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Demographics and staff - member
Program Name: Health Practitioners Intervention Program
Address: 700 East Franklin Street, Suite 300 Tower,
Richmond, VA  23219
Telephone: (804) 828-1551
Fax: (804) 828-5386
E-mail: papade@vcu.edu

Staff:

  • Patricia Pade, MD, Medical Director
  • Yaacov Pushkin, MD, Psychiatrist
  • Janet Knisely, PhD, Program Evaluator/Administrator

Program structure

  1. The program is operated by:
    • Independent corporation
  2. Do you have a formal contractual relationship with the state medical board? Yes
    • Indirectly through the Deparment of Health Professions

Program services

  1. Types of disease, illness, or conditions monitored:
    • Chemical dependency
    • Mental health
    • Behavioral health problems
    • Physical illness
  2. Services provided to which populations:
    • Physicians - MD
    • Physicians - DO
    • Dentists
    • Residents/Interns
    • Podiatrists
    • Nurses (RN, PLN, CNA, CRNA, NP)
    • Physician assistants
    • Pharmacists (and techs)
    • Psychologists
    • Veterinarians (and techs)
    • Other: Social Workers, Counselors, Funder Directors, Embalmers, Massage Therapists, Optometrists, Radiological Techs, Chiropractors, Dental Hygienists, Audiologists, Speech Pathologists, Nursing home Administrators, Occupational Therapists, Respiratory Care Practitioners, Physical Therapists

Funding

Please indicate the primary sources of funding for your program:

  • State licensing agency

Monitoring requirements

Chemical dependency

  1. Length of contract: 5 years (Median), may be extended if relapse
  2. Random urine drug screen frequency:
    • Year 1: 4 times per month
    • Year 2: 3-4 times per month
    • Year 3: 2-3 times per month
    • Year 4: 1-2 times per month
    • Year 5: 1-2 times per month
    Note: This may vary
  3. Support (self help) group requirements:
    • AA
    • NA
    • Caduceus
    • Professionally facilitated
    • Other: IDAA
  4. Support (self help) group frequency:
    • Year 1: 4 times per week
    • Year 2: 3 times per week
    • Year 3: 3 times per week
    • Year 4: 2-3 times per week
    • Year 5: 2-3 times per week
  5. Therapy or treatment requirement: based on evaluation
  6. Work or practice monitor requirement: Worksite monitor, practice monitor, peer monitor, employer monitor
  7. Other provisions:

Mental health

  1. Length of contract: varies
  2. Support (self help) group requirements: based on evaluation
  3. Support (self help) group frequency: based on evaluation
  4. Therapy or treatment requirement: based on evaluation
  5. Work or practice monitor requirement: worksite monitor, practice monitor, peer monitor, employer monitor
  6. Other provisions: based on evaluation
  7. Please describe any other monitoring services provided: