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THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC

Lobbying for VITAS HEALTHCARE · Hospice care.

Filing 1st Quarter - Report

Reporting period

1st Quarter 2025

Jan 1 - Mar 31 · Posted Apr 21, 2025

Income

$50,000.00

What the client paid this registrant for the period.

Client based in

Florida

Official filing document

Government bodies contacted 2

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SENATE

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when.

Bills named in this filing 1

HR 1968
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025

Lobbying activity 3

Medicare/Medicaid

Issues concerning access to and reimbursement for the Medicare Hospice benefit. Medicare Advantage and the hospice benefit. The Hospice Special Focus Program. Issues regarding program integrity. Issues regarding telehealth and hospice care. Issues related to regulatory relief. H.R. 1968 (P.L. 119-4), Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025, as it relates to hospice face to face telehealth recertification.

Health Issues

Issues related to health care workforce shortages. Monitored issues regarding palliative care and hospice education and training.

Veterans

Monitored access to hospice services for Veterans.

Source: federal Lobbying Disclosure Act filing, reproduced as filed. Bills are parsed from the activity descriptions.