Assistant Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud (Criminal)

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Job Description

Date Open:  Immediately                                  

Date Closed:  This posting is open until filled.

Title:  Senior Assistant Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General – depending on experience

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and education

Location:  Oklahoma City, OK or Tulsa, OK

The Oklahoma Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is a state law enforcement division within the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, and its mission is to investigate and pursue enforcement actions against health care providers who have defrauded the Medicaid program or who have engaged in abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of persons in the Medicaid system or residential health care facilities.  The MFCU has both civil and criminal enforcement powers. 

Position Summary:

The Oklahoma Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is a state law enforcement division within the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, and its mission is to investigate and pursue enforcement actions against health care providers who have defrauded the Medicaid program or who have engaged in abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation of persons in residential health care facilities.  The MFCU has both civil and criminal enforcement powers.  This position will focus on criminal enforcement actions.   

Typical job functions of this position will include, among others:

• Working within a team of agents, analysts, and other attorneys, to prosecute abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation perpetrated against residents in long term care facilities, and patients in the Medicaid system in Oklahoma.
• Working within a team of agents, analysts, and other attorneys, to prosecute fraud in the Medicaid system.
• Working with Federal partners to conduct investigations and prosecutions.
• Drafting, issuing, and filing documents such as Subpoenas and Informations.
• Working with agents to prepare Probable Cause Affidavits and Search Warrants.
• Working with administrative personnel to prepare and submit exclusion documentation.
• Preparing and conducting criminal Discovery.
• Motion practice.
• Conducting hearings and trials as needed.
• Networking with, and assisting, federal and other state counterparts (as appropriate).
• Working as part of a larger network of MFCUs nationwide.
• Presenting outreach materials to various groups and entities.

This position will be as a criminal-only attorney and will be located in northwest Oklahoma City near Northwest 63rd Street and Western Avenue.

The successful candidate for this position will work as a member of an interdisciplinary team of investigative agents, auditors/analysts, and attorneys, pursuing criminal enforcement actions such as incarceration, restitution and penalties, asset seizure, and exclusions from the Medicaid system.  The successful candidate for this position should have sound legal judgment, strong research and writing skills, strong analysis skills, and the ability to understand and communicate complex and sensitive information and legal issues.  The Assistant Attorney General serving in this position will consult with investigators and analysts, review evidence, prepare and file criminal actions in the appropriate court, conduct criminal Discovery, draft and respond to motions and other court filings, attend hearings, negotiate plea agreements, and take matters to trial as needed.   Additionally, the position will involve representing the Office and Unit in criminal investigations and enforcements conducted jointly with Federal counterparts at any of the three U. S.  Attorney Offices located in Oklahoma.  

The attorney accepting this position must maintain the integrity of the Attorney General’s Office, as well as the confidentiality of information as required by the Oklahoma Attorney General.  In-state travel, including some over-night travel, is expected.  Also, out-of-state training opportunities will be available and included.

Stevens Amendment Statement:

The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office Medicaid Fraud Control Unit receives 75% percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $4,527,129.64 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2024. The remaining 25% percent, totaling $1,509,367.95 for FY 2024, is funded by the State of Oklahoma. The federal fiscal year 2024 is defined as October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2025. 

Qualifications:

Applicants must be, or be eligible to become, licensed attorneys in the State of Oklahoma with at least ten (10) years of relevant experience. Strong writing, research, oral advocacy, and organization skills, as well as superior attention to detail, are required.

All applicants must agree in writing to complete, and satisfactorily pass, a background investigation.

The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is an equal employment employer and does not make hiring decisions on the basis of race, sex/gender, color, age, national origin, genetic information, religion, or disability, so long as the disability does not render the person unable to perform the essential functions of the position for which employed with a reasonable accommodation. If reasonable accommodations are needed to apply for this position, please contact OAG Human Resources at (405) 521-3921 or HR@oag.ok.gov. All employees of the Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General are “at will” employees.

Equal Opportunity Employment

The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.

Current active State of Oklahoma employees must apply for open positions internally through the Workday Jobs Hub.