[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 122 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16932]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Grant Award to the Department of Community Medicine and Health
Care, University of Connecticut
AGENCY: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT), Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), HHS.
ACTION: Availability of grant funds for the Department of Community
Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut.
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SUMMARY: This notice is to inform the public that CSAT is making
available approximately $200,000 for an award in FY 1998 to the
University of Connecticut Department of Community Medicine and Health
Care to develop knowledge concerning the effectiveness of primary care
referral and behavioral health treatment for alcohol dependence in
managed care. Eligibility for this program is limited to the Department
of Community Medicine and Health Care, University of Connecticut. Using
Robert Wood Johnson funding, the University of Connecticut has already
implemented an experimental design research program on the cost
effectiveness of alcohol screening and brief intervention in six
managed care settings. This cross-site study in managed care settings
is unique in its design and scope. However, none of the study settings
are testing the cost effectiveness of Motivational Enhancement Therapy
(MET) vs. standard alcoholism treatment. SAMHSA/CSAT, by means of this
relatively small investment in this existing University of Connecticut
program, will be able to capitalize on this unique opportunity to test
the cost effectiveness on different models of alcoholism treatment for
primary care vs. non primary care referred patients in managed care
settings within the context of the existing Robert Wood Johnson funded
study protocol. It is for these reasons, and in order to obtain the
benefits of the additional information for the affected provider
communities, that only the University of Connecticut is invited to
apply. The application will be considered for funding on the basis of
its overall technical merit as determined through the peer and CSAT
National Advisory Council review processes.
Funding from CSAT will support supplemental evaluation activities
in three Robert Wood Johnson supported screening and brief intervention
(SBI) study sites. These sites will extend their current evaluation
studies, to include the following: (l) implement data information
systems to track patients who are referred by the primary care
practices into treatment; (2) evaluate the cost effectiveness of
primary care physician vs. primary care intervention specialist
referrals for alcohol dependence and (3) evaluate the cost
effectiveness of MET vs. standard treatment for alcohol dependent
patients.
Authority: The award will be made under the authority of Section
501(d)(5) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended (42 U.S.C.
290aa). The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) number for
this program is 93.230.
Contact: Dr. Mady Chalk, Director, Office of Managed Care, Center
for Substance Abuse Treatment, SAMHSA, Rockwall II, 7th floor, 5600
Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301) 443-8796.
Dated: June 19, 1998.
Richard Kopanda,
Executive Officer, SAMHSA.
[FR Doc. 98-16932 Filed 6-24-98; 8:45 am]
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