Job Summary:
Are you interested in protecting California’s elder and vulnerable adult population from abuse and neglect? Are you interested in investigating unfair and unlawful business practices that place nursing home residents at risk of abuse or neglect?
The Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (DMFEA) investigates and prosecutes, both criminally and civilly, healthcare providers who defraud the Medi-Cal program and those who abuse or neglect elderly and dependent adults in care facilities.
Within DMFEA, the Facilities Enforcement Team plays a unique and critically important role in ensuring the safety and care of elderly and dependent persons residing in nursing homes and other long term care facilities by prosecuting allegations involving systemic fraud, abuse, and neglect in criminal and civil state court actions.
The Facilities Enforcement Team is a hybrid civil and criminal unit and is seeking attorneys with either civil or criminal experience to contribute to the important work of this team. As a member of the Facilities Enforcement Team assigned to civil matters, this Deputy Attorney General Position leads civil investigations and enforcement actions against nursing home organizations, including owners, operating entities, and related party entities, to enforce state and federal laws and regulations regarding staffing and quality of care in order to prevent abuse and neglect.
This position is part of a vertical prosecution unit where prosecutors work closely with the Division’s special agents and investigative auditors, advising on the development of investigative plans, reviewing search warrants and arrest warrants, and determining whether to file a criminal or civil enforcement action.
The DAG is expected to perform a variety of complex legal and other research and stay up to date in the rapidly changing fields of health care law, elder law, and electronic evidence. The DAG position will be responsible for cases statewide and will be required to travel throughout California.
Salary:
$11,695-$15,627