CINDY FITHIAN & ASSOCIATES LLC for RETRACTABLE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
What was lobbied
3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.
Health Issues HCR
Need for transparency and competition in the healthcare procurement sector - specifically hospital and nursing home purchasing. Group Purchasing Organizations need regulation - get between doctor and patient regarding which medical devices can or connot be used, currently determined by what'sunder GPO contract. Safe Harbor (SSA, 1986) repeal.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CINDY FITHIAN | — |
Small Business SMB
Small medical device business shut out of healthcare procuremnt sector due to dominant corporations and Group OPurchasing Organizations. Mandating transparency and competition would allow small businesses to compete. Prices would go down, quality and innovation would increase. Safe Harbor (SSA, 1986) allows antirust exemption in secotr, and needs to be repealed.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CINDY FITHIAN | — |
Consumer Issues/Safety/Products CSP
Retractable Technologies, Inc.'s VanishPoint safety syringe, invented with NIH funding, protects nurses and other healthcare workers - yet cannot be marketed to hospitals and nursing homes because of Group Purchasing Organizations' lock on health facilities with bundled and tied products and services, shutting out small and medium mdecial device manufacturers. Market locked up by dominant corporations. Patients are proctected from reuse of syringes, which can cause infection, toxic sharps are kept out of waster stream.
| Lobbyist | Covered position, as disclosed |
|---|---|
| CINDY FITHIAN | — |
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