4th Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. (2018)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Income

$54,000

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 unique device identifiers; monitored issues related to drug pricing; issues related to the reimbursement of skin substitutes; issues related to disposable negative pressure wound therapy.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

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

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Issues related to implementation of the Tax Cut and Jobs Act; HR 88 and issues related to the medical device tax.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	—
EMILY PORTER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 88 (115th)

Health Issues HCR

Issues related to unique device identifiers; monitored issues related to the regulation of medical devices.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

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

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitored H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act and Continuing Appropriations Act. Monitored H.R. 695, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
STACEY HUGHES	—
EMILY PORTER	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 6157 (115th), H.R. 695 (115th)

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.