( August 28, 2026, 1:19 PM EDT) -- FORT MYERS, Fla. — Denying the motions to dismiss without prejudice and staying a relator’s suit alleging that a hospital, physician practice group and a health care management company violated the False Claims Act (FCA) and related Florida law by billing government insurers for admissions of noncritical patients to the intensive care unit (ICU), a Florida federal judge found that a forthcoming decision by the 11th Circuit in United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, LLC “will undoubtedly (and substantially)” impact the relator’s claims....