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Public Records request never answered. Why does this not surprise me?

jmacmidwife

I press on, despite the Louisiana Board of Medical Examiners best interest. I am not sure how many times this year I have stated that I cannot make this stuff up, but I really cannot make this stuff up. It is not only frustrating, but pathetic how corrupt and incompetent this group of people who are supposedly protecting the citizens of Louisiana are. Sigh. Keep writing emails. Keep complaining. The irony is I don’t think they even read their own emails nor keep track of what they said. They constantly change the rules to fulfilling these sanctions. Wonder why its taken me so long? haha. I write this email to my compliance officer, and Drs. Culotta and Cresswell. I include the doctors, because no matter how many times I tell my compliance officer, she doesn’t believe me that her calculations for the payment plan are incorrect. Ummmmmmm, I am not sure how many ways I can say do the math again. I know I am a midwife for a reason–calculus was not my best class–but I can add. Hopefully, someone else will catch her mistake and correct it…..

Dear LSBME, I was not aware that my emails have been shared so freely and unknowingly throughout the LSBME. So, I am unsure who to address this to as I have no idea who will be responding. 
As usual, I appreciate the prompt email. I have not yet digested it all, and will be communicating my questions surrounding it soon. However, you did not answer all my questions in my emails, specifically:
1. Ms. Spooner miscalculated my payment plan. I have asked her several times to revisit the numbers. She has not done this. 
2. I’ve asked for a new compliance officer be assigned to me as Ms. Spooner does not seem to be able to fulfill her job requirements competently.
3. I requested a breakdown of the costs associated with my hearing i.e. attorney fees, copies, expert witness, judge, transcriptionist/court reporter, etc. 
4. When the LSBME has spent tens of thousands of dollars on computer software and equipment, why is my test I need to take to fulfill one of my sanctions not online yet? Why can it not be emailed to me? What is taking so long? The LSBME is obstructing justice by withholding the test I need to take to fulfill sanctions. 
5. What tests do I need to have administered by a doctor in order to fulfill my psyche evaluation? I have been asking for my diagnosis for over a year and the LSBME has failed to answer my simple question. I cannot simply call a doctor and ask for a psyche evaluation. Surely the medical board understands this. I need to know what tests need to be administered in order to even consult with doctors to see if they are able to conduct a psyche evaluation. Thank you, JM

Dr.Culotta, the Executive Director, acknowledges this public records request and responds that he will have another email following in the first of the new year…. but that never happens. See February 27, 2019 when I sent Dr. Culotta a follow-up email regarding his lack of response.

Dear Ms. M, This will acknowledge your public records request and this is the first I have heard your complaints. I will begin to address them today and the formal response to the public records request will be after the first of the year. Regards, Dr. Culotta

In Dr. Culotta’s defense, he did get the ball rolling on my quiz, which only took over a year.

Hi Mrs. J, Dr. Culotta asked me to get in touch with you to assist with account setup and access to our training courses.
I attempted to contact you via your cell phone in LSBME records, but that number seems to belong to someone else.
Please feel free to call me at my direct line (504) 568-1078 at your earliest convenience.
All of our training materials are at this site: (LSBME)
Once there, you can click on the button on the bottom right of the welcome screen to create an account.
Once completed, you will receive an email with a confirmation link – please click on that link to confirm your email address.
Once confirmed, please contact me and I will manually enroll you in the quiz – this should take very little time, and you should then be able to begin immediately.

Sanction 2 fulfilled. Quiz being prepared. Quest for payment plan begins.

jmacmidwife

My compliance officer finally replied to my 5th or 6th email. The blatant obstruction of justice occurring at the hands of the LSBME is disgusting. These people are preventing me from earning any kind of living because they are taking their sweet time deciding how I can complete these sanctions, which BTW they adjudicated three and a half years ago. So, they have not prepared anything since the adjudication? Did they just not expect me to ever try and get off suspension? How is this legal? Oh, right. It isn’t. They do not have oversight and have been running amok destroying healthcare providers lives left and right.

But….. I am finally making progress, so let’s relish in that for a minute…….Ok, moving on. I am not sure if the new director is helping push my issues through the cartel which is the medical board or if the legislature is putting political pressure on them or if my compliance officer has run out of excuses. Either way, I am happy that after a year of communicating with Ms. Spooner that I will finally be receiving some straight answers. Sanction 2 is fulfilled–I needed 3 courses but took about 200. Apparently now I can prepare for the quiz for Sanction 3 even though last year Ms. Spooner told me I would have to complete Sanction 1 first. Speaking of Sanction 1, Dr. Cresswell changed Ms. Spooner’s original directive requiring me to attend a drug and alcohol treatment center for no reason. He said I could find a physician in Florida at which to have my mental/physical evaluation. And finally, I can pay my fees and fine in installments instead of one lump sum of over $17,000. Yay. Oh, wait. Ms. Spooner says I need to have the payment plan approved- even though the Director just told me to ask her to set it up? Huh. Are they not communicating? No, they are because I am ccing both of them in my emails. It is interesting that they are not on the same page. No, it isn’t interesting, its typical corruption, ineptitude, and incompetency. No one at the LSBME knows what they are doing. God save us all.

11/02/2018 Jm, The course information you have submitted will be sufficient to satisfy sanction 2 of your Order. I have contacted the Education department to prepare the Midwifery Quiz.  I will contact you when it is ready.  In the meantime, please review the rules for Licensed Midwives on our website to prepare for the quiz.  This link will take you to the rules: 

http://www.lsbme.la.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Rules/Individual%20Rules/Midwife%20Dec%202016.pdf

Thanks,ES

11/03/2018 Ms spooner,
Thank you for finally replying to my original email which was over three weeks ago. I have been patiently waiting for a decision. 
That is wonderful news to finally know that sanction 2 is fulfilled by my over 300 hrs of continuing education. 
Likewise I’m equally excited to hear that the LSBME finally decided how I can fulfill sanction 3. I’m looking forward to hearing when the quiz will be ready and taking it. 
Dr. Cresswell mentioned you’d be able to help me with a payment plan for the extortion required to fulfill sanction 1. I’m ready to set up a payment plan whenever you are. 
Finally, Dr. Cresswell had mentioned that I am not required to attend a drug and alcohol treatment center however all of the places on the list that you and dr mouton supplied in order for me to satisfy the mental/ health evaluation are indeed drug and alcohol treatment facilities. Can you give me the name of a doctor in central Florida where I can get this sanction accomplished? This is where I live and it’s burdensome for me to have to travel as I do not have an income right now because I cannot find a job with this suspension on my record. If not please tell me who can pre approve this sanction.
Thank you JM

11/7/2018 JM, The Board would have to approve a payment plan for you since it is a requirement that must be fulfilled prior to reinstatement.  If you have a physician or facility you would like to use in Florida, please submit the name and contact information so we can contact them to obtain the necessary information to determine if they can be approved.Thanks,ES