No wonder the Lexington Herald-Leader reported Tuesday that Capilouto had supported a number of conservative political figures, including U.S. Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), Richard Shelby (R-AL), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY), plus . . . President George W. Bush.
No wonder the Obama administration had to deal with exploding health-care costs when it took office. No wonder a UAB administration headed by President Carol Garrison and Capilouto unlawfully terminated me for writing what could be called a progressive blog, outlining wrongdoing by mostly Republican judges in Alabama and officials in the Bush DOJ--especially related to the political prosecution of former Governor Don Siegelman.
Thomas Gober, a former auditor and research-compliance director at UAB, filed the first whistleblower complaint. Gober now has his own forensic-accounting firm and was featured in a Newsweek article about fraud at financial giant AIG.
Dr. Jay Meythaler, a physician who practiced in rehabilitation medicine at UAB until his resignation in 2004, filed the second whistleblower complaint. He now serves on the faculty at Wayne State University in Detroit.
Here is a timeline of Capilouto's rise to power in academia and the allegations of fraud in the qui tam complaints:
* 1991--A UAB scheme to submit false claims to Medicare, Medicaid, and NIH begins at least by this date. It might have started earlier.
* 1994--Capilouto is named dean of the UAB School of Public Health.
* 2001--Gober files his whistleblower complaint and resigns from UAB.
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