Assistant Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud Control

049 ATTORNEY GENERAL; Oklahoma City (OK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is seeking a full-time Assistant Attorney General for the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit in Oklahoma City. This criminal prosecuting attorney role focuses on investigating and prosecuting health care provider fraud and abuse within the Medicaid program, with opportunities to work across federal and state partners.

Ideal candidates will have licensed status in Oklahoma with prosecutorial experience, strong writing and advocacy skills, and be prepared for

Qualifications

• Licensed attorneys in the State of Oklahoma or eligible to become so.
• Relevant prosecutorial experience required; strong writing, research, oral advocacy, and organization skills.

Responsibilities

• Prosecute abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation in long-term care and Medicaid systems in Oklahoma.
• Prosecute fraud in the Medicaid system.
• Collaborate with Federal partners on investigations and prosecutions.
• Draft, issue, and file subpoenas and informations.
• Prepare probable cause affidavits and search warrants.
• Prepare/submit exclusion documentation and conduct criminal discovery.
• Engage in motion practice and conduct hearings and trials as needed.
• Coordinate with federal and state counterparts and present outreach materials.

Job description

Job Posting Title: Assistant Attorney General - Medicaid Fraud Control Agency

049 ATTORNEY GENERAL Supervisory Organization

Job Posting End Date: Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time: Full time

Job Type: Regular

Compensation: Regular

Job Description Title: Assistant Attorney General I/II/III

Unit: Medicaid Fraud Control

Salary Range: Commensurate with experience and education; $70,000 - $122,500

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: Oklahoma City, OK

The Oklahoma Office of the Attorney General is currently seeking a full-time Assistant Attorney General for our Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.

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 is for a criminal prosecuting attorney and with duty station 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 analytical 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 overnight travel, is expected. Also, out-of-state training opportunities will be available and included.

Funding Disclosure: 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 $4,856,216 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2027. The remaining 25% percent, totaling $1,618,738.67 for FY 2027, is funded by the State of Oklahoma.

Qualifications:

Applicants must be, or are eligible to become, licensed attorneys in the State of Oklahoma with relevant prosecutorial experience. Applicants without prosecutorial experience should not apply. 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 opportunity 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 [phone] or [e-mail].

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.

Our workplaces can be found across the state from Boise City to Idabel, Hollis to Miami, and everywhere in between.

Industries: Government Administration

Worker Size: 10,001+ Employees

Headquarters: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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