$1 Million on Delivery of Drugs

The Department of Public Health spent over $1 million for

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson

Using our transparency site, IllinoisOpenGov.org, I found that in 2008, the Department of Public Healthpaid Procare Pharmacy in Chicago $1,048,144.44 for “Delivery Of Drugs.” The IDPH made two payments to Procare Pharmacy: one for $300,892.19 and another for $747,252.25.

According to the State Comptroller’s OpenBook site, Procare Pharmacy has received $23,804,053.21 from the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Health from fiscal year 2003 to fiscal year 2010, including $1,508,908.53 in FY2008 and $4,375,000 in FY2009. The OpenBook site does not list a category of spending for the expenses.

To find the Procare Pharmacy expenses on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to “Checks to Businesses & People” and scroll down “Category of Spending” to “Delivery Of Drugs.”