A federal judge dismissed a whistleblower lawsuit accusing a handful of insurance companies and hospitals of fraudulently overcharging Indiana's Medicaid program to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars while a few industry-friendly state officials allegedly looked the other way.

That's because the former state employees who filed the lawsuit did not show, in the judge's eyes, that the potentially fraudulent nature of these claims had a material impact on the government's decision to pay them ― or put simply, that the government actually cares.

But the case may not be over: the whistleblowers intend to file an amended complaint in November, said Daniel Miller of Walden Macht Haran & Williams LLP, which is representing them. More: Whistleblowers: Indiana Medicaid overpaid up to

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