Federation of State Physician Health Programs

FSPHP Homepage About the FSPHP State Programs Meetings Publications Contact Us	Idaho Demographics and staff - member Program Name: Idaho Physician Recovery Network Southworth Associates Address: 5530 Emerald, Boise, ID 83706 Telephone:  (208) 323-9555 Fax:  (208) 323-9222 E-mail:   john@southworthassociates.net Web site: www.southworthassociates.net Staff: Lori Barnes, Compliance Monitor Barry Eshen, Medical Consultant Mark Broadhead, MD, Medical Consultant John Southworth, CADC, Program Coordinator Ron Hodge, Liaison to Idaho Medical Association Program structure The program is operated by: State medical society State licensing agency Do you have a formal contractual relationship with the state medical board? Yes Contract with Board for partial funding - Board and IMA have joint oversight authority Program services Types of disease, illness, or conditions monitored: Chemical dependency Mental health Behavioral health problems Services provided to which populations: Physicians - MD Physicians - DO Physician assistants Funding Please indicate the primary sources of funding for your program: State medical society (15 percent) State licensing agency (60 percent) Malpractice insurance companies (9 percent) Hospital and private contributions (9 percent) Participant fees (7 percent) Monitoring requirements Chemical dependency Length of contract: 5 years Random urine drug screen frequency: Year 1: 3 times per month Year 2: 3 times per month Year 3: 2 times per month Year 4: 2 times per month Support (self help) group requirements: AA NA Caduceus Professionally facilitated Support (self help) group frequency: Year 1: 4-6 times per week Year 2: 4-6 times per week Year 3: 9 times per month Year 4: 9 times per month Year 5: 9 times per month Therapy or treatment requirement: physician recovery network Work or practice monitor requirement: physician assigned to monitor; monitor network set up in office and hospital Other provisions: Mental health Length of contract: no standard length Support (self help) group requirements: Professionally facilitated Other: we typically require individual counciling Support (self help) group frequency: Year 1: 2-3 times per week Year 2: 2-3 times per week Year 3: 2-3 times per week Year 4: 1-2 times per month Year 5: 1-2 times per month Therapy or treatment requirement: Work or practice monitor requirement: same as chemical impairment Other provisions: Please describe any other monitoring services provided: