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1st Quarter - Report · 2026

Filing UUID
25a4b66c-c3f7-452c-ae75-1eb6e0af8726
Type
Q1 — 1st Quarter - Report
Period
first_quarter
Year
2026
Posted
2026-04-15 20:12:03
Income (reported)
$60,000
Expenses (reported)
—
Filing document
Open on lda.senate.gov

Registrant (lobbying firm)

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Consulting firm.

Contact
KATHLEEN MCGHEE
Phone
+1 202-742-6990
Address
zip:20005, city:Washington, state:DC, street:601 13th St. NW Suite 250 N

Client

SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Multinational medical equipment manufacturing company.

State
DC
Country
US
Government-entity client
false
Effective date
2014-11-17

Issues lobbied + lobbyists

MMM — Medicare/Medicaid

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. Monitored issues related to payments for medical devices. Issues related to Most Favored Nation drug pricing.

Lobbyists: GREG D'ANGELO; BRETT BAKER

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

TAX — Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

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.

Lobbyists: RACHEL JONES HENSLER; MOLLY FROMM

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Treasury, Dept of

HCR — Health Issues

Monitored issues related to price transparency.

Lobbyists: GREG D'ANGELO; BRETT BAKER

Government entities lobbied: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE

TRD — Trade (domestic/foreign)

Monitored issues related to tariffs.

Lobbyists: RACHEL JONES HENSLER; MOLLY FROMM; GREG D'ANGELO

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

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