Investigator ; PCN

Investigator 4 (PCN 031312) – Anchorage, AK

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

• You will be responsible for the effective management and training of five investigators within the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit.
• You will establish and maintain procedural guidelines that ensure adherence to standards of professional conduct and federal grant requirements.
• You will monitor investigations by examining case progression, quality, thoroughness and completeness.
• You will establish and maintain professional relationships with federal and state law enforcement as well as federal and state agencies responsible for health care administration and oversight.
• You will be responsible for all aspects of an investigation including evidence collection and its chain of custody, writing and executing search warrants, writing reports and testifying in court.

Our mission is to seek justice, promote public safety and public respect for government through prompt, effective, and compassionate prosecution of cases in a matter that advocates for the interests of the victims, respects the law enforcement agencies, responsibly stewards public resources, and holds offenders accountable while at the same time protecting the constitutional and legal rights of the accused.

You can expect a 40 hour work week; 12 paid holidays; personal leave accrual starting at 6 hours per pay period (about 21 days annually), increasing with years of service. The general office hours are 8:00AM to 4:30PM but there is flexibility in establishing your regular hours around core business hours.

The Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is located at 310 K Street, Ste. 308. The Unit has a collaborative team of 6 investigators, 3 attorneys, a forensic accountant, paralegal and law office assistant. As an MFCU investigator, your work directly protects vulnerable Alaskans and ensures Medicaid resources go to providers who deliver safe, ethical care. You will handle complex cases involving healthcare fraud, patient abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation.

The work will provide you opportunities to collaborate with attorneys, auditors, medical professionals, and federal partners such as HHS-OIG or DOJ.

• Decision Making:
  Makes sound, well-informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Organizational Awareness:
  Knows the organization’s mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
• Supervision:
  Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.

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