It has responsibility for more than 850,000 Medicaid recipients and more than $675 million in federal and state Medicaid funding.Īccording to an investigation done by former federal prosecutor Kurt Meyers at the new board’s request, Topping convinced the former board leadership to pay him the severance before he was removed by state health Secretary Mandy Cohen on Nov. The agency oversees providers of mental, substance abuse and development disabilities services for 20 counties, including Forsyth County. That board filed its lawsuit March 29.īoth lawsuits were filed in Mecklenburg Superior Court. The fired chief executive of Cardinal Innovations, Richard Topping Jr., filed Tuesday his countersuit to thwart the agency’s attempt to recover $1.68 million in paid severance.Ī reconstituted board of directors for Cardinal, the state’s largest behavioral health managed care organization, has alleged that Topping used his post to enrich himself and three other executives. #icantwaituntilwererich (see below for context).
Regardless, let’s give a “hat’s off” and a “thank you” to Richard Craver staying on top of this important and upsetting issue. But I am stumped as how, supposedly, Topping had the executive authority to unilaterally name his salary? Did he have such authority – or, like many companies, was Topping’s exorbitant salary a Board decision? And – if Topping’s salary were a Board decision – is Cardinal suing itself for past poor decisions? Curiouser and curiouser. Here are our tax dollars continuing to be used for such great purposes!!! I completely understand Cardinal’s desire to recoup our tax dollars that went into Topping’s pocket – noble, indeed.
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