Almost $5K for Certificate of Need

The Department of Public Health paid Ink Well Enterprises Inc $4,930 in 2008 for

by Amanda Griffin-Johnson

In 2008, the Department of Public Health paid $4,930 to Ink Well Enterprises Inc of Brimfield, Illinois for “Certificate Of Need.” The Department of Public Health has a certificate of need (CON) program which “is designed to restrain rising health care costs by preventing unnecessary construction or modification of health care facilities.” The CON program includes a “Health Facilities Planning Board (Planning Board) which issues permits (certificates of need) for construction or modification projects proposed by or on behalf of healthcare facilities, and for approving transactions for the acquisition of major medical equipment.”

I was unable to find a website for the vendor, Ink Well Enterprises Inc, but I did find a link to a previous contract Ink Well Enterprises Inc had with IDPH between 2007 and 2008 for $19,999.

To find this expenditure on the IllinoisOpenGov site, go to “Checks to Businesses & People” and scroll down “Category of Spending” to “Certificate Of Need.”