Filed: Aug. 01, 2019
Latest Update: Aug. 01, 2019
Summary: AMENDED JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS PACIFIC HEALTH CORPORATION AND LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL CORPORATION RONALD S.W. LEW , Senior District Judge . WHEREAS, on May 9, 2016, the Court Clerk entered default against Defendants Pacific Health Corporation and Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Corporation ("Defendants") [215], pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a); WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, this Court GRANTED Relator Julie A. Macias' ("Relator") Motion for Partial Default Judgment
Summary: AMENDED JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS PACIFIC HEALTH CORPORATION AND LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL CORPORATION RONALD S.W. LEW , Senior District Judge . WHEREAS, on May 9, 2016, the Court Clerk entered default against Defendants Pacific Health Corporation and Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Corporation ("Defendants") [215], pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a); WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, this Court GRANTED Relator Julie A. Macias' ("Relator") Motion for Partial Default Judgment ..
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AMENDED JUDGMENT AGAINST DEFENDANTS PACIFIC HEALTH CORPORATION AND LOS ANGELES DOCTORS HOSPITAL CORPORATION
RONALD S.W. LEW, Senior District Judge.
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2016, the Court Clerk entered default against Defendants Pacific Health Corporation and Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Corporation ("Defendants") [215], pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a);
WHEREAS, on October 7, 2016, this Court GRANTED Relator Julie A. Macias' ("Relator") Motion for Partial Default Judgment against Defendants as to her retaliation claims [262];
WHEREAS, on June 5, 2019, this Court GRANTED Relator's Motion for Default Judgment against Defendants as to her FCA and CFCA claims [521];
WHEREAS, on August 1, 2019, this Court GRANTED Relator's Motion for Attorneys' Fees;
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, and DECREED that judgment is entered in favor of Relator on behalf of the United States of America (the "Government") and the State of California as follows:
1. Defendants Pacific Health Corporation and Los Angeles Doctors Hospital Corporation shall be jointly and severally liable for all claims for relief in this Action;
2. Relator is awarded damages in the amount of $1,042,673.63 for her retaliation claims;
3. The Government and the State of California are awarded damages in the amount of $111,315,425 in Medicare damages for Relator's FCA claims and $75,960,032 in Medi-Cal damages for her CFCA claims, trebled to $333,946,274 and $227,880,096, respectively;
4. The Government and the State of California are awarded post-judgment interest, calculated in the manner set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 1961(a);
5. Pursuant to the Court's Default Judgment Order, Relator is awarded a share of 25% of the damages and civil penalties awarded to the Government and the State of California;
6. Relator is awarded attorneys' fees in the amount of $11,260,981;
As all other Defendants have been dismissed, no Defendants remain and the Court Clerk shall close this matter.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
