Ballard: Most doctors dont wanna touch you, and they only wanna address one issue at a time. Reitz says he and his girlfriend came up with the unwieldy namea futuristic combination of prevent and genetics. (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. M.Y. Jeff didnt monitor M.Y.s use, or talk to him about the danger of combining drugs. On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. Thank you for taking care of me, not just the sex and satisfaction but the Soma too, wrote one patient, referring to a muscle relaxer. I am sick of people only judging you by what you do in your personal life, one woman wrote on his Facebook page in September 2016, when Young was charged with assault after a woman claimed that he had screamed at her in the parking lot of his office. Jeffrey " Jeff " Young (born March 31, 1962) is an American guitarist. Watching this makes me really sad, one YouTube user commented on the Rock Doc pilot in 2019. 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. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. Thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, blues, classical. Khazan: LaRhonda didnt know anything about all of thisthe nursing board didnt make their investigation publicbut she was following him on social media. Thats not my fucking problem, all right? Occupation (s) Guitarist. With a heavy Mercy me, Phillips produces a pair of womens panties from a bag. Though Young claimed that he also fired drug-seeking patients, Gutgsell testified in a deposition that he would meet some patients after hours and write them prescriptions anyway. 2,760 Followers, 1,655 Following, 2,046 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jeff Young II (JY2) #RockDoc (@jeffyoungii) For the cosmetically minded, he hosted alcohol-fueled Botox parties. Young grabs them and takes a big whiff. They painted a picture of the kind of medical office where you might actually want to hang out. She wasnt the only patient to stick by him. To a different patient, he wrote, Come fuck me at my office right now., It is not illegal for doctors to have sex with their patients, though its considered unethical. The self-proclaimed "Rock Doc" is accused of trading powerful . During one club night, Young bought Stephanie two drinks and his friends handed them to her. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. Yeah. (Fades under.). I asked to speak with him for this story, but because of a gag order on the case, his lawyer declined interviews with me. They go on working. Hey, are you paying attention? And you can kind of look at it like locker-room talk . This episode was reported by Olga Khazan and produced by Alvin Melathe. Even after this, she returned to Young as a patient. the rock doc' jeff young. At the beginning of the opioid epidemic, the autonomy of doctors to prescribe opioids was almost limitless, Keith Humphreys, a Stanford University professor who researches mental-health policy, says. 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. Its often called the invisible illness, because, even though the pain is very real for the person experiencing it, some doctors dont take it seriously. In 2014, Jeff started seeing a patient with the initials M.Y. With Young at least temporarily behind bars, some of his fans seem to have reached a point of disillusionment with the Rock Docor, at least, a point of fatigue. In his frequent social-media updates, he would drink and flip off the camera. And people in the pilot gave testimonials saying as much. In an attempt to understand how Young got away with so much for so long, Ive spent more than a year tracking his story, reading court documents, and examining his extensive digital footprint. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. PreventaGenix had a back door, and before long employees started noticing that some female patients would come in through it and go directly to Youngs office. I dont wear underwear. Rock Doc TV. Heres what I can tell you. Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. 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. Fact-check by Michelle Ciarrocca and Jack Segelstein. Hey! Never give up God is full of second chances, one woman wrote. His small fiefdom of followers created a mini echo chamber, feeding back approval and encouragement. Young wanted information about one of his enemies. Young: So, the, uh, the sinister ministerthat would be me (Fades under again.). They didnt openly harass anyone who criticized them. Others accused me of seeking to discredit Young and slander his name. Stephanie would accompany him to different clubs in the area, and wherever he went, she said, he was surrounded by hired bodyguards and friends she called bouncers, who were around for the times when he drank too much or flirted with women and got into fights with their boyfriends. a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. Khazan: The first time I watched this video, I just heard Jeff making excuses. They are often too under-resourced and understaffed to keep a watchful eye on all medical providers. 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. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. Calles: You could just tell by the demeanor that that was there. ), (The intro to a rock song plays, with a driving, pulsing beat. 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. Around 2013, Young allegedly prescribed hydrocodone, a benzodiazepine, and Adderall for a patient whose visits he described as a concierge-type thing, Pickering said in court. Hed wandered off into the woods. The music plays on.). [Chuckles.] Khazan: Like, for example, here he is sniffing a pair of womens underwear with his sidekick, a friend named Kevin. 1:07. Young: (Serious, and a little angry.) Khazan: Which was exactly what she liked about him. 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. Khazan: Anyone online could watch him, say, biopsy someones skin while listening to hard rock. The clinic mostly offered cosmetic treatments, and it was located in a strip mall in a more industrial part of town, next to a chiropractor and a place called Genes Tire & Wrecker. I just didnt feel comfortable. Later that month, M.Y. Khazan: And some of what she saw really weirded her out. Young: Whats up, my friend? Khazan: There was this really big series of indictments that came down in 2019 where the federal government said, You know what? Khazan: And he posted dozens of videos there. Young: Even get all gussied up for tonight. Young: All right. This requirement is waived, however, in cases where public health, safety, or welfare imperatively requires emergency action.). About four years after its investigation began, the nursing board finally held a hearing to consider his fate. Some people from the area said they had been harassed by Jeff and were afraid to speak out. By the end of this hearing, you will be asking what on Earth took the medical board so long, Pennebaker, the prosecutor, said in court. Have you ever been to a doctor and you just didnt feel comfortable? Young was, in short, a medical provider who acted like everyones best friend. 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. Young cared for all kinds of people, some of whom didnt have money or health insurance. It was just rocked out. She was referred to Jeff by one of her friends. I dont wear underwear. Instead, Young began by kicking Reitz out of the business, Reitz told me. Khazan: The way I first got to know Jeff Young was through videos he posted online. Fullington, who was also let go, told me she got a threatening call from Young. Purdue ad doctor: They dont wear out. Though both she and Reaves said Young should be held accountable for anything he did wrong, Stephanie told me that she forgave him. The feds say Young . Young is . Purdue ad doctor: These drugswhich, I repeat, are our best, strongest pain medicationsshould be used much more than they are for patients in pain. If a patient would text him a compliment, he would blast it all over Facebook, one former employee told me. (A long moment of music with no narration before it fades out. Khazan: Do you feel like Jeff has done more harm than good? Will be glad to take the balance out of your ass. He asked another patient, to whom he prescribed the opioid hydrocodone, to come in for a checkup the following day and wear a short skirt and no panties., Young was sometimes even more direct. In fact, he avoided doctors at all costs. Thats okay. Were going to take the worst of the worst. It moved so slowly in punishing drug-addicted nurses that some were able to get new jobs and steal narcotics while under investigation, an eastern Tennessee news station, WJHL, found in 2016. He would try to squeeze in even more patient visits each daysometimes well over 50, former employees sayand would either forget to document services or would document services he hadnt provided. Young put his name behind charity projects around town, took health insurance, and offered discounts for people who otherwise couldnt afford care. 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. 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.). Young appeared to operate more subtly. She doesnt believe the allegations against him, and chalks them up to pure jealousy. Tennessees nursing board, the main agency that has power over nurse practitioners in the state, launched its investigation into Young within a year of PreventaGenix opening. The sharpteeth charge through and run into the rock spire and fall down. Khazan: Christi had really appreciated what Jeff did for her. Longoria: And one of those worst of the worst providers stood out from the others. Without doing a physical exam, Young diagnosed MY with chronic lower-back pain and anxiety, the letter details. It feels claustrophobic.). Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. But it seemed like she wasnt the only one getting pain meds from the Rock Doc. The scenes are meant to serve as a testament to the effectiveness of Youngs work hard, play harder ethos. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. 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. They didnt have tattoos. [Laughs.] Olga Khazan: At the time, there wasnt a lot of limits on pharmaceutical companies being able to tell doctors that. By 2012, Young was allegedly supplying testosterone without a clear medical reason to high schoolers who wanted to bulk up. Less than half answered. Wear a short skirt and no panties.. After the hearing, Young was jailed pending his trial, which is currently scheduled to be held this spring. The Tennessee Department of Health will not release audio recordings from a state investigation of "Rock Doc" Jeffrey W. Young II, a nurse practitioner who was allowed to stay in business . 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. 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.. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. An active and fun show following the life of FNP Jeff Young II at work and his life after work. Years active. But none of these barred the Rock Doc from getting drugs into the hands of patients. In 2016, Young, who was 42 at the time, invited a cameraman to shoot a pilot episode about his life as a nurse practitioner in Jackson, Tennessee. Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. Toward the end of PreventaGenix, the nurse practitioner so many people had praised deteriorated, according to former employees. Like many actual rock stars, he flamed out on his own extravagant lifestyle. Whatever the inspiration, his new persona was good for business. 0:04. He raises a glass filled with red wine, as if in a toast. How far can medical providers go in giving patients what they want? (Endo denied the allegations.) Dr. Jeff is married to Petra Mickova Petra though she is his second wife. No one else seemed capable of treating all her problemsthroat swelling, high blood pressure, attention issues. Several others dismissed the notion that Young could be sexually coercive. [A moment of indistinct crosstalk.] In November 2016, the health department threatened to file charges against Young before the board of nursing. I mean, you could just kind of tell you could trust him. And now we see the result. And even then, I didnt want to hear it. They learned to ignore it. Im in the middle of a life-saving procedure here. Even when they do, the boards are mainly composed of doctors and nurses peers, who can be reluctant to throw the book at one of their own, says Rebecca Haw Allensworth, a Vanderbilt University law professor who has studied medical boards. (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.). (A meandering guitar melody enters the background. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? 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. 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. Naylor: And I remember him saying, Bring him to the office. Scott Deberry: When I first was going in the office, I could go in there and thered be maybe 10 of us in there. It was a story her daughter told her about a time she got sick. The patients of the nurse practitioner and aspiring reality star Jeffrey Young say he helped them like nobody else could. Khazan: LeAnn Naylor was the secretary for the mayor of Jackson when she started seeing Jeff as a patient. And hed stream from inside the clinic sometimes. Youngs devotees have maintained for years that he was a great man on a noble mission, and that people who spoke against him didnt understand his radical approach. Calles: Doctors judged me because of my weight. But one thing that I was really curious about is how you actually went from having opioids being a thing that existed to having opioids be a thing that existed in peoples medicine cabinets. A few months into their new venture, Reitz and Young were supposed to meet to discuss the running of the clinic. Brown hair, green eyes, amazing body. He smells them again. And Jeff, sitting at the center of it, covered in tattooshe had a sort of unlikely charisma too. States largely rely on medical boards to regulate practitioners, but these entities have a reputation for leniency. You may not like what I stand for. Music by Tasty Morsels and Nelson Nance. Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. Young: That was what Im going to say. (Fades under.). The next morning, the office manager, Kristie Gutgsell, would clean up after them. Calles: I mean, you have killersmurderers, I meanthat have not been in jail this long. Another said, I was thinking of you today and how much you have helped me.. Longoria: The indictment against the Rock Doc alleges that he prescribed more than a million addictive pills, treated patients while intoxicated, and used his prescribing power to have sex with womenincluding women who were his patients. Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. Its joined at points by a line of harmony played on a synthesizer.). Young benefited from an almost reflexive societal trust in the medical profession. 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. Before long, the three men hatched a plan to found a network of health clinics that would check patients cholesterol levels and offer diet and exercise advice. Everybody pay fucking attention worldwide because Im about to save this motherfuckers lifelive on Periscope broadcast! 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. MY came to PreventaGenix complaining of lower-back pain and numbness in his left arm, and asked for refills of pain medications. Rachel Fullington, an early employee of Youngs, told me Young wanted the clinics atmosphere to be loose and fun, while the others wanted it to be more buttoned-up. On Instagram, photos tagged #preventagenix show Young on a motorcycle, surrounded by women. Youngs second marriage was already in trouble by the time PreventaGenix launched, and after his divorce he quickly found new girlfriends. In September 2014, Young, Reitz, and Patel opened their first clinic and called it PreventaGenix. Young: Hi, my name is Jeff Young. 1:32. Natalia Ramirez: This episode of The Experiment was reported by Olga Khazan and produced by Alvin Melathe, with editing by Katherine Wells, Julia Longoria, and Denise Wills. Youngs story raises the question of where care crosses into harm. Jackson, Tennessee. Young: (Over the sound of a pool-filtration system.) Scott Deberry: Kinda made it start seeming like he was unprofessional. Hes a great doctor and never has he acted any way towards me but professional! one woman wrote. The allegations against Young seemed to take a toll on him, though. His vision was, evidently, to one day launch a reality series of the same name. At least 50 women are thought to have come to the clinic to have sex with Young, some of them allegedly doing so in exchange for drugs, according to court testimony. In July 2016, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into allegations that Young was overprescribing opioids. (Court records do not contain the names of Youngs alleged victims.) Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? He tried to ignore it, but when he woke up the next morning, LeAnn noticed he still looked really bad. 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. Young would call these liaisons nooners or say it was tap-that-ass Tuesday, according to court testimony. They didnt drop F-bombs or smell womens underwear online. Youngs case provides a rare glimpse into the ways patients wind up addicted to the powerful painkillers fueling the national opioid epidemic. So it just kind of, I guess, comforted me. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. 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