2nd Quarter - Report — THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC. (2025)

Firm

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Client

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

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. 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. Monitored H.R.1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it relates to Medicaid. Issues related to Most Favored Nation drug pricing.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER	—
GREG D'ANGELO	—

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

Bills named: H.R. 1 (119th), H.R. 1931 (119th), S. 249 (119th)

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code TAX

H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as it relates to corporate and international taxes.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MOLLY FROMM New	(continued) U.S. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Deputy General Counsel, Parliamentarian, Professional Staff Member; U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, Leg. Asst., Leg. Corr., Staff Asst., Intern
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	—

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

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

Health Issues HCR

Monitored issues related to price transparency.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
BRETT BAKER	—
GREG D'ANGELO	—

Contacted: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Food & Drug Administration (FDA)

Trade (domestic/foreign) TRD

Monitored issues related to tariffs.

Lobbyist	Covered position, as disclosed
MOLLY FROMM New	(continued) U.S. House Cmte on Oversight and Government Reform, Deputy General Counsel, Parliamentarian, Professional Staff Member; U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, Leg. Asst., Leg. Corr., Staff Asst., Intern
RACHEL JONES HENSLER	—

Contacted: Treasury, Dept of; 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.