SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Lobbying for SMITH & NEPHEW, INC.

Filing · LD-2 quarterly report Q3 report

Reporting period

3rd Quarter 2026

July 1 - Sep 30 · Posted Oct 20, 2026

Expenses

$480,000

What this organization spent lobbying with its own staff. Reported using the LDA's own definitions (method A): the three LDA methods count different costs, so an expenses figure is not comparable across filers that used different ones.

Client based in

District of Columbia

Official filing document

Lobbyists on this filing 3

PAUL SELTMAN

Previously held: Special Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Legislation,HHS; Counsel, Senate Budget Committee; Counsel, House Budget Committee; Deputy Chief of Staff, Congressman Major R. Owens; Associate Counsel, House Education and Labor Committee.
JOHN E. MARTIN JR

Previously held: Legislative Director, Rep. Phil Roe; Legislative Assistant, Rep. Jeb Hensarling; Legislative Correspondent, Senator Rick Santorum; Staff Assistant, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.
JOSHUA JACKSON New on this filing

Previously held: Chief of Staff, Rep. Adrian Smith

A "covered position" is a government job the lobbyist held in the 20 years before registering, which the law requires them to name. See the revolving door for former members of Congress across all filings.

Government bodies contacted 3

The chambers, agencies and offices the filer named. It does not say who inside them was contacted, or when. Each name opens every filing that named the same body.

Lobbying activity 4

Medicare/Medicaid

Medicare physician fee schedule and Medicare hospital outpatient rule, issues related to skin substitutes. Medicare physician reimbursement for orthopedic procedures. H.R. 5768 / S. 2561, Skin Substitute Access and Payment Act of 2025. Issues related to Medicare coverage for skin substitutes. Issues related to Medicare complexity adjustment in HOPD and ASC settings.

Trade (domestic/foreign)

Issues related to Section 301 investigation on forced labor. Issues related to Section 301 investigation on excess capacity. Issues related to Section 232 investigation on medical devices. Issues related to the USMCA trade agreement. Issues related to US/UK Pharmaceutical Agreement.

Defense

Educate key government stakeholders on Smith+Nephew products applicable to the military and seek support for appropriations requests.

Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Issues related to Base Erosion and Anti-Abuse Tax. Issues related to International Tax Rules.

Bills named in this filing 2

H.R. 5768
Skin Substitute Access and Payment Reform Act
S. 2561
Skin Substitute Access and Payment Reform Act of 2025

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