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Agency Medicaid Inspector General, NYS Office of the

Title Medicaid Integrity Specialist 1/Trainee 1/Trainee 2 (NYHELPS)

Occupational Category Other Professional Careers

Salary Grade 18

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

Salary Range From $65001 to $82656 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Permanent

Jurisdictional Class Non-competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 8 AM

To 4 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? No

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address 800 North Pearl St.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12204

Duties Description This position will work closely with the Recover Audit Contractor (RAC). Duties include but are not limited to:• Collaborating closely with the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) to facilitate reviews through the new Draft Audit Report (DAR) and Final Audit Report (FAR) procedures.• Contacting appropriate internal OMIG stakeholders and external stakeholders for addressing RAC's needs, questions, vetting of RAC audits, and/or following-up on outstanding audits.• Aiding in the research and preparation of various documents related to the policies and processes of the RAC Unit.• Open FACTS cases and maintain/update throughout the DAR/FAR process.• Vet providers and Managed Care plans.• Supporting the Contractor in the preparation and distribution of each DAR and FAR, as well as monitoring the status of each issued report.• Tracking various repayment collection methods from providers for each DAR/FAR, entering relevant repayment information into the OMIG's data management tracking systems, and updating audit reports of repayments, as deemed appropriate. • Create weekly reports for the RAC contractor for all open projects.• Create ad-hoc reports in OMIG's data management tracking system.• Analyzing and vetting submitted claim data by the Contractor for accuracy and to prevent intra-agency duplication prior to the issuance of each DAR/FAR.• Utilize Access, Excel, and SQL Developer to analyze and verify claim data in monthly data feeds, OMIG projects, and contractor audits. • Assist in RAC scenario approvals and vetting throughout the agency.• Responding to inquiries from providers and attorneys concerning both contractor and OMIG audits.• Coordinating with contractors, various divisions, and the provider community.• Collaborating with the Office of Counsel on the preparation of documents and hearings.• Verifying and analyzing OSSC methodologies.

Minimum Qualifications This title is part of the New York Hiring for Emergency Limited Placement Statewide Program (NY HELPS)*To be considered for appointment through NY HELPS, candidates must meet the open-competitive minimum qualifications for this position: • Bachelor’s degree or higher• Advanced placement to the Trainee 2 or Grade 18 level may be possible depending on education and experience. Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accredited agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside of the United States or its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. This information can be found at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. Candidates are responsible for the evaluation fee. Competitive Minimum Qualifications: Current New York State Employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service, or 55 b/c service as a Medicaid Integrity Specialist 1; OR current New York State employee with one year or more of permanent or contingent-permanent service or 55 b/c service in a qualifying title and eligible for transfer under section 70.1, 70.4 or 52.6 of the Civil Service Law. 70.1 Transfer: • For a 70.1 transfer to this title, you must have one year of permanent or contingent-permanent competitive service in a 70.1 title allocated to a salary grade 16 or above (11 or above for a Trainee 1, 12 or above for a Trainee 2).70.4 Transfer:• For a 70.4 transfer to this title, your current title must be within two salary grades, and either be on the PCO or be on the PATT and possess a bachelor’s degree. Your score on either the PCO or PATT does not need to be reachable. 52.6 Transfer: • For a 52.6 transfer to this title, you must have one year of permanent or contingent-permanent service in a 52.6 title allocated to a salary grade 16 or above (11 or above for a Trainee 1, 12 or above for a Trainee 2).To determine if your current Civil Service title is eligible for transfer to this title, visit the Career Mobility GOT-IT website: Career Mobility Office » GOT-IT (ny.gov)Appointments via transfer must not result in a second, consecutive transfer with an advancement of more than two S-grades or one M-grade.55-b/c program appointments: For a 55 b/c appointment, you must: • Possess the minimum qualifications for the selected title as established by the Department of Civil Service and listed on the most recent exam announcement. • Meet the applicable minimal mental and/or physical requirements for the job (with a reasonable accommodation if necessary). • Have a current Eligibility Letter from the NYS Department of Civil Service, www.cs.ny.gov/rp55/ and be able to provide it to the Human Resources Office upon request.If you are currently 55 b/c eligible and possess a bachelor’s degree, we encourage you to apply for this position.Depending on qualifications, you may be required to serve a 1 or 2-year traineeship that leads to the full level grade 18 position.

Additional Comments The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We encourage those with unique backgrounds and contributions such as education, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs to apply. We provide reasonable and religious accommodations for any part of the application and hiring process. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please send a request to RARequest@omig.ny.gov.

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Name Amber Fields

Telephone

Fax

Email Address recruitment@omig.ny.gov

Address

Street 800 North Pearl St.

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12204

Notes on Applying Please put Vacancy ID #181231, DSUR-MIS 1 in the subject line of your resume submission.