Dr. Peter Stimpson finished medical school in 1973 and has been in practice for over 49 years. He practiced medicine during the time before there were electronic records, office visits were recorded on paper with very little information, and the decision of the doctor was paramount. Most evaluations in the exam room are in the doctor’s head. It is only for insurance purposes that SOAP notes were invented and doctors had to record everything they did. So the Medical Board is simply using his age and medical training against him in this attack.
During his probation from 2016, Dr. Stimpson was supervised by a monitor assigned by the state. He was ordered to comply with any recommendations the monitor suggested and decrease his prescribing of opioids by 30%. So the Board of Medicine, without evaluating the patient, now has the authority to decide what amount of pain medication a patient is entitled to?
According to the Board, Dr. Stimpson did not decrease his opioid prescription rate. Their decision in revoking his license was to state that he “failed to be in compliance all of with the terms and conditions set by the Board by failing to follow the practice monitor’s recommendations. This is in direct violation of the consent order.” Dr. Stimpson was therefore engaging in “unprofessional, dishonorable, or unethical conduct”. In my opinion, the Board of Medicine, by involving themselves in the treatment decisions of patients they have never evaluated, is engaging in unprofessional, dishonorable, and unethical conduct, and should be held accountable.
Class Action Needed Against Boards of Medicine
Boards of Medicine are no longer legitimate peer review organizations with the goal of improving medicine. Instead, they are simply arms of government overreach to eliminate the independent and minority physicians in the country, for the purpose of culling out competitors and to advance government healthcare control. The whole point now, in attacking pain management practitioners by the state boards of medicine is to make money and leave a paper trail for the DOJ. As documented in Dr. Stimpson’s board decision, the board ordered him to pay $1,000 in fines and pay for the cost of prosecuting the case which could be as much as $50,000.
The purpose and direction of current boards of medicine needs to be investigated and their connection to the government ended. The members of the Boards should be held accountable for the 2 decade long failure to support appropriate pain management by compassionate physicians.
All doctors treating pain and reprimanded by their state Board of Medicine need to join a class action lawsuit in every state to have their licenses reinstated, their records cleansed, and get compensated for what the Boards of Medicine have done to support the illegal attacks on independent, minority physicians by the government. That compensation needs to be victim compensation by every member of the board since 2000.
I am heading the class action against the State of Virginia Board of Medicine. We need someone from every state to lead the charge in their state to get this done and get the Boards of Medicine back on track for their purpose.
If you have been disciplined by any board of medicine, please communicate with us and we will put you on a list for class action. Keep a record of the actions against you for later court action.
Linda Cheek is a teacher and disenfranchised medical doctor, turned activist, author, and speaker. A victim of prosecutorial misconduct and outright law-breaking of the government agencies DEA, DHHS, and DOJ, she hopes to be a part of exonerating all doctors illegally attacked through the Controlled Substance Act. She holds the key to success, as she can offset the government propaganda that drugs cause addiction with the truth: The REAL Cause of Drug Abuse.
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I cannot say enough about how good Dr. Peter Stimpson is as a Doctor. Absolutely one of the most compassionate Doctors I have ever seen in my 64 years. He treated my family for over 20 years. I watched him during that period treat elderly and uninsured patients at highly reduced rates. Never turned a patient of his away when unable to pay. Returned phone calls within an hour. Would call and check on his patients at home if they were extremely ill. Treated his patients with respect, HE LISTENED. PROFESSIONALISM at its highest. One of the last of the OLD SCHOOL Doctors. It has been 4 years this month since I have even seen a FAMILY MD as I know I will never be able to replace him.
You will NEVER find a Dr. with a better work ethic. His practice ran solely by him. He was open 6 days a week. I don’t think he took more than a week off a year. When I learned what THE STATE/GOVERNMENT/PROPAGANDA Machine had done to this man It was so upsetting to me, I still haven’t gotten over it. THE STATE of TENNESSEE is doing an injustice to Dr STIMPSON his patients and the ENTIRE COMMUNITY. This Country has lost all confidence in State and Federal Government REACH AND CONTROL. Someone like Peter Stimpson works hard his entire life and at the age of 73 the system comes against you. As for the accusations against him. Complete BULLSHIT. HE LISTENS to his patients that I can tell you. LIKE ANYONE who has ever dealt with chronic pain, he was of the opinion NOBODY should have to live life in pain when there was treatment for it. ELDERLY people trust their physician. Family Doctors should be allowed to write Prescriptions for PAIN MEDS and MANAGEMENT. These PAIN CLINICS want to monopolize this area. WE the PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALOUD to choose the Doctor of our choice. NOT be forced to do what this OVERREACHING GOVERNMENT INSTRUCTS us to do. The hand full of patients who turned on DR STIMPSON trying to blame him for their addictions ARE THE ACTUAL PROBLEM. THE PEOPLE who can’t seem to utilize self control, not follow the program, and blame everyone else for your short comings. Those of use who follow the rules are the people who suffer because of you. IF DOCTOR STIMPSON decided to release you as a patient “I can promise you” it was because you were not following the rules. The person saying I was a zombie. You would have had to see Dr Stimpson once a MONTH. His MAIN QUESTION is how is the MEDICATION affecting you. HE RELIES on your correct response to adjust the dosage you need. NO WAY will I accept anything negative coming from FORMER Patients who lack self control. Dr Stimpson deserves to be celebrated in these GOLDEN Years of his life. Not treated like a criminal.
I was a patient of Dr. Stimpson and he really helped me out a couple times when I was sick. He’s a good man and a great dr. Thank you for everything, DR STIMPSON.
Dr Stimpson was my doctor years ago. I didn’t know anything about this or I would have been here sooner. I can’t count the times I have bragged on Dr. Stimpson about how impressed I was about how he returned my call at 3.a.m. because I was having a bad reaction to a medicine. He is by far the most caring Dr. I ever had and it makes me so sad and angry to hear about this. It’s disgusting that the government has control over doctors, especially great ones like Dr. Stimpson!
Love Dr Stimpson, he saved my life. It’s not right what was done to him. He cared deeply for his patients and community.
Correct me if I am wrong, but this attack seems to be focused on the older doctors(Baby Boomers). From the cases that I have read, it appears that numbers matter more than the patients that are being treated. If a doctor has older patients that they have been following for decades, they will have people who experience more pain and illness than doctors with a practice that consists of people from various age groups. I had the same doctor for more than 30 years. I don’t understand how any doctor can practice a one-size-fits-all practice. When patients are younger, we have regular exams for peace of mind. As we approach middle and old age, some conditions must be treated. Some of those diseases require opiate or synthetic opiate pain medicine. In my opinion, government officials and even Boards of Medicine making decisions for patients they have not examined and spoken to is a lawsuit waiting to happen. The pain must be treated. I can feel the effects of inadequate pain treatment. I am sicker than I have ever been. I am in moderate to severe pain all the time. This hampers my ability to function. It is a never-ending cycle. When my pain was under control, I could competently do what I needed. We will see more people committing suicide, dying from treatable illnesses when the main symptom is pain, and living lives where they barely exist. Nobody wants that kind of life.
Yes, as I’ve been saying for 15 years, the attacks focus on independent, minority (for culling) or older physicians (for their assets). As mentioned in the post, Doctorsofcourage will lead the charge on class action lawsuits against boards of medicine. Every individual serving on a board since 2000 needs to be held accountable.
Went to him for 13 yrs to get Estrogen shot once month. He is a fine doctor, easy to talk to and caring. I wish they would just leave him alone. I wish him love and a long life. Hes really a sweet person and doctor.
Thank you for this comment which mirrors my own situation.
I had mine for nearly 40 years. He had me on xanax and an opioid which I took infrequently until 8 years ago when he prescribed it for osteoarthritis. My new doc said they don’t normally prescribe those together – but I’d been on xanax at bedtime for nearly 20 years. and by the time I saw my new doc when the old one retired, I’d been on both for 4 yrs at least. Not sure I’ll ever be able to get an increase to take more often – but I know my pain will continue to increase as I age. I think it’s the pain that has me taking naps nearly every day and I never did that before. It’s not the pain med. I’m exhausted before I take it. I wake up in pain. I go to bed in pain. It interferes with my sleep. Nearing 70. I hate to think what the rest of life is going to be like.
Join the fight on DoctorsofCourage. Learn the truth and teach others. End the opiaphobia.
I was in his suboxone program for 3 or 4 years. He is a caring person who helped me a lot. He treated people after hours and at very low costs in a rural area because he truly cared. How bout we actually prosecute the Sacklers instead good doctors?
How about learning the truth–that no drug causes addiction, and then what the REAL cause is, and get it across to your family and friends? That’s the only way to end the attacks. And it is going to get worse, as addiction is growing exponentially, and as long as the drugs are blamed, they will be more restricted.