2nd Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Firm
Client
Income
$60,000
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

4 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues related to disposable negative pressure wound therapy. Issues related to payment for skin substitutes wound treatments. Issues related to coding and payment rates for tympanostomy and other procedures involving pediatric medical devices. Monitored the implementation of P.L. 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to drug pricing. Issues related to payments for medical devices, including complexity adjustment criteria. Issues related to Most Favored Nation drug pricing.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER —
GREG D'ANGELO —

Contacted: Executive Office of the President (EOP); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitored implementation of H.R. 1 (P.L. 119-21), One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it relates to corporate and international taxes. Monitor OECD negotiations related to Pillar II global minimum tax.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
MOLLY FROMM —
RACHEL JONES HENSLER —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

Monitored issues related to price transparency.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER —
GREG D'ANGELO —

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Monitored issues related to tariffs. Issues related to the Section 301 forced labor investigation.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
GREG D'ANGELO —
MOLLY FROMM —
RACHEL JONES HENSLER —

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; Office of Management & Budget (OMB); SENATE; U.S. Trade Representative (USTR); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.