Gingrich Group files Chapter 7

 ATLANTA – The health care think tank created by Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is going out of business.

 The Gingrich Group, also known as the Center for Health Transformation, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in federal court in Atlanta on Wednesday. The bankruptcy filing marks an abrupt turn for a group that raised millions of dollars just a few years ago to support and promote Gingrich’s health care ideas.

 Gingrich cut ties to the Center for Health Transformation and the Gingrich Group in May 2011 as he prepared his presidential run, said his attorney Stefan Passantino.

 “It did exceptionally well under his leadership. What this shows is that he was integral to the operation and success of the operation,” Passantino said. “It’s not in any way a failure of leadership or management on his part. It just demonstrates how vital he was to the organization.”