[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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