State picks up Wexford contract
Source: ADRIANA COLINDRES, COPLEY NEWS SERVICE (IL), Friday, November 25, 2005
Less than five months after state government canceled a contract with Wexford Health Sources to provide health care for most prison inmates, the company is resuming those duties with a new contract worth a potential $547 million. The Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, which handles health care procurement for most state agencies, awarded the contract late Wednesday. The agreement will pay Pittsburgh-based Wexford $97.6 million in the first year and $103.9 million in the second year, said HFS spokeswoman Kathleen Strand. ….. AFSCME spokesman Anders Lindall said the union anticipates "a seamless transition" to Wexford. "We are happy to do business with any employer that will honor the union contract," he said.