4th 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.

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Monitored issues related to tariffs.

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

Contacted: Office of Management & Budget (OMB); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

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. S. 249/H.R. 1931, Access to Pediatric Technologies Act of 2025. Monitored the implementation of P.L. 117-169, the Inflation Reduction Act, as it relates to drug pricing. Monitored issues related to pass-through payments for medical devices. Issues related to Most Favored Nation drug pricing.

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

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

Bills named: S. 249 (119th), H.R. 1931 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

Monitor 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. H.R. 591, Defending American Jobs and Investment Act, and H.R. 2423, Unfair Tax Prevention Act, as they relate to multinational corporations.

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

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

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th), H.R. 591 (119th), H.R. 2423 (119th)

Health Issues HCR

Monitored issues related to price transparency.

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

Contacted: SENATE; 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.