RHODE ISLAND OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
MEDICAID FRAUD CONTROL AND PATIENT ABUSE UNIT CRIMINAL DIVISION
PAYGRADE 8738 ($111,118 – $127,672)
Or commensurate with experience
April 27, 2026 – May 11, 2026
The Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General is seeking an experienced attorney to join the Office’s Medicaid Fraud Control and Patient Abuse Unit (“MFCU”) as a Special Assistant Attorney General (“SAAG”). The MFCU SAAG will handle complex criminal and civil investigations and enforcement actions involving allegations of Medicaid fraud, patient abuse and neglect, financial exploitation, drug diversion. This position provides a unique opportunity to practice both criminally and civilly.
About the Office of the Attorney General: The Attorney General is the state’s top lawyer and law enforcement official, protecting and serving the people and interests of Rhode Island through a broad range of duties. Every day, the Office’s attorneys fight to ensure the public safety of the state’s communities, improve the economic security of its citizens, safeguard the state’s spectacular natural resources, and restore the public’s trust in government. Assistant and Special Assistant Attorneys General represent the people of Rhode Island in civil and criminal matters before trial courts, appellate courts, and the supreme courts of Rhode Island and the United States. The Office is unique among attorneys general offices across the country. Out of fifty states, only two other offices share the same broad criminal mission. The Office’s attorneys prosecute complex and violent crimes but also functionally serve as one of the nation’s largest district attorney’s offices, prosecuting all felonies throughout the state.
About the Medicaid Fraud Control and Patient Abuse Unit: The Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit (MFCU) is a specialized unit charged with ensuring the financial integrity of Rhode Island’s Medicaid program. The MFCU brings criminal and civil actions against healthcare providers who defraud the Rhode Island Medicaid program. The MFCU also works to protect elderly and disabled Rhode Islanders by investigating and prosecuting criminal and civil cases of abuse, neglect, and mistreatment, and financial exploitation of patients in long-term care facilities and Medicaid members in healthcare settings in the state.
A MFCU SAAG reports to the Director of the MFCU. The MFCU employs attorneys, investigators, and an auditor, and case coordinator who work together to conduct investigations and prosecutions. Possessing both civil and criminal enforcement powers, MFCU uses various state laws, including the state False Claims Act, to bring civil actions and criminal proceedings. The MFCU partners with other federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to combat and deter fraud, recover taxpayer dollars, and protect the most vulnerable in our society from exploitation and abuse by their caregivers.
The MFCU is annually certified by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The MFCU receives 75 percent of its funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under a grant award totaling $1,326,428 for Federal fiscal year (FY) 2025. The remaining 25 percent, totaling $442,142 for FY 2025, is funded by the State of Rhode Island.
Responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities: MFCU SAAGs are required to prosecute criminal cases and litigate civil cases in Rhode Island State and Federal courts. A MFCU SAAG manages a caseload involving complex criminal and civil investigations and enforcement actions involving allegations of Medicaid fraud, patient abuse and neglect, financial exploitation, drug diversion. Additionally, SAAGs frequently work with federal and state agency partners on joint investigations and on national teams with other states to handle multi-state litigation, including qui tam cases.
SAAGs must be able to prepare cases in state and federal courts and conduct trials; present cases to the Grand Jury; interview witnesses, prepare pleadings and conduct research for trials; respond to pre-trial motions and discovery requests; attend various courts for arraignments, hearings, pre-trial and post-trial motions; draft administrative and civil investigative demands as well as complaints for civil and criminal cases; take and defend depositions; negotiate settlements, pleas, and dispositions; and prepare periodic activity reports.
Qualifications
Eligibility: The successful applicant must have a law degree from an accredited law school and be an active member in good standing of the bar of any jurisdiction. If not a member of the Rhode Island Bar, the candidate must be eligible for admission to the Rhode Island Bar and prepared to sit for the bar exam.
Qualifications: The successful candidate will have at least six to eight years of litigation experience, be self-motivated, and possess the ability to exercise good judgment and discretion while working within a collaborative team structure. Background and experience in complex civil litigation, healthcare fraud enforcement, and qui tam/False Claims Act matters is preferred. Candidates should have superior legal research and writing skills, excellent communication and advocacy skills, and the capacity to function at a high level in a demanding environment. Ability to maintain working relationships with other state and federal government employees and communicate with members of the public is a must.
Application Process
Applicants should submit a (1) cover letter summarizing why you are interested and describing the skills and abilities you possess that will enable you to succeed in this position, (2) resume, (3) list of three references, and (4) a writing sample to:
Aida Gomez
Director of Administration
Office of the Attorney General
150 South Main Street Providence, RI 02903
Equal Opportunity Employer: The Attorney General’s Office is stronger, more credible, and more capable when its employees bring diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to their work. The Office encourages all qualified applicants from all ethnic and racial backgrounds, veterans, LGBTQ individuals, and persons with disabilities to apply.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, or covered veteran status.
Other Information: Finalists will be subject to a full background investigation including reference checks. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of the background investigation, receipt of letters of good standing from each Bar in which the applicant is a member, and membership in good standing with, or admission into, the Rhode Island Bar. In certain limited circumstances, applicants may be hired pending temporary or full admission.
