Detention Health Care In Jeopardy After VA Cuts Off ICE Payment System - Tampa Free Press
Federal records show more than 233,000 unpaid claims for detainee care, as providers near a year without reimbursement and some fear treatment delays.
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Records Raise Urgent Questions About Broken Medical Claims System for ICE/CBP Detainees
Thursday, American Oversight released new records raising urgent questions about whether the Trump administration is meeting its obligation to provide adequate medical care to people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody after it disrupted the longstanding system responsible for processing payments for offsite treatment. Federal law and agency policies mandate that ICE and CBP provide medica…
Detention Health Care In Jeopardy After VA Cuts Off ICE Payment System - Tampa Free Press
A sudden disruption in how the federal government pays for offsite medical care for immigration detainees has sparked concerns over potential delays in life-saving treatment, according to internal government records released by the watchdog group American Oversight. The Department of Veterans Affairs ended a decades-long agreement to process medical, dental, and pharmacy claims for the […] Detention Health Care In Jeopardy After VA Cuts Off ICE …
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ArcaMax PublishingPregnancy, suicide attempts, frostbite: Records detail ICE medical claims before payment system collapsed
With a new payment system still not in place, advocates for immigrant detainees fear some are going without necessary treatment as medical providers near a year without compensation.
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