Tennant v. State

OPINION

Burke, J.

In this section 11—13 (Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 23, par. 11—13) action, Dr. Tennant is seeking vendor-payments under the Medical Assistance Program (MAP), administered by the Illinois Department of Public Aid (IDPA), for optometric goods and services, rendered to three patients.

IDPA’s investigation of this Court claim has been hindered by Claimant Tennant’s failure to amend his lapsed-appropriation complaint, in order to present his allegations in support of this claim on a medical-service vendor complaint form, although requested by IDPA to do so. The Court concludes that…