From: ash05@health.state.ny.us
Message-Id: <199801301439.AA16472@gate1.health.state.ny.us>
Date:         Fri, 30 Jan 98  09:38:04 EST
Subject:      job announcement (Albany, NY)
To: <MedSoc@csf.colorado.edu>

A research position in alcoholism & substance abuse is available in
Albany, New York.
Please note that resume/CV must be submitted by February 3, 1998.

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Title: Research Scientist 2
ITEM #: RFMH
Salary: $44,991
Hours: 8:30 - 4:45
Type of Appointment: Grant Funded
Location: Office of Managed Care, NYS Department of Health
          Albany, New York
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Public Health or closely related field and three
years* of professional research experience in a public health field.
Experience in the use of SAS or SPSS & a database system is required.
* A Master's degree in Public Health of closely related field may be
substituted for one year of experience; a Doctorate degree in Public
Health may be substituted for three years of experience.

Candidate selected will be employed by the Research Foundation for
Mental Hygiene (RFMH) funded by a grant from the Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment to the Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse
Services (applicant) and the Department of Health (co-applicant).

Duties:
The incumbent will assist with design, implementation, and analysis for
research project concerning the delivery of alcoholism and substance
abuse treatment services to adolescents and adults under Madicaid
managed care.  The incumbent will be principally involved with the
administrative data study and managed care organization study components
of the project.  Responsibilities will include: accessing, integrating,
validating, and documenting various administrative data systems such
as MMIS, MEDS, QARR, SPARCS, managed care contracts, and Office of
Alcohol Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Client Data System; coordinating the
administrative data study among DOH, OASAS, alcohol and substance
abuse treatment providers, and managed care organizations (MCSs),
tracking client eligibility, enrollment, utilization and cost across
administrative data bases; and operationalizing indicators of
access, utilization, quality, and cost; examining client satisfaction,
cost shifting, and MCO contract development with counties, contents
of MCO contracts and changes that occurred during the period of Welfare
reform; the administrative shift into a fee-for-service condition when
MCO benefits have been exceeded (i.., extended benefits), and
interpret administrative data in relation to welfare reform changes
within the state and county.

Application Procedures:
Submit resume/application by February 3, 1998

NYS Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services
Personnel Office
1450 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203
Attn: Debora O'Brien-Fordan


*  Akiko S. Hosler, Ph.D.                                    *
*  Bureau of Chronic Disease Epidemiology and Surveillance   *
*  New York State Department of Health                       *
*  Phone (518)473-0673 or 486-9030, Fax (518)474-2086        *