Position Information

NY HELPNo

AgencyMedicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the

TitleSenior Attorney

Occupational CategoryLegal

Salary Grade25

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $79849 to $100645 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 25%

Schedule

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? No

Location

County Albany

Street Address 800 North Pearl St

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12204

Job Specifics

Minimum Qualifications Candidates must have one year of permanent, competitive, or non-competitive 55 b/c service as a Senior Attorney OR be eligible for transfer under Section 52.6 or 70.1 of the Civil Service Law.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience and/or knowledge of Health Law and/or Medicaid Law; and extensive litigation experience in state or federal courts and/or administrative forums preferred. Candidate must have excellent analytical, and writing skills. Candidate should be self-motivated, able to work as part of a team, organized, efficient, and possess good inter-personal skills.

Duties Description The candidate will be responsible for providing support to other Divisions and Offices within the agency in the form of legal advice, review and analysis, as well as conducting general and specific legal research of issues relating to Medicaid. The Senior Attorney in this area will also assist staff at all levels of the agency (i.e. agency program managers and audit and investigation staff), and will advise staff on issues relating to the application of Medicaid laws, rules and regulations and other laws affecting OMIG’s activities, operations and/or overall mission. Matters that an attorney assigned to this area might be asked to work on include, but are not limited to: handling and processing FOIL requests on behalf of the agency, filing judgment liens against providers and working with the Attorney General’s Office to enforce such liens, assisting in identifying liabilities of providers who have filed for Bankruptcy and reviewing notices and other documents produced by agency staff. In addition, this Senior Attorney will advise agency staff regarding legal matters that arise in litigation and will provide assistance to the Attorney General’s Office in such matters including: reviewing court papers, assisting in the drafting of answers, memoranda of law and other responsive documents, responding to discovery requests, obtaining and assisting in the preparation of affidavits and assisting in the development of the OMIG’s legal position and strategy toward the case. The candidate may be asked to provide general legal advice to the agency on a variety of matters related to Medicaid Program Integrity.

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Contact Information

Name Don Kenna

Telephone 518-408-0913

Fax 518-408-0395

Email Address donald.kenna@omig.ny.gov

Address

Street 800 North Pearl Street

2nd Floor

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12204

 

Notes on ApplyingIf interested, please forward your resume to the information above with the subject line, "Senior Attorney 16220".