( August 18, 2026, 10:46 AM EDT) -- ORLANDO, Fla. — A Florida federal judge granted summary judgment for hospitals in a relator’s suit against them alleging violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) and similar state law for purportedly forming interlocal agreements involving Florida’s Low Income Pool Program (LIP), a hospital reimbursement program for Medicaid services, finding that the claims are barred by the public disclosure bar in part because the agreements were publicly filed with a Florida county court clerk....