Intervention Project for Nurses

What Intervention Project for Nurses does

Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN), legally Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc., is a Florida non-profit organization founded in 1983 under Florida statute 456.076 as one of the state's designated Impaired Practitioner Programs. It operates under contract with the Florida Department of Health to deliver statewide education, monitoring, and support to nurses with substance use disorders, psychiatric conditions, or physical conditions affecting fitness to practice. Core services include formal monitoring contracts, weekly in-person and virtual nurse support groups led by trained facilitators, independent medical evaluations through an approved evaluator network, educational modules usable for continuing education credit, and the annual IPN/FNA conference co-organized with the Florida Nurses Association.

The underlying technology stack is deliberately lean: a third-party compliance platform, Affinity eHealth/Spectrum, provides drug-testing administration, online compliance monitoring, and case management for participants, while DocuSign handles 42 CFR Part 2 consent-to-release forms. The participant-facing layer is a web portal (ipnfl.org) with a login-gated dashboard for course access, document management, and post-tests. HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2 confidentiality protections govern records.

IPN's revenue model blends a primary state contract with Florida Department of Health (managed services under statute 456.076) and several secondary streams: a $50 annual Recovery and Wellness fee per nurse for CE-eligible modules, tiered continuing-education presentation fees ($50 under 100 attendees, $100 over 100), and conference sponsorships ranging from $250 (Bronze) to $750 (Platinum). The organization is funded and governed as a non-profit; participants additionally pay third-party evaluators and treatment providers directly.

Name

Intervention Project for Nurses

Legal name

Intervention Project for Nurses, Inc.

Website

https://ipnfl.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Intervention Project for Nurses is a Florida non-profit, legislatively designated Impaired Practitioner Program that provides statewide education, monitoring, and support to nurses with substance use, psychiatric, or physical conditions under contract with the Florida Department of Health.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Jacksonville Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. State Contract Revenue: IPN operates under contract with the Florida Department of Health (DOH) to provide statewide education, support and monitoring to nurses. Revenue comes from state government funding as a designated Impaired Practitioner Program under Florida statute 456.076.
2. Recovery and Wellness Fee: Nurses are charged an annual $50 Recovery and Wellness fee for modules they complete in nurse support group, which can be used for ongoing continuing education credits toward licensure renewal.
3. Conference and Educational Services: Continuing education presentations with fees: $50 for fewer than 100 attendees, $100 for over 100 attendees. IPN serves as CE Provider #50-3103 through Florida Nurses Association.
4. Third-Party Services (Pass-Through): IPN participants are responsible for payments to third parties for services including independent medical evaluations, treatment interventions, random toxicology testing, weekly nurse support groups, and individual therapy/medication management fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

IPN is Florida's designated Impaired Practitioner Program operating under contract with the Florida Department of Health to deliver statewide education, monitoring, and support to nurses with substance use disorders, psychiatric conditions, or physical conditions that impair safe practice. Core deliverables include monitoring contracts, facilitated weekly support groups, fitness-to-practice evaluations through a Board-certified evaluator network, and alternative-to-discipline pathways that allow qualified nurses to retain or return to licensure while protecting public health and safety.

Product overview

Intervention Project for Nurses (IPN) is a single unified program offering comprehensive support services for Florida nurses with impairing conditions. The core IPN Monitoring Program provides education, monitoring, and support for nurses with substance use disorders, psychiatric, and physical conditions. This is supplemented by Nurse Support Groups (weekly in-person and virtual sessions), educational modules for continuing education credits, an online Participant Dashboard, the annual IPN/FNA Conference, and Education Offerings for healthcare facilities. The program operates in partnership with Affinity eHealth/Spectrum for compliance monitoring and DocuSign for document signing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Nurses may return to practice after completing treatment and executing a monitoring contract
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Florida Nurses Association (FNA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPN partners with Florida Nurses Association for annual conference co-organization. FNA serves and supports registered nurses through professional development, advocacy, and promotion of excellence. FNA provides CE provider services (#50-3103) for IPN educational programs.
• Affinity eHealth/SpectrumcoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party partner providing drug testing administration, online compliance monitoring, and case management services. Provides the Affinity eHealth/Spectrum Compliance App used by IPN participants for monitoring compliance.
• Professional Resource Network (PRN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPN partners with PRN (which serves physicians and other healthcare professionals) for treatment provider approval, annual provider education conference, and evaluation of treatment programs. Jointly build network of qualified evaluators and treatment programs.
• Florida Department of Health (DOH)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIPN operates under contract with the Florida Department of Health as a designated Impaired Practitioner Program. DOH provides regulatory oversight and funding for IPN's statewide nurse monitoring and support services. DOH receives case reports when nurses are terminated from the program for noncompliance.
• Florida Board of NursingcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegulatory body that refers nurses for IPN-facilitated evaluations and receives case reports from IPN. Nurses must authorize IPN to disclose records to the Board of Nursing as precondition to program participation. Board coordinates on nurse fitness-to-practice matters.
• Florida Board of Nursing - Approved Evaluators NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of Board Certified physicians (in addiction medicine, psychiatry, psychological/neurocognitive testing) approved to conduct independent medical evaluations of nurses. Evaluators must attend annual IPN/PRN day-long training to maintain approval.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Others

• International Nurses Society on Addictions (IntNSA): Specialty nursing organization focused on addictions. IPN's CEO received IntNSA's Peer Assistance Award in 2019 and previously served on its board. IntNSA represents the professional and clinical community IPN serves.
• Affinity eHealth/Spectrum (Affiniax): Third-party technology partner that provides IPN's compliance monitoring, drug testing administration, and case management platform. A critical vendor and infrastructure dependency rather than a competitor.
• American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM): National professional society for physicians specializing in addiction medicine. IPN's Medical Director is ASAM-board certified and serves on its board. ASAM shapes clinical standards and treatment guidelines that IPN's evaluator network follows.
• National Organization of Alternative Programs (NOAP): National trade association for alternative-to-discipline and monitoring programs for healthcare professionals. IPN's COO serves as its current president. Not a direct competitor but a strategic ecosystem convener.

Direct peers

• Texas Peer Assistance Program for Nurses (TPAPN): Texas's state-sanctioned alternative-to-discipline program for nurses with substance use or mental health conditions. Operates under a separate statutory mandate but offers the same monitoring, support group, and referral model as IPN.
• Professional Resource Network (PRN): Florida's designated Impaired Practitioner Program for physicians and other healthcare professionals, operating under the same Florida statute 456.076 as IPN. Structurally and functionally the closest peer, differing only in the licensee population served.

Regional players

• New York State Nurses Association Statewide Peer Assistance Program (NYSPAN): New York's confidential peer assistance program for nurses, providing intervention, referral, and monitoring services. Comparable in mission and service mix to IPN but operating under a different state regulatory framework.
• Peer Assistance Services: Colorado-based nonprofit providing peer assistance and monitoring for licensed professionals, including nurses, with substance use and mental health concerns. Closely comparable service model in a different state jurisdiction.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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