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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 10/21/16

Applications Due11/04/16

Vacancy ID33921

AgencyHealth, Department of

TitleLong Term Care Systems Specialist 1 (Health) - 87400

Occupational CategoryOther Professional Careers

Salary Grade18

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $53339 to $67827 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Provisional

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.50

Workday

From 8:30 AM

To 4:30 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

County Albany

Street Address Office of Health Insurance Programs (OHIP), Division of Health Plan Contracting and Oversight, Bureau of Managed Care Certification and Surveillance

One Commerce Plaza

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12210

Minimum Qualifications Provisional: Bachelor’s degree and two years of experience administering or analyzing disability, aging, health, or social services programs for older adults or in the development, delivery, or monitoring of long term services and supports (LTSS), or six years of experience administering or analyzing disability, aging, health, or social services programs for older adults, three of which must have been in the development, delivery, or monitoring of LTSS.

Preferred Qualifications
Candidate should have excellent written and oral communication skills that allow the individual to work both independently and as part of a team across multiple agencies to ensure program implementation; experience with Managed Care and Medicaid services, procedures, processes and rules preferred.

Duties Description The incumbent of this position will provide technical and administrative assistance in monitoring and surveying New York State certified Managed Care Organizations (MCO) for compliance with State and Federal statutes and regulations and implementation of Medicaid Redesign Team (MRT) initiatives relating to the delivery of long term care services, i.e., Long Term Support Services (LTSS), Personal Care Services, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Services, Adult Day Health Care, Private Duty Nursing, AIDS Adult Day Health, Nursing Home Short Term Rehabilitation; and Nursing Home Long Term Placement, to recipients of Medicaid. Specifically, the incumbent will participate in conducting surveillance activities, including analyzing MCO survey data to identify patterns of non-compliance and develop recommendations for enforcement actions; assist in developing tools for monitoring the delivery of long term care services; participate as a team member in updating policies for delivery of personal care services, as well as other long term care services; and monitor contracts to verify deliverables and compliance with program standards for LTSS, including identifying enrollees in need of LTSS and MCO’s compliance with standards for LTSS authorizations, transitional care, and care management; participate in monitoring and surveillance activities to verify MCO’s compliance with contract deliverables and program standards for long term nursing home transition, including eligibility and enrollment, access to care and quality of care, network and contracting; and quality metrics and incentives.

Additional Comments Provisional, full-time. Travel throughout New York State is required, including some areas that may not be served by public transportation.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Human Resources Management Group - WN/LTCSS1/87400

Telephone 518-486-1812

Fax 518-473-3395

Email Address resume@health.ny.gov

Address

Street Room 2217 Corning Tower

Empire State Plaza

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12237

 

Notes on Applying Submit resume, preferably in PDF format, to Human Resources Management Group, WN/LTCSS1/87400, Room 2217, Corning Tower Building, Empire State Plaza, Albany, New York 12237- 0012, or by fax to (518) 473-3395, or by email to resume@health.ny.gov, with Reference Code WN/LTCSS1/87400 included in the subject line. Failure to include the required information in the subject line of your email or fax may result in your resume not being considered for this position. Resumes will be accepted until November 4, 2016.

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