Attorney Deputy General Counsel 1
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Attorney Deputy General Counsel 1
Salary
$6,153.00 - $12,074.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
OS/DRT/210621
Department
LDH-Office of Secretary
Opening Date
07/15/2025
Closing Date
7/22/2025 11:59 PM Central
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About this Job
The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.
Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)
The Attorney Deputy General Counsel 1 serves the State and the Louisiana Department of Health (LOH) in a highly responsible legal, consultative, administrative and supervisory capacity as a Deputy General Counsel 1 in the Bureau of Legal Services. This position serves as supervisory chief legal counsel to the Bureau of Health Services Financing within the Office of the Secretary on matters relating to the Medicaid Sections: Program Integrity, Surveillance and Utilization Review; Medicaid Recipient Fraud; Medicaid Program Operations; Medicaid Managed Care; Medicaid Waivers; Medicaid Eligibility; Medicaid Rates and Audits; Medicaid HIPM Compliance; Medicaid Pharmacy Program; Medicaid Recovery and Reclamations; Medicaid Compliance (fee-for-service, Medicaid waivers, and Medicaid managed care); Medicaid Expansion; Medicaid Reimbursement/Financing; and Medicaid Long-Term Care (including matters relating to the LOH Office of Adult and Aging Services).
Minimum Qualifications
Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law plus five years of experience as a practicing attorney.
Job Specification
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=171480) .
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
Key Job Duties:
Provides highly technical legal advice, assistance, and consultation to the Secretary, Undersecretary, Deputy Secretary, Medicaid Director, Assistant Secretaries, Executive Counsel, General Counsel and other Deputy General Counsel(s). This position receives direction from the Executive Counsel, General Counsel, and Deputy General Counsel 2.
Represents the Department in complex Medicaid litigation in federal, state, and administrative courts.
Direct supervision over at least two attorney supervisor positions and their respective staff attorney positions (functional supervision over minimum of additional eight attorney positions, 10 total attorney positions), as well as one program manager position.
Handles special litigation projects involving state or federal Medicaid issues and litigation projects of Department-wide impact or significance.
Position-Specific Details:
Location:Office of the Secretary / Legal / East Baton Rouge Parish
Appointment Type: Probationary, Promotional appointment, Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months)
Announcement Number: OS/DRT/210621
Cost Center: 3071070203
Position Number(s): 50378493
LDH supports Louisiana's commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.
How To Apply:
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
To apply for this vacancy, click on the "Apply" link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.
*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
Deanda Thymes
Deanda.Thymes@la.gov
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821
225-342-6477
This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.
As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:
Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/
Parental Leave- Up to six weeks paid parental leave
More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx
Holidays and Leave - State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,
Mardi Gras,
Good Friday,
Memorial Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Veteran's Day,
Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
*** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor
State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.
Retirement - State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the @type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\Retirement\System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system
Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),
Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others
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State of Louisiana
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Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802
Phone
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Website
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