When Bloomington dentists John and Stacey Van Scoyoc treat patients who are covered by State Farm’s Cigna dental plan, their practice electronically files the claim and often gets payment within two weeks.
But for a patient on the state’s CompDent dental plan, such as an Illinois State University employee, that wait becomes four months,
state is seven months behind on its rent for a Department of Human Services Office of Rehabilitation Services site at 207 S. Prospect Road, Bloomington
The backlog of 200,000 bills is forcing the state to spend more on emergency purchases to buy items and services needed for daily state operations because officials are scrambling rather than seeking out the lowest bidder.
Forecasters predict the financial problems facing state government could linger throughout the next 19 months. The $4.4 billion backlog is projected to hit $5.5 billion in June.
Click on the following for more details: Illinois is $4.4B behind in bills, expected to rack up another $1B by June
