Dennis G. Smith

Dennis G. Smith is an American government administrator and health policy advisor. He served as director of the Centers for Medicaid and State Operations in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from 2001 to 2008, in the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush. He later served as secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Health Services under Governor Scott Walker. His tenure in Wisconsin ended in controversy after he was accused of hiring a friend as the Department's top lawyer and then pursuing a sexual relationship with her, leading to attempted murder charges against her husband. Smith also worked as a visiting fellow to The Heritage Foundation; he has been an outspoken opponent of Medicaid, and advocated for states to drop out of the federal program.