Fetterman said he sent ICE a letter demanding immediate payment of overdue medical-service-provider invoices, including more than $236,000 owed to Moshannon Valley EMS, and requested an accounting, impact report, and payment-system update by September 15, 2026.
Urge U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately pay overdue invoices owed to medical service providers, including Pennsylvania providers, and provide an accounting, impact report, and payment-system update by September 15, 2026.
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Sen. John Fetterman's office said he sent a letter to ICE official David J. Venturella urging immediate repayment of medical-service-provider invoices. The published letter demands ICE pay the bills, describes Pennsylvania provider MVEMS as owed $236,124.91, and requests an accounting of amounts owed, an impact report, and a payment-system update, with a requested response by September 15, 2026.
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The IHSC/Acentra provider site says Acentra is under contract to provision a claims-processing system for IHSC and that the new provider portal is still 'Coming Soon.' It says federal timelines and agency authorizations will determine when the system begins accepting claims and that future updates will be posted there.
Assessments
The promise was an oversight action: to urge ICE to pay overdue medical-provider invoices and request an accounting, impact report, and payment-system update by September 15, 2026. Fetterman sent a Senate letter during his current term that directly made those demands, identified a Pennsylvania provider and amount owed, and set the requested September 15 response deadline. The agency-side payment and portal issues may remain unresolved, but the pledged action was to urge and request, not to guarantee ICE completed payment by the refresh date.