Overpriced Adobe software was one of the alleged doubtful items in the IT budget of PhilHealth, according to an auditor.
An overpriced Adobe Master Collection software was included in the list of alleged doubtful items in the IT budget of PhilHealth, according to an auditor.
This, as Alejandro Cabading – a certified public accountant who was one of the agency’s board of directors – said that the initial information and technology (IT) budget of PhilHealth for 2020 was pegged at PHP 2.1 billion, but the said proposal was rejected after reviewing the costs which showed that multiple items were either “overpriced” or were “redundant”.
An Adobe Master Collection software — which cost P168,000 per unit as approved by the Department of Information and Communications Technology — was listed as PHP 21 million per unit in a proposed budget that was submitted by the IT sector of PhilHealth.
According to Adobe’s website, the cost of Master Collection software for Business starts at PHP 4,466.00 per license per month.
Aside from this, here are the other items that were included in the list of alleged doubtful items in the IT budget of PhilHealth:
| DICT-Approved Cost | Cost Indicated In PhilHealth’s IT Budget | |
| Application Servers and Licenses | PHP 25 million | PHP 40 million |
| Structured Cabling | PHP 500,000 | PHP 5 million |
| Identity Management Software | PHP 20 million | PHP 42 million |
| Office Productivity Software | PHP 5 million | PHP 21 million |
| Application Servers and Virtualization Licenses | PHP 14.8 million | PHP 25 million |
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