Legal Assistant Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 2025-00880
Legal Assistant Medicaid Fraud Control Unit 2025-00880
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Description and Functions
- GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
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Elevate your legal career and find a healthy worklife balance by joining the Wyoming Office of the Attorney General. We are seeking highly motivated organized and professional applicants for a legal assistant/paralegal position with the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit. This person will work under the direction and supervision of the unit director to perform a variety of lawrelated tasks in support of the units efforts to operate a statewide program to investigate and prosecute Medicaid fraud false Medicaid claims and patient abuse neglect and exploitation by Medicaid providers and in Medicaid funded facilities. The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigates cases statewide and prosecutes cases in state and federal court.
The Paralegal hired for this challenging position will be the units front line for case tracking investigation and court file management and general interface with the public and expected to handle a variety of tasks both individually and in support of the Units attorney investigator and auditor with interviews document review legal drafting and presentations. This position will also assist the Unit director/attorney with department administration and office management duties.
The Attorney Generals Office provides employees with an opportunity to develop expertise and utilize legal skills in a dynamic and collegial work environment while maintaining a healthy worklife balance.
The State of Wyomings total compensation package is excellent and includes:- Paid annual and sick leave
- Paid holidays
- Retirement with employer contributions
- Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
- Health insurance with an employer contribution towards premiums
- Insurance options for health dental life vision ambulance and short and longterm disability
- Longevity pay
Human Resource Contact: Stacy Berres //ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed in the job level.
- Draft and disseminate legal documents and correspondence.
- Assist Unit Investigator and Investigative Auditor with witness interviews document retrieval and review and other investigative tasks.
- Maintain review and analyze investigation and court files including document review and management bates stamping legal research and loading documents and information into LexisNexis CaseMap.
- Assist with legal and administrative duties for fraud investigations and prosecutions.
- Provide trial assistance including case organization document management witness interviews and coordination preparing exhibits discovery matters and administrative tasks.
- Assist with criminal disclosure or civil discovery including eDiscovery.
- Maintain systems and procedures for tracking controlling and managing case files and administrative materials.
- Serve as the first point of public contact with the public attorneys and state and federal agencies.
- Process telephone calls faxes emails and incoming case referrals.
- Enter case tracking data into the Access database.
- Assist the Unit Director with federal reports and review of all incoming case referrals.
- Maintain relationships and exchange information with other state and federal agencies.
- Coordinate and arrange travel for MFCU team members and witnesses.
- Maintain office equipment inventory process payments and order supplies.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES:
Preference may be given to those who have coursework or experience in law and health care; eDiscovery experience.
KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of legal procedures and law office workflow.
- Knowledge of legal concepts terminology principles and procedures.
- Knowledge in the use of legal reference material and legal research.
- Knowledge of state and federal court policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of government and legislative processes.
- Knowledge of Wyoming Statutes and agency mission goals policies and procedures.
- Knowledge of office organization methods standards and practices.
- Knowledge of Word Excel Access and PowerPoint computer programs and Google Workplace (Gmail Docs Drive) applications.
- Knowledge of generally accepted investigative principles and techniques and legal and law enforcement terms.
- Knowledge of law enforcement and health records confidentiality and privacy standards.
- Skill in organization and maintenance of voluminous legal documents.
- Skill in reading and analyzing moderately complex legal material including court cases and opinions financial documents and health records.
- Skill in legal document preparation and editing; word processing applications on computers.
- Skill in working with the public and other legal staff.
- Skill in professional oral and written communication.
- Ability to effectively manage time prioritize tasks and maintain organized systems.
- Ability to reason logically and analyze situations accurately and recommend an effective course of action.
- Ability to prepare reports and summary sheets and set forth a statement of the facts applications of the relevant law and conclusions.
- Ability to read and understand statutes court decisions legal documents and similar material.
- Ability to work cooperatively with attorneys investigators auditors support staff technical staff and the general public.
- Ability to explain the provision of law procedures and problems to persons contacted in the office.
- Ability to use office equipment including computers fax machines Westlaw copiers scanners and calculators.
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:Education:Bachelors Degree(typically in Paralegal/Legal Studies)Experience:02 years ofprogressive work experience (typically in Paralegal /Legal Studies) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Legal Support SpecialistOREducation & ExperienceSubstitution:35 years of progressive work experience (typically in Paralegal /Legal Studies) with acquired knowledge at the level of a Legal Support Specialist
OR
Certificates Licenses Registrations:National Association of Legal Assistants certificate as a CLA or ALS (Certified Legal Assistant) or CP (Certified Paralegal) or National Federation of Paralegal Association PACE Registered ParalegalNecessary Special Requirements
PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:- Daily desk work and use of computers.
- Work in an office environment with noise from equipment such as telephones printers and copiers.
- Significant time spent examining and analyzing complex financial records medical records billing records and computer records.
- Daily juggling of multiple tasks with varying and changing deadlines with limited general supervision.
- Intermittent demands to work overtime weekends and evenings.
- Intermittent interviews or contact with uncooperative and potentially hostile defendants or witnesses.
- Intermittent instate driving/traveling for investigations court dates meetings and training.
- Occasional outofstate travel related to investigations meetings or training.
NOTES:- FLSA: NonExempt; Hourly
- Successful applicants are required to pass a background investigation
- Salary will be commensurate with relevant experience.
Supplemental Information
015Attorney General Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU)
Click here to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.
URL: State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.
Class Specifications are subject to change please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.
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Full-Time
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