-cv-01558-EMC Case No. 16-cv-05337-EMC PERMANENTE MEDICAL GROUP, INC, Case No. 18-cv-01347-EMC et al., Case No. 21-cv-03124-EMC Case No. 21-cv-03894-EMC Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’

MOTION TO DISMISS

14 Docket No. 141 15 16 17 The above cases are all predicated on allegations that various Kaiser entities1 submitted false claims for payment to the federal government as part of the Medicare Part C program, which is also called Medicare Advantage. Osinek was the first-filed case and was followed by five other cases: Taylor, Arefi, Stein, Bryant, and Bicocca. The cases were consolidated in June 2021. See Osinek, Docket No. 61 (order). In July 2021, the United States filed a…