Paralegal Specialist (Health Care Fraud)

GS-11: To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, OR a combination of Education and Experience. Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-9 level in Federal service.

Examples of specialized experience for this position include: (1) working in a law office providing technical assistance to litigation teams on case management and discovery; (2) reviewing, analyzing, and summarizing voluminous documents; (3) organizing and managing case-specific discovery; (4) using automated litigation support technology such as Eclipse, Relativity, Case Map, or related programs to organize case information for retrieving and indexing digital evidence; and (5) performing legal research and writing.

Preferred Candidate will have experience providing technical litigation support related to Health Care Fraud (HCF) in order to facilitate litigation decisions; reviewing, analyzing and synthesizing Medicare, Medicaid and/or other insurance data for suspicious billing patterns,loss calculations, etc.; preparing computerized trial presentations, such as on Trial Director; and using data analytical tools for healthcare and prescription data to manipulate, analyze, and present data.

OR Education: One of the following types of education in a related field (e.g., Criminal Justice, Law): a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.M., if related. Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position.

OR Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 2 full years. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for performing technical and analytical work to support the civil litigation needs of Health Care Fraud (HCF) investigations and trials for the United States Attorney's Office.

Typical work assignments will include: Providing technical litigation support to Health Care Fraud (HCF) civil trial teams in order to facilitate litigation decisions, trial preparation and trial presentation; Applying knowledge of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and of Evidence, court requirements, and district practices to determine the best way to organize and manage case-specific discovery and then using discovery to prove the case by determining what evidence should be presented and how it should be presented; Recommending and identifying appropriate software packages such as: databases, spreadsheets and word processing applications based on the effectiveness of presenting complex and voluminous evidence, producing graphic demonstrative evidence, and/or meeting individual user needs; Preparing exhibits for legal proceedings which may involve a wide range of visual materials including charts, graphs, diagrams, etc.; Reviewing, analyzing and synthesizing Medicare, Medicaid and other insurance data for suspicious billing patterns, loss calculations, etc.

Performing specialized legal research and writing in support of civil HCF cases, including research and analysis of statutes, legislative intent, judicial precedents, agency rules and regulations, and law review articles as they relate to assigned cases to include those of an especially complex or unprecedented nature. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.