Bradley M. Smyer

Government Enforcement & Health Care Compliance

• Represented government contractors in federal appeals involving multibillion-dollar False Claims Act allegations.
• Represented health systems and physician groups in various self-disclosures to state and federal agencies. 
• Represented a national neonatal physicians’ practice in the resolution of state and federal whistleblower actions.
• Represented a hospital pharmacy in a narcotics diversion investigation by the DEA and state pharmacy board.
• Represented a dental practice in overcoming Medicaid recoupment based on a challenge to the state’s statistical extrapolation.
• Defended a cardiac physician practice in a federal criminal subpoena and FBI investigation.
• Represented a nationally renowned children’s hospital in the resolution of a commercial overbilling investigation by state insurance agencies.
• Represented freestanding emergency rooms in federal and state license revocation actions.
• Represented a nationally renowned academic medical center in Medicare inpatient payment appeals.
• Represented a large dialysis system in a CMS quality investigation.
• Represented academic researchers in the resolution of a federal research misconduct investigation.

Brad Smyer helps clients navigate complex litigation, internal investigations, and government proceedings. Brad also regularly draws on his industry experience, including his Certification in Healthcare Compliance (CHC) and prior experience working for a prominent health system, to help health care clients avoid and resolve whistleblower suits, address regulatory compliance issues, conduct internal investigations, and defend against government investigations, actions, and audits. Brad has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© as “One to Watch” in the area of Health Care Law for 2021.

Before joining Alston & Bird, Brad clerked for the Honorable Lloyd D. George, chief judge emeritus of the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada, and worked for another global law firm. While in law school, Brad was an S.K. Yee Scholar and was awarded Legal Practice Program Honors. 

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• University of Michigan (J.D., 2009)
• Brigham Young University (B.A., 2006)