Brown hair, green eyes, amazing body. He smells them again. Young: Even get all gussied up for tonight. Thats the big joke. And he said, You be sure and tell them that Jeff is the best doctor Ive ever seen. He said, Promise me you will tell them that. I said, I promise I will. I said, I will tell them that., (The music plays up for a long moment, then fades out under the narration.). One of them was that I had the story all wrong. I just didnt feel comfortable. Khazan: But she did remember this one hint shed had that something might be wrong in Jeffs office. 14:46. We wont know if Young is guilty of everything the government says he is, or how much additional time, if any, he will serve, until later this year. Young and Phillips, both longtime musicians, reveal that theyre working on some rap songs about Youngs haters, then ponder how to do gang signs. It was a story her daughter told her about a time she got sick. At this point, the people of Jackson knew the full extent of officials suspicions about Young. The manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioids have been sued by dozens of states and municipalities for the damage theyve allegedly caused. I said, um, So what are yall doing after-hour? The cameraman who shot the pilot, who requested anonymity because he doesnt want to be associated with Youngs case, heard about Young through a mutual friend and visited him several times to shoot footage for what he hoped could become a reality show. (A shudder, a gasp, then clapping and bubbling evolve into a background track.). There is a friendliness, too, that one associates with the South. One story I found in a letter from Jeffs nursing-board case stuck with me. However, many of Youngs online supporters have remained loyal. Khazan: I was wondering if your ex-husband still supports Jeff or thinks he was a good medical provider. The half-dozen former patients who did agree to talk with me were mostly people who wanted to defend Jeff. Thats okay. M.Y. Scott Deberry: And, you know, once you get around the tattoos and the way he talkscause he talks to you as if hes talking to you on the streets As long as he was going to take care of me and make me feel okay, or make me feel better, I had no problem with that. Naylor: (A long beat and a breath.) Not that half of the, you know powers that be are on some sort of whatever. I had a lot of Why on earth? questions, the Atlantic reporter Olga Khazan says. Young had also allegedly begun siphoning off $100 almost every day from the clinic for his personal expenses, according to former employees. (Somber, reflective droning notes play up. With a heavy Mercy me, Phillips produces a pair of womens panties from a bag. Make and Model: The only Billboard Hot 100 entry for new wave greats The Cars with an automotive title to match their band name . [Laughs lightly.] Whenever he ran into trouble, his fans would fill his social-media feeds with pledges of support. They liked his plainspoken approach to medicine, a profession typically associated with jargon and elitism. I just asked him. When the local news station, WBBJ, posted a story about Youngs case on Facebook, the usual chorus of defenders raised their voices. Jeffrey Young was one of those people. Calles: I mean, the whole deal of him being in jail this long is completely unfair. Young cared for all kinds of people, some of whom didnt have money or health insurance. In 2018, a woman told police that Young put his hands down her pants during an office visit, but that apparently led to nothing. Naylor: They would look at me and say [Dismissively. The clinic sat on a quiet road crammed with other medical practicesa sleep doctor, a dentist, a nephrologist, an orthodontisteach in its own brick McMansion. Branding himself the Rock Doc in a self-produced reality-TV pilot, Young would wear band T-shirts and blast music as he met with patients; he sometimes broadcast appointments and medical procedures on the live-streaming app Periscope. You may not like my piercings. was found dead of an apparent overdose. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. Calles: Doctors judged me because of my weight. Young became known for putting drugs into the hands of almost anyone who asked. Branding himself as the "Rock Doc," he flooded his social media accounts with images of a party-loving lifestyle, vitriol for his "haters" and even a pilot episode for a reality TV show . Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. (A long beat of music. Several others dismissed the notion that Young could be sexually coercive. Khazan: Which was exactly what she liked about him. Shed come to see Jeff for a range of health issues, from diabetes to cystitis, and she just didnt buy the things people were saying about him. But, in theory, there should have been a check on all this. Together, they are the parents of three children and have seven grandchildren. All of his patients I saw when I would come would be all white. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. His indictment implicated him and two of his former supervising physicians, Alexander Alperovich and Andrew Rudin, and alleged that Youngs motives in prescribing controlled substances to his patients were often to obtain money, notoriety, and sexual favors. Alperovich and Rudin, the indictment claims, accepted money derived from the proceeds of the conspiracy in exchange for their purported supervision. (Both have pleaded not guilty. Young seemed eager to hire lots of staff, but would end up firing them later. Ballard: When it comes to the high-society people, like the pharmacists and these other doctors that were out to get money out of their patientsJeff didnt care about the money. (The music opens up into a technologic rainforest as synthesizers mimic birdsong.). Calles: I really am so thankful that he suggested that to me, because if he hadnt have, I probably wouldve never done it, because I wouldnt take anybody else seriously enough to even think about doing it. Some female patients opted for a service the clinic offered that Young called VIP status, in which they paid $500 a year to skip the waiting room and get Youngs cellphone number, one former employee said. (Court records do not contain the names of Youngs alleged victims.) They dont want to touch you unless they have to touch you. You ready? Longoria: Pharmaceutical companies marketed these drugs aggressively to doctors. Im very shocked. Rock Doc pilot testimonial: (Over heavy rock music.) Doctors, in theory, would only prescribe to people who needed the drugs and would monitor patients so they wouldnt get addicted. One admitted that Young had flirted with her. (A meandering guitar melody enters the background. And doctorswho work in what is, after all, a service professionsometimes feel that its easier to pacify the patient than to push back. Obesity and diabetes are rampant; so is chronic pain. He even convinced her to get weight-loss surgery. Were tracing your fucking account now, so you better be prepared to reap the whirlwind of your bullshit., As he gathered followers, Young began to deploy his social-media presence to hunt down and intimidate his former employees and ex-friends, some of whom told me they felt threatened by Young and his followers. While Youngs antics could be a nightmare for his staff, his pool of patients increased as word about his practice spread. (The drugmaker that is most often blamed for the epidemic doesnt agree with this assessment: Suggesting that activities that last occurred more than 16 years ago are responsible for todays complex and multifaceted opioid crisis is deeply flawed, a Purdue Pharma spokesperson, Robert Josephson, said in a statement to The New York Times for a story on this issue.). Heres what I can tell you. Young grew up in Bethel Springs, a 700-person village near Jackson. And, to be honest, most of the time when you see a white male with a lot of tattoos, theyre usually not someone that hangs around with people of different races. In July 2016, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Young was overprescribing opioids. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. The pilot footagesome of which Young posted to YouTube, and some of which I obtained from a person who was once close to Youngportrays the Rock Doc as a medical bad boy whos willing to break free from the establishment to deliver real talk. Less than half answered. I mean, I worked at a bank for 15 years, and when youve worked at a bank and youve cashed checks, you have to judge people in two seconds. You may not like what I stand for. Christi Calles: His doctors office was just rocked out. She would wake up to find that all her car doors had been opened overnight. Toward the end of PreventaGenix, the nurse practitioner so many people had praised deteriorated, according to former employees. Thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, blues, classical. MY came to PreventaGenix complaining of lower-back pain and numbness in his left arm, and asked for refills of pain medications. Khazan: Does that change how you feel about him? MY died on August 25, 2015, from an apparent drug overdose. When one patient told Young over Facebook Messenger that she was in shitty health and about to jump off a bridge, he prescribed her a cocktail of several different drugs, including fentanyl. Thirty minutes. And I remember texting him back, and I remember saying, Jeff, he is a grumpy, old, country man, and hes not going to be an easy patient, but something is terribly wrong. And he said, I got that covered too. So I get my husband up there. He refilled MYs prescriptions for Percocet and Valium, and also prescribed him hydrocodone. You may not like my tattoos. In confessional-style interviews, Young seems to enjoy offending anyone whos shocked by his approach. Throughout the opioid epidemic, a distressing number of doctors have seen a perverse opportunity in Americans suffering. One former employee told me its not clear whether Young was exchanging prescriptions for sex or just giving his many girlfriends the medications they asked for. Calles: And I mean, he didnt dress like your average doctor. You can all suck my dick! he yells at the camera in one Periscope video, a stethoscope around his neck and a cigar in his hand. He graduated from Musicians Institute in 1985, and is best known for his time with the thrash metal band Megadeth, appearing on the 1988 album So Far, So Good. He made them feel comfortable in a way that no other doctor did. Longoria: Opioids would be a new kind of painkiller to treat not just acute pain after an event like a surgery, but also pain that was more mundane, like chronic back pain that patients would complain about for years, but which doctors didnt have a clear cure for. Other female patients checkout sheets simply said No charge., Though he portrayed himself as harmlessly vulgar, Young could, in fact, get violent with women. 1:07. He didnt pull any punches, she said. He messaged at least five female patients about sex and filling prescriptions, prosecutors would later say, detailing the anonymized encounters in court. 1,274 likes. But it played [Emphasizing.] Hed also given her tips on how to eat better and how to lose weight. I mean, you wouldve thought they were giving away meds for free, to be honest. Ill meet you there. She appreciated that he asked about her grandkids. In 2013, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that is usually accompanied by widespread pain and fatigue. But it seemed like she wasnt the only one getting pain meds from the Rock Doc. Young: All right. Fact-check by Michelle Ciarrocca and Jack Segelstein. I am a, uh, nurse practitioner. Khazan: In his Periscope videos, Jeff insisted it was all fun and games, and people were just criticizing him because of his style. At first, Young seemed to Reitz like an affable, outgoing dad who loved rock and practiced medicine. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. The clinics aim would be to halt the parade of miseriesheart attacks, early deaths, hospital billsbrought on by the obesity epidemic. Do you feel safe with Mr. Young being out there? a prosecutor on the case, Andrew Pennebaker, asked Pickering in court. Despite some patients praise for Young, the evidence that he routinely walked far over that line remains alarming. The judge denied this request, in part because, he wrote, Young has chosen to not wear a mask or practice social distancing consistently in jail., In September, Gutgsell, Youngs former office manager, pleaded guilty to federal charges for her involvement in prescribing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose.*. I have found accounts of at least 40 other medical providers in the country who have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. He would chitchat with his patients, ask them about their latest tattoos. Young: (Just after another person laughs.) Pharmacists began to refuse to fill his prescriptions. Young: (Serious, and a little angry.) As Young collected more tattoos and befriended more local bands, he began to attract a certain clientele. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. Some of the doctors who have been accused of exchanging drugs for sex in recent years threatened patients that they would cut off their supply of painkillers if they didnt gratify them. Jeffrey Youngs patients say he helped them like nobody else could, but prosecutors indicted him following a huge painkiller bust. Women were drawn to Young; he had a big house and was the first to buy everyones drink. In 2011, the couple got in a fight while visiting Panama City Beach, Florida, and it was determined that Young did throw, or shove, Mrs. Young from the bed to the floor, the police report reads. For the cosmetically minded, he hosted alcohol-fueled Botox parties. Whether or not Young is convicted, the perverse incentives for doctors to see patients for short visits and to prescribe too many unnecessary drugs will remain. Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. Some of the pills had been prescribed by Young. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself 'Rock Doc' and once piloted . Dang, Jeff What happened? Helena Louvaris and Melanie Lupino, two of Youngs staunch defenders, both declined to speak with me when I called them back to see if they still supported him after he was jailed. When you got all kinds of money, said Jon Benjamin Sharp, a local musician who used to see Young around town, you got all kinds of friends. (Sharp made clear that he himself wasnt a fan of Youngs.) (They relied on messages obtained by agents during the investigations into Young.) (The DEA declined to comment on Youngs case for this story.) Khazan: Looking at all the allegations, I mean, its overprescribingoverprescribing to someone whose pill bottles had his name on them and who died of a drug overdose. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. I cant wait to start being your patient again, one woman wrote. I told him about this podcastexplained to him what a podcast was. Then and over the ensuing months, I spoke with dozens of Youngs friends, enemies, alleged victims, and former co-workers. Im too good for you because I got this money, or whatever. It fit neatly, at least, into a story I was already really familiar with: It was the greedy provider who was allegedly taking advantage of his patients. The first move of any significant consequence for Young came in early 2017, when the DEA raided the clinic. The department suggested that he surrender his license in order to resolve the matter quickly, but according to a report from The Tennessean and The Jackson Sun, a defiant Young rejected that offer. Jeffery Dale Young known as Dr. Jeff Young or Dr. Jeff is American Veterinarian and a reality TV actor. Dont worry, my tattoos dont like you either, one image reads. Years active. His case before the nursing board stalled for two more years. It was just rocked out. Young would call these liaisons nooners or say it was tap-that-ass Tuesday, according to court testimony. Lax regulations played a role. During one club night, Young bought Stephanie two drinks and his friends handed them to her. Scott Deberry: When I first was going in the office, I could go in there and thered be maybe 10 of us in there. Having hordes of fans seems to have allowed Young to buy more deeply into his own rock-and-roll fantasy, which in turn gave him the confidence to broadcast his life through even more videos and updates. Despite the accumulation of evidence suggesting that Young was running his practice recklessly and endangering patients, he remained licensed to write prescriptions for five years after PreventaGenix opened its doors. Officials were well aware of the allegations surrounding him over this period: The states health department had received at least 13 complaints about Young since 2015. But they helped create the opioid crisis all the same. Opioid manufacturers such as Endo, the maker of Opana, and Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, targeted high-volume providers, in particular generalists, nurse practitioners, and physician assistants, who generally had less expertise in pain management and were more receptive to marketing from sales consultants, according to a lawsuit filed by the state of Tennessee against Endo in May 2019. The music plays on.). At the same time, building himself up as a renegade nurse practitioner seems to have allowed Young to sweep his faults under the rug of unconventionality. I dont like him asking out my daughter But even then, I still went to him, and my ex-husband still went to him. Dan Reaves, a local radio host on whose show Young occasionally appeared as part of a marketing plan, described Young as medically gifted. Scott Deberry: When I told him, I said, Every time I go to a doctor and tell them I feel like I have the flu, they look at me as if Im delusional.. Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. (Fades under.). Naylor: My husband hadnt been to a doctor in years. Trust me, I got people, he says to the camera. Not that theyre not watching internet porn. His wife also loves animals and works in the same clinic. If PreventaGenix staffers suspected that a patient was abusing drugs, they would sometimes try to fire the patient, by telling him or her not to return to the clinic. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. Many people trust doctors even when theyre harmed by their treatment, and a 2008 study found that people are more likely to spend time researching a new employer or a new car than vetting a new surgeon. He would still be allowed to prescribe testosterone and cough syrup with codeine, however. But maybe, just maybe, he showed too much. Hes just laid back. Trial dates have been set for "Rock Doc" Jeffery Young, his supervising physicians, and two more medical professionals recently indicted on additional drug trafficking charges. The sharpteeth charge through and run into the rock spire and fall down. People who criticized Young swiftly became his enemies. Khazan: I talked to many of Jeffs patients. Over that time, his online following grew. Kevin: (In a Periscope video.) Yeah, thats prettythats very distressing. Young: Whats up, my friend? Wear a short skirt and no panties.. I cant say for sure what the right course of treatment for LaRhonda was, and where opioids fit into that. Once his colleagues were out of the business, Young began crafting a persona based around rock music and hard living. So you got to be a good judge of character. Look at me! Listen to the trailer for. Theres this moment in one of the videos that I keep thinking about: Young: (Over more pool filtration.) Khazan: I had a lot of Why on earth? questions: Why would he do this? The resulting videos are typical scenes from a medical practicepeople donning gloves, waiting in chairsspliced together over a heavy-metal soundtrack. In March 2019, the health department received a complaint that Young had inappropriate sexual contact with patients, and sent him a letter of warning without disciplining him. Longoria: This week, Olga Khazan peers into an internet portal to try to find one answer to how on earth we found ourselves in an opioid crisis. You can all suck my d***. Young was by no means nationally or even regionally known. The DEA raided Jeffs clinic and seized all of his computers and thousands of doses of the opioid hydrocodone. #saturdays at noon est to hear #nikkidarling chat with the #RockDoc Jeff Young II #musicmeetmedicine Starts at 12pm est. I dont wear underwear. Khazan: There was this really big series of indictments that came down in 2019 where the federal government said, You know what? In the past two decades, overdoses involving prescription opioids have killed more than 232,000 peoplethe population of Jackson several times overand the major players in the epidemic are finally being held to account. Eventually Shirley Pickering, the nursing-board investigator who was looking into the allegations against Young, also grew terrified of him. Another said, I was thinking of you today and how much you have helped me.. She would get phone calls at her house, answer, and hear only strange whispers, she said in a court hearing. Its a shame, he told me, that Young got into so much legal trouble; think of all the people he might have helped. ), (What sounds like road noise plays in the background of a Periscope clip. In fact, he avoided doctors at all costs. I am very nervous about it, she replied. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? had lower back pain and complained of numbness in his left arm. As so often happens with irresponsible medical providers, Youngs popularity in the communityalong with an indifferent, slow-moving bureaucracyallowed him to operate for half a decade despite initial warning signs and then multiple arrests and investigations. FNP Jeff Young Jr. shares his life with his fans and promotes a healthy and fun lifestyle to make you "young" at heart! Phillips, Youngs best friend, would often stop by the clinic to hang out and drink, according to former employees. Most doctor appointments, after all, average a nerve-racking 17 minutes, in which you spill out a complicated medical history and pray the doctor has a good solution. On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. Youngs story raises the question of where care crosses into harm. Calles: I just wasnt getting the care I needed. Every time. (The synthesizer takes over the harmony, traipsing up and down the melody line before it quiets and the episode ends.). Most of these doctors werent like Jeff. Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. And Jeff, sitting at the center of it, covered in tattooshe had a sort of unlikely charisma too. Purdue voice-over: Some patients may be afraid of taking opioids because theyre perceived as too strong or addictive but that is far from actual fact. I mean, he had his doctors lab coat on. (She did not want to be named for fear of jeopardizing her business.) Khazan: Do you feel like Jeff has done more harm than good? He graduated from Union University, an evangelical Christian school, in 1995, then earned a degree from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing in 2003. Hes a great doctor and never has he acted any way towards me but professional! one woman wrote. Young seemed to have been expecting them. According to police reports and court records, his second ex-wife, Dawn, claimed that throughout their relationship Young repeatedly pushed, threatened, and attempted to rape her. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. Khazan: Online, Jeff would get drunk and smoke cigars. I visited Youngs clinic, but, through a staffer, he declined to speak with me. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Why would he do this? Khazan: LeAnn Naylor was the secretary for the mayor of Jackson when she started seeing Jeff as a patient. So it just kind of, I guess, comforted me. Fact-check by Michelle Ciarrocca and Jack Segelstein. And the word that kept coming up when people described Jeff is comfortable. Khazan: So Ive written a million stories about this. * This article has been clarified to more accurately convey the details of Gutgsell's plea. Multiple surveys show that people tend to trust health-care workers more than they trust many other professionals, including police officers and clergy members. Over the past two decades, opioids have claimed more than 450,000 American lives. Nurse practitioner Jeff Young, known as the "Rock Doc," and . And no education whatsoever, Phillips jokes. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? Then it fades out.). Were taking next week off to work on new stories, but well be back with new episodes starting April 15. One January morning, officers swarmed the road outside the PreventaGenix building, guns drawn. ), Jeff Young: Are we live? According to a medical-board report, one employee recalled Young having sex in his office with a patient who appeared to be drugged; when Young left, she was passed out on the couch. He blasted heavy metal at his private practice and filled his Instagram feed with photos of himself smoking cigars. There were reports of after-hours partiespossibly of Jeff having sex with his patients. A transcript of this episode is presented below: (Abruptly, rock music begins to play, and then, just as quickly, it ends with a light echo.). Know his wife, age, net worth, family, The allegations against Young seemed to take a toll on him, though. Patients, meanwhile, dont always know that medical boards exist in the first place, or that they can complain to them if theyve been wronged, Lisa Robin, the chief advocacy officer for the Federation of State Medical Boards, says. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Though criminal cases against doctors and nurse practitioners like Young are still relatively rare, they are growing more common. Theres clear evidence that opioid manufacturers knew the drugs were addictive, yet they marketed them aggressively anyway. Five other medical providers, just in Jackson, were indicted too. Hey, are you paying attention? Thats not my fucking problem, all right? The clinic sat on a quiet road crammed with other medical practicesa sleep doctor, a dentist, a nephrologist, an orthodontisteach in its own . Purdue ad doctor: These drugswhich, I repeat, are our best, strongest pain medicationsshould be used much more than they are for patients in pain. Years before the launch of PreventaGenix, Young had already been accused of abusing his nurse-practitioner license. Jackson nurse practitioner Jeffrey Young will await his opioid trafficking trial in jail, an appeals court decided Thursday. Lots of people refused to talk to me because they fear Young, but many others refused because they love him. She told me that Jeff took her pain seriously. This is just gonna be a little freeze spray first. But the allegations against him point toward what can be permissible, even celebrated, in a medical system built on profit. Through his attorney, he declined to comment on this and the other allegations in this story because of a gag order issued by the judge in the case.). LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. Calles: I mean, you have killersmurderers, I meanthat have not been in jail this long. Whats up kids? 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