Overpriced Adobe Software Was One Of Alleged Doubtful Items In IT Budget Of PhilHealth, Says Auditor

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”.

Overpriced Adobe Software

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 CostCost Indicated
In PhilHealth’s IT Budget
Application Servers and LicensesPHP 25 millionPHP 40 million
Structured CablingPHP 500,000PHP 5 million
Identity Management SoftwarePHP 20 millionPHP 42 million
Office Productivity SoftwarePHP 5 millionPHP 21 million
Application Servers and Virtualization LicensesPHP 14.8 millionPHP 25 million

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