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Investigator – Medicaid Fraud Division

Employer
Minnesota Attorney General's Office
Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Start date
May 2, 2022
Closing date
May 24, 2022

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Job Details

Closing Date: 05/17/2022

LA5 Salary Range: $21.59 - $31.82/hourly; $45,079 - $66,440/annually

LA6 Salary Range: $23.41 - $35.72/hourly; $48,880 - $74,583/annually

LA7 Salary Range: $25.59 - $45.42/hourly; $53,431 - $94,836/annually

Job Summary

The Office of Attorney General Keith Ellison — one of Minnesota’s largest public law offices and recently recognized as a Star Tribune 2021 Top Workplace — has a clear mission: we help Minnesotans afford their lives and live with dignity, safety, and respect. We are a dynamic group of dedicated professionals who could all work elsewhere but choose public service as a calling, and we are actively building an internal culture that supports that calling.

The Office is seeking a highly capable individual with the skills and drive to uncover, investigate, and stop fraudulent claims made to taxpayer-funded public health insurance programs.  This investigator makes a difference in the lives of vulnerable people and contributes to the economic well-being of Minnesotans and our state.

Investigators conduct criminal investigations into health care providers suspected of defrauding the Minnesota Medicaid program.  The investigator reviews complaints against public health care providers; evaluates and analyzes claims data, medical records, and financial records; conducts research and surveillance; interviews victims, witnesses, and targets of investigations; participates in the execution of search warrants; drafts reports summarizing investigative findings; and works with attorneys to prepare cases for prosecution.  Investigators are required to testify about their findings at criminal jury trials.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or demonstrable similar experience
  • Good academic credentials
  • Ability to perform assigned job responsibilities with a high level of professionalism
  • Proven ability to show excellent judgement, character, and work ethic
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office
  • Demonstrated skill in
    • Research and writing;
    • Critical thinking; and
    • Communication

To be considered at the Legal Assistant 6 (LA6) level applicants must have 5 or more years related experience.

To be considered at the Legal Assistant 7 (LA7) level applicants must have 10 or more years related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Fluency in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, or other relevant language for Minnesota; and
  • Education or experience in one of the following fields:
    • Accounting or finance; economics or statistics; criminal justice, law enforcement, or investigations; healthcare or nursing.

Why Work For Us 

GREAT BENEFITS PACKAGE! The State of Minnesota offers a comprehensive benefits package including low cost medical and dental insurance, employer paid life insurance, short- and long-term disability, pre-tax flexible spending accounts, retirement plan, tax-deferred compensation, generous vacation and sick leave, and 11 paid holidays each year.

Public service with this office may qualify applicants to have part of their student loans forgiven under a federal student loan forgiveness program for state government employees.  (Visit www.studentaid.ed.gov/sa/repay-loans/forgiveness-cancellation/public-service for more information.)

Our differences make us stronger and leveraging them helps us create a workforce where everyone can thrive. The State of Minnesota is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to embedding diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility at our workplace. We do this by developing strong leaders and advocates, increasing cultural competence, and understanding among all employees, and removing institutional barriers and attitudes that prevent employees from advancing as far as their talents will take them. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), marital status, familial status, receipt of public assistance, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, or age.

How to Apply

Interested applicants must apply online through the State of Minnesota Careers website, which is the State’s official application and hiring site. The deadline for applications is May 24, 2022.

  1. Go to www.mn.gov/careers;
  2. Apply for posting number 55415
  3. Direct Link

Contact

If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Jake Pleschourt at jake.pleschourt@ag.state.mn.us or (651) 757-1057.

Company

The Attorney General is the chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota. The Office of the Attorney General represents the State of Minnesota on important legal matters that make a difference in the lives of our citizens and establishes and effectuates the legal policy for the State of Minnesota. The Office’s work involves significant and challenging constitutional, statutory, and enforcement matters.

Responsibilities and Opportunities Offered: The Office provides a range of legal practice opportunities to highly capable attorneys with the professional drive and abilities to perform exceptional legal work. We offer our lawyers the opportunity to do important legal work on behalf of the public, to assume a significant amount of responsibility over their files, and to expand on their litigation and courtroom experience.

Required Qualifications: Attorneys who wish to be considered for appointment as an Assistant Attorney General must have a proven and successful track record, superior academic credentials, outstanding analytical, research, writing, and communication skills, excellent judgment and character, and a professional deportment. Applicants must have the desire to serve the public with distinction and the professionalism, skills, and work ethic to put forth the very best legal work on behalf of the public. The selection process is highly competitive.

Company info
Website
Telephone
651-757-1199
Location
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul
MN
55101
US

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