kmatheny

I have fought a paper war with IPN since 2-2005. They finally caused my demise by filing incorrect information & never acknowledging the evaluation doctor's report. The one year contract I signed with them listed bogus lab sites & nurse support group not even in existance. When confronted with the closed labs & non existant group I was simply told to find my own. I live in Alabama & no one has ever heard of IPN. There is no nurse support group within 2oo miles. They ignored anything I said or asked of them. They offered no help. They constantly told me if i did not attend the nurse support group that they listed or find my own with IPN stipulations I would be considered non compliant & turned over to DOH. The doctor eval even stated that if a group was not within reasonable distance of my home we would have to depend on random drug screens & employer reports. (the only nurse support group was in pensacola, fl., a two hour drive from my home) Many more problems existed with the IPN process that I want even go into. It all ended with my license being suspended & a federal exclusion to work any position pertaining to medical. DOH investigation & other staff that requested my information so that they could submit it to my hearings were never submitted. The final order read that I did not deny, comply, reply or have prescriptions, and that the employer ua screen was positive, etc. All was incorrect as stated by the IPN doctor evaluation report. He stated the employer UA was negative, no criteria for a diagnosis, no impairment & return to work immediately. IPN socked it to me. What did you finally do? If there is any help out there anywhere at $$$$. I just want them to follow the eval report, understand that no nurse support group exist within a reasonable distance, allow me to return to work & to complete the one year contract that I agreed to & for them to follow their own objectives & rules. Their system failed me & my case was sent to hell with charges that were incorrect. It has been almost three years & I remain without a solution other than returning to their program. I really do not know what to do, but I panic at signing another contract with Fl. IPN . Any advise from your experience?

ipn in florida has been the biggest nightmare of my life. they will not listen or correct any incorrect information. the contract i signed after my fl. eval., with their approved doctor was not even acknowledged. they assigned bosus groups & lab sites making my success with the ipn program impossible. they were informed numerous times that the nurse support group assigned to me did not exist & that i could not attend or prefab a group for my attendance. the eval doctor was aware that there was only one such group in the panhandle area located in pensacola, fl. this was a two hour drive from my home. he even stated that if no local group was available we would have to depend on random drug screens & the employer reports. 11-2005 i exhausted my efforts with ipn an trying to communicate with them. i resigned my employment & waited to be turned over to doh. i was in hopes to get all this straightened out. the demise of my life awaited. with investigations, hearings and all paperwork submitted to each and everyone requesting it, not one of them submitted any of it to my hearing. my license were suspended & a exclusions was enforced. my original contract as per the eval doctor was one year. he found not criteria of drug use or abuse. the ua screen that started this was incorrect & my prescriptions were never verified by a physician. return to work immediately is what the eval stated. no diagnosis due to no confirming reports or history of the charges, however ipn has more authority then our own judicial system & i continue to be punished for a crime i did not commit. i remain unemployed after three years & a paper war that has resulted in only more charges & incorrect publication of the incorrect charges. good luck, but do not expect it. if anyone out there knows of a law firm in florida that will try to nego., with ipn let me know. i need to work. i like living indoors & eating real food.