About Us

SHEILA A. WOOD RESUME   Ms. Sheila Wood has worked in the Human Services field for the past seven years. Her background encompasses a wide range of activities including working with the developmentally disabled, traumatic brain injured, emotionally disturbed, mentally ill, at risk youth and medically frail ranging in age from toddlers to seniors. Ms. Wood has served as a Medicaid Service Coordinator at AIM Services, Inc. and also held various positions at Catholic Charities, Montgomery Transitional Services and Fulton County ARC. These positions encompassed direct care, prevention, case management and proactive behavioral intervention. Ms. Wood is experienced in SCIP-R intervention techniques and certified in CPR, and First Aid. Her experience includes event planning, audio/visual presentations, recruitment, retention, advocating, goal planning, assisting clients in creating an individualized service environment, acting as a liaison between community agencies and school districts, maintaining a database and establishing and building relationships within the community. Ms. Wood holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development from SUNY Empire State College, a certificate in Medical Assisting from Fulton Montgomery Community College and was awarded the Young Professional of the Year Award in 2002 by the Montgomery County Chamber of Commerce. PAULA A. TAMBASCO RESUME   Ms. Paula Tambasco has over 18 years of experience in health care consulting and office management. Her background encompasses a wide range of activities in the health care consulting environment in her role as a Research Associate including research of state and federal regulations, Medicaid and Child Health Plus data analysis, physician surveys, health policy research, provider quality and utilization management, quality improvement activities and physician credentialing. As an office manager her responsibilities included project coordination, bookkeeping, scheduling, payroll and assisting in hiring personnel. She has coordinated and assisted in the preparation and submission of Certificate of Need Applications (CONs) for various clients including physician groups, county ARCs and diagnostic and treatment centers. Her experience in the completion of provider and customer surveys includes preparation of interview guides, completion of interviews and assimilation of information for project completion. She has been responsible for the coordination, management and submission of various New York State program applications involving multiple providers. Ms. Tambasco worked in research for a national health care policy firm as well as for a risk and quality management organization. Her projects included the assessment of provider needs, research on managed care initiatives for local and state governments, development of quality management programs, and evaluation of managed care organization credentialing requirements in several states. Ms. Tambasco has worked closely with New York State Health Department officials acting as a liaison as well as interpreting regulations.  Ms. Tambasco holds a masters degree in health services administration from Russell Sage College in Albany and a bachelors of professional studies in health services administration from the College of Technology at Utica, New York. She also holds a Masters of Science in K-12 School Health Education as well as an Initial Teaching Certification from New York State. She is certified in First Aid and CPR.