Legal Assistant - Medicaid Fraud and Patient Abuse
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Job Description
Salary
- Job Description
Legal Assistant – Medicaid Fraud and Patient AbuseThe Office of the Utah Attorney General has an opening for a Legal Assistant in the Medicaid Fraud and Patient Abuse Division. The Legal Assistant will work under the direction of the Division Director and will collaborate with division attorneys, legal assistants, investigators, auditors, nurses, and support staff. Priority will be given to applicants with civil case experience. Health care, health law, and/or Medicaid experience is not required.
Projects are complex in nature and involve large quantities of information in a variety of formats. The Legal Assistant should have sufficient experience to be given moderate independence in planning and completing assignments. The Legal Assistant will maintain physical and electronic files; conduct factual and legal research; assist team members with document review and correction; manage attorney court calendars; work with the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units and various state and federal agencies; prepare, format, and file documents in state and federal courts (for both criminal and civil cases); assist with discovery preparation and production; collect and track restitution payments; assist with statistical tracking and annual reports in compliance with state and federal mandates; and other duties as assigned. The Legal Assistant will be expected to produce quality work product, occasionally under tight deadlines, and work in a team environment.
Applications will be evaluated based on a proven ability to learn and use technology and demonstrated experience in the following areas:- Organizational skills
- Research skills
- Drafting legal documents (criminal and civil)
- Collecting, tracking, and reporting restitution payments
- Reviewing, summarizing, and formatting documents
- Preparing and producing discovery
- Microsoft Office
- Westlaw
- Adobe Pro
This position may be filled at any of the following levels:
- Legal Assistant I (0-3 years experience)
- Legal Assistant II (3-5 years experience)
- Legal Assistant III (5+ years experience)
- Responsibilities
- Writes or drafts correspondence, reports, documents and/or other written materials
- Analyzes, summarizes and/or reviews data; reports findings, interprets results and/or makes recommendations
- Searches, retrieves and/or researches public and private records in accordance with applicable state and federal laws governing access to these records
- Determine needs in discovery, and/or completes discovery; participates in decision making and strategy sessions in preparing cases for court and determining evidence to be used
- Maintains document control, tracking and tracing
- Prepares trial or hearing materials including designing questionnaires, organizing evidence, preparing trial displays and exhibits, locating, obtaining, tracking and disseminating information/evidence, etc.
- Manages trial exhibits and evidence; ensures procedures are followed/completed; takes notes and makes observations during proceeding; participates in planning and strategy sessions, etc.
- Other duties as assigned
- Qualifications
(includes knowledge, skills, and abilities required upon entry into position and trainable after entry into position)
- understand data
- Uniform System of Citation
- court/hearing, rules, records, procedures and protocol
- deal with people in a manner which shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism
- rules of evidence
- establish, organize and/or maintain files
- formats for a variety of legal documents
- legal processes and procedures
- legal terminology
- speak clearly, concisely and effectively; listen to, and understand, information and ideas as presented verbally
- organize information in a clear and concise manner
- plan, organize and prioritize time and workload in order to accomplish tasks and meet deadlines
- research methods, techniques, and/or sources of information
- perform legal research using case law and appropriate techniques
- use automated software applications
- conduct a methodical examination
- review and/or edit documents for accuracy and completeness
- enter, transcribe, record, store, or maintain information in either written or electronic form.
- make a decision or solve a problem by using logic to identify key facts, explore alternatives, and propose quality solutions
- use logic to analyze or identify underlying principles, reasons, or facts associated with information or data to draw conclusions
- Supplemental Information
- Associates Degree in Paralegal Studies (program completion at accredited institution consisting of 60 semester hours or equivalent quarter hours, with 15 hours of substantive legal courses); Bachelors Degree in a related field; or NALA, NFPA or NALS certifications
- Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
- Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items; driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work
- Requires compliance with the ABA Legal Assistant code of ethics
- $25.47 - $47.68/hour
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