GPO Whistleblower

The New York Times reported on Cynthia Fitzgerald, the former Novation employee who filed a qui tam claim against the GPO. The article focuses on Ms. Fitzgerald’s current litigation and explores her complaints against Novation in depth. Ms. Fitzgerald's case highlights some of the broad based problems in the current GPO system, including how hospitals inaccurately report GPO incentives and rebates in their cost reports to Medicare.