# Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates

> Jeffrey J. Kimbell & Associates is a privately held Washington government-relations and health-policy firm that helps life-sciences companies turn technical product, reimbursement, and regulatory problems into legislation, agency strategy, coding applications, public-affairs campaigns, and direct advocacy. Founded in 1998, the firm says it now has 25 full-time professionals and more than 85 clients, with additional offices in Park City and Nashville.

- **Founded:** 1998
- **Headquarters:** Washington, United States
- **Founders:** Jeffrey J. Kimbell (Founder, President & CEO)
- **Products:** Government affairs, Health and reimbursement policy, PAC services, Communications and public affairs, Health technology and artificial-intelligence policy
- **Notable:** Grew from its 1998 founding to 25 full-time professionals, including 11 lobbyists and 7 healthcare-policy experts, according to the company website., Represents more than 85 clients, primarily in life sciences, according to the company website., Helped launch more than 25 corporate PACs over 17 years, according to the firm's PAC-services page.

## Products & services

- **Government affairs** — Federal lobbying, legislative and regulatory monitoring, policy analysis, drafting of letters, testimony and agency comments, congressional facility tours, trade-association coordination, coalition work, and agency-panel strategy.
- **Health and reimbursement policy** — Strategy for Medicare, Medicaid, 340B and TRICARE; federal coverage, coding and payment analysis; support for HCPCS and ICD-10-CM applications, national coverage processes, and transitional pass-through payment applications.
- **PAC services** — Corporate PAC launch, membership expansion, fundraising strategy, and healthcare-focused political engagement; the firm says it has helped launch more than 25 PACs over 17 years.
- **Communications and public affairs** — Policy narratives, advocacy campaigns, executive positioning, media strategy, risk and crisis communications, coalition development, and stakeholder engagement.
- **Health technology and artificial-intelligence policy** — Guidance and advocacy on healthcare AI, AI in drug development and clinical trials, software as a medical device, clinical-decision support, interoperability, privacy, and cybersecurity.

## Achievements

- Grew from its 1998 founding to 25 full-time professionals, including 11 lobbyists and 7 healthcare-policy experts, according to the company website.
- Represents more than 85 clients, primarily in life sciences, according to the company website.
- Helped launch more than 25 corporate PACs over 17 years, according to the firm's PAC-services page.
- Was listed at approximately $4.2 million in 2024 federal lobbying revenue in Bloomberg Government's 2025 industry report.
- Public lobbying-data aggregator LegiList records more than 2,500 filings and 174 historical clients from 2007 through 2026.
- Founder Jeff Kimbell served on President George W. Bush's HHS transition advisory committee in 2001, according to his company biography.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — The company highlighted CEO Jeff Kimbell's comments to Inside Health Policy about congressional expectations for MDUFA reauthorization and its potential relevance to AI policy.
- **2026-07** — The company announced John Herzog's promotion to Group President, Government Affairs, and said its government-affairs group had grown to 11 professionals serving more than 85 clients.
- **2025-08** — Brett Meeks, the firm's vice president for health technology and AI, joined an Avalon Healthcare Solutions webinar on AI, biomarker legislation, and healthcare policy.
- **2025-05** — A federal meeting record lists Kimbell & Associates participating for LivaNova in an OMB review meeting concerning proposed 2026 hospital outpatient and ambulatory-surgical-center payment rules.

## Links

- Website: https://www.kimbell-associates.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kimbell-%26-associates

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