Section Chief - Medicaid Fraud Control

Job Posting Title
Section Chief - Medicaid Fraud Control

Agency
049 ATTORNEY GENERAL

Supervisory Organization

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Full/Part-Time
Full time

Job Type
Regular

Compensation

Job Description

Title: Section Chief

Unit: Medicaid Fraud Control Unit

Salary Range: $97,000 - $120,000

Location of Work : Oklahoma City or Tulsa, OK

FLSA Status: Exempt

Schedule: Full-time

Position Description:

Agents of the Oklahoma Attorney General's (OAG) Office are commissioned state law enforcement officials tasked with investigating violations and alleged violations of criminal and civil Oklahoma state statutes.  As the sole state law enforcement entity under the Oklahoma Attorney General, OAG Agents have a unique investigative and prosecutorial advantage in working and collaborating daily with state OAG prosecutors. As commissioned state law enforcement officials, OAG Agents are automatically enrolled and are designated beneficiaries of the Oklahoma Law Enforcement Retirement System (OLERS).  To help ensure OAG Agents are capable of fulfilling their responsibilities to the citizens of Oklahoma as state law enforcement officials, OAG Agents are subject to medical and physical fitness evaluations. All OAG agents may be reassigned to another unit within the OAG at any time.

Unit 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.

Essential Functions:

- Supervise, direct, and review the work of a team of other agents, including supervisory agents
- Develop and investigate cases
- Communicate and collaborate with other Agents, Supervisory Agents, and prosecutors
- Interview witnesses, victims, and suspects, and then document findings
- Effectively and professionally research, prepare, analyze, and understand complex information and legal issues.
- Maintain the integrity of the Attorney General’s Office as well as the confidentiality of information as required by the Attorney General.
- Ability to provide sound judgment, as well as exhibit excellent report writing skills
- Prepare and provide testimony in courtroom settings
- Execute search and arrest warrants
- Maintain safety protocol for the Office of Attorney General

Required Qualifications:

Qualified individuals must:

- Be a CLEET certified peace officer in Oklahoma, or eligible to become a CLEET certified peace officer through reciprocity or by successfully meeting and completing the standards and requirements of the Council on Law Enforcement Education and Training (CLEET) to become a certified peace officer in Oklahoma.  (Which may include the successful admission and completion of the CLEET Academy)
- Possess a valid Oklahoma driver's license

Preference will be given to individuals with:

- A bachelor’s degree
- At least four years of investigative experience
- Accounting experience
- Experience with complex financial matters
- Experience investigating financial crimes

Physical Demands:

Incumbents in this position will be required to take and pass a medical physical examination and a rigorous physical fitness evaluation.  The physical fitness evaluation includes, but may not be limited to:  push-ups, sit-ups, 300 meter sprint, and a mile and one-half run.  As a state law enforcement official, this position regularly requires effective utilization of all extremities, the ability to operate vehicles, objects or controls, and reach or extend hands and arms.  OAG Agents are expected to communicate effectively orally and adequately hear within the context of interview, interrogation, and courtroom settings. Agents are required to be able to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, and lift 50 pounds.  As a state law enforcement official, OAG Agents are expected to work effectively in different types of environmental settings to include but not limited to:  offices, outdoors, and extreme or hazardous weather conditions.

Mental Demands:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee must be able to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; interpret policies and procedures; learn and apply new information or new skills; work under deadlines with some interruptions; and interact with OAG staff, other organizations; and interact with suspects, victims, other law enforcement officers, court officials, and the general public.  The incumbent will be required to take and pass a preliminary psychological assessment (MMPI).

Work Environment:

As a state law enforcement official, OAG Agents are expected to work effectively in different types of environmental settings to include but not limited to:  offices, outdoors, vehicles, and extreme or hazardous weather conditions.  The incumbent needs to have the ability to operate in a professional office environment and use standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines.  This position frequently calls for the incumbent to work outdoors and within their vehicle for long hours during all seasons.  The incumbent must have the flexibility to work non-traditional work hours such as nights, weekends, and holidays when needed. Agents must be prepared to perform “other duties as assigned” at any time based on the needs of the agency, the mission at hand, and at the discretion of the Chief Agent in Charge.  It should be assumed, and expected, that there will be duty assignments that require Agents to perform manual “type” labor for an extended period of time.  Agents can expect to perform these physical activities in extreme weather and at times hazardous conditions.  During these circumstances, Agents are expected to be high performing and functioning under physically strenuous circumstances.

This position usually operates in a professional office environment and uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. In the field, the employee is subject to traffic to and from investigation locations. This position regularly operates out in the field in a vehicle conducting surveillance. This position will occasionally be outside for long hours during all seasons.

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 (405) 521-3921 or [email protected]. 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.

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