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Article: Senator Bond Renews Demand HCFA Investigate Failed Monitoring of Missouri Nursing Homes

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June 21, 2000
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WASHINGTON, June 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senator Christopher "Kit" Bond today renewed his demand for an explanation from the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) on whether the Missouri Division of Aging (MoDA) has complied with federal standards to protect nursing home residents, and took HCFA to task for failing to prevent one Missouri nursing home from hiring untrained personnel, directly involved in patient care "straight off the streets," as alleged in a civil lawsuit.

Bond's comments came Wednesday in conjunction with the release of a letter to HCFA Administrator Nancy-Ann Min DeParle, in which Bond said he is "deeply troubled" that HCFA has yet to determine how systemic ...

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