Speak out on surety bonds

It looks like the Health Care Finance Admini-stration (HCFA) is at it again — new surety bond regulations are due out this fall. Make sure HCFA knows how it has affected home care by speaking out at the Regulatory Fairness Hearings in your area. (See schedule below.) For more detailed information, go to www.sba.gov/regfair/2000hearingsch.html, or call (888) REG-FAIR.

Upcoming regulatory hearings

Region 7 — Heartland States

June 13, 2000, 1 p.m.

West Des Moines, IA

Region 3 — South Atlantic States

June 22, 2000, 9:00 a.m.

Baltimore

Region 4 — Southeastern States

July 2000

Jackson, MS

Region 1 — New England States

Aug. 16, 2000

Manchester, NH

Region 5 — Midwestern States

Sept. 11-15, 2000

Rockford, IL

Region 10 — Northwestern States

Sept. 25-29, 2000

Anchorage, AK