Criminal Justice Division
Medicaid Fraud Control Unit – New York City
Medical Analysts
Reference No. MFCU_NYC_ MA_6368
Application Deadline is May 2, 2025
Opportunities for Registered Nurses
The Office of the New York State Attorney General’s (OAG) Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is seeking
experienced Registered Nurses to serve as Medical Analysts in its New York City office. Medical Analysts support the
unit by working in partnership with its attorneys, auditors, detectives, data analysts, and legal support analysts to
conduct complex, long-term healthcare fraud investigations.
The Medicaid program provides health coverage to millions of New Yorkers, including low-income persons, children,
elderly adults, and people with developmental disabilities. MFCU is the nation’s premier law enforcement agency
charged with ensuring the financial integrity of New York state’s $94 billion Medicaid program by investigating
healthcare providers, such as pharmaceutical companies, doctors, hospitals, and nursing homes, who engage in
Medicaid billing schemes that cause harm to Medicaid recipients and the loss of millions of dollars to the state of
New York. MFCU also works to protect elderly and disabled New Yorkers by investigating reports of abuse and
neglect in nursing homes and other residential health care facilities in the state.
Possessing both civil and criminal enforcement powers, MFCU uses various state laws to bring civil actions and
criminal proceedings, including asset forfeiture actions. Many of the unit’s investigations are conducted in
coordination with other federal, state, or local government and prosecutorial agencies, and have resulted in large-
scale criminal convictions and the recovery of millions of dollars of taxpayer money.
Several matters that highlight MFCU’s important work include OAG’s report concerning neglect of nursing home
residents across New York state during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the recent filing of four major lawsuits against
nursing homes, including Centers Health Care, Cold Spring Hills Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, The Villages
of Orleans Health and Rehabilitation Center, and Fulton Commons Care Center, Inc.
Additional significant cases include securing $8.6M and significant reforms to nursing home after repeated financial
fraud and resident mistreatment; the indictment and arraignment of owner of NYC pharmacy for allegedly stealing
millions from Medicaid; and the sentencing of a former owner of over 20 pharmacies for running $11 Million
Medicaid fraud targeting vulnerable HIV patients.
Duties:
- Assisting with screening and evaluating complaints of abuse and neglect for initial follow-up, identifying
aberrant diagnoses and treatments, and aiding staff in understanding medical terminology and billing codes;
- Identifying and reviewing medical records and analyzing medical documentation to identify potential fraud,
abuse, mistreatment and neglect, including testifying as to such analyses in grand jury proceedings and
trials;
- Assisting detectives in field interviews of medical personnel and experts;
- Aiding attorneys in recruiting and preparing health care witnesses (pharmacists, nurses, aides,
administrators, physicians, dentists, etc.) for legal proceedings, including grand jury or trial;
- Supporting attorneys in preparing for legal proceedings and reviewing legal documents for proper medical
terminology;
- Monitoring the development and revision of professional standards within nursing and other medical fields
of relevance to the unit’s mission and advising attorneys and others on such developments and revisions;
and