They liked his plainspoken approach to medicine, a profession typically associated with jargon and elitism. Always have been for the patient. Naylor: (A sharp inhale.) 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. Young was, in short, a medical provider who acted like everyones best friend. Through his lawyer, Michael R. Working, Phillips did not return several requests for comment. Eventually Shirley Pickering, the nursing-board investigator who was looking into the allegations against Young, also grew terrified of him. Copyright 2021 The Atlantic and New York Public Radio. Khazan: He had an account on Periscope, the live-streaming site. It was just rocked out. Nearly a fifth of the citys residents live below the poverty line, and many are afflicted with chronic diseases that often accompany the stresses of a low income. Thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, blues, classical. The trial for "Rock Doc" Jeffrey Young, the infamous nurse practitioner from Jackson who was indicted in 2019 on drug trafficking charges and accused of . I need you to find this fucker, he wrote, according to court testimony later reported by The Jackson Sun. Young grew up in Bethel Springs, a 700-person village near Jackson. We thought we would close out the daythe third Periscope of the daywith a little fireside chat. Young and the others were among dozens of doctors, nurses, and pharmacists arrested across seven states, targets in the nations largest takedown of medical providers related to prescription opioids. Will be glad to take the balance out of your ass. To another, Jeff asked, You want to come by for a checkup tomorrow? Youngs story raises the question of where care crosses into harm. Khazan: I had a lot of Why on earth? questions: Why would he do this? 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. Never give up God is full of second chances, one woman wrote. All right, guys. 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.*. Otherwise, fledgling practices, in particular, risk losing patients. Young is . Longoria: There are many pieces to the puzzle of how opioids found their way into so many medicine cabinets. Khazan: LeAnns story was similar to Tanyas and LaRhondas and Christis. Trust me, I got people, he says to the camera. All of them said that they didnt think Jeff sexually abused them. Jeff refilled M.Y.s prescriptions for Percocet and Valium and gave him a new one for hydrocodone. The story of how that doctor-patient communication broke downhundreds of thousands of timesis what Olga wanted to understand. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. Years active. Some sought counseling, slept under their beds, or carried guns. But, in theory, there should have been a check on all this. After he opened the new clinic, Youngs sexual behavior with patients allegedly continued, as did the towns willingness to ignore it. A year later, the Tennessee nursing board suspended his ability to prescribe most opioids and other controlled substances for two years, saying that he had prescribed them irresponsibly. Though criminal cases against doctors and nurse practitioners like Young are still relatively rare, they are growing more common. The allegations against Young seemed to take a toll on him, though. Jackson Sun. Who cares? All throughout the past few months, Youngs fans have papered his Facebook wall with loving messages. He did know exactly what to talk to him about to make him feel at ease, and he impressed that grumpy old man so much that that was his primary-care doctor and the only doctor he would see. Sound design by David Herman. ), Jeff Young: Are we live? It wasnt like any medical office Id ever been to. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. Rumors started to spread in town that strange things were going on in Jeffs office. Though he was not an M.D., Young christened himself the Rock Doc.. Hes just laid back. Theyre standoffish towards you. One employee recalled him sometimes being too drunk to see patients. (The music crescendos before playing out into the break. Pharmacists began to refuse to fill his prescriptions. Khazan: In the pilot, he presents himself as more of a friend than a medical professional. Jackson, TN USA. Federal prosecutors who charged him in a massive opioid bust say he overprescribed painkillers, often for "money, notoriety, and sexual favors." Young's case provides a rare gl Naylor: They would look at me and say [Dismissively. So what, I dont go get fucked up at the country club with the rest of the stiffs here in J-Town? Doctors, in theory, would only prescribe to people who needed the drugs and would monitor patients so they wouldnt get addicted. He found diseases, for example, that other doctors missed. You may not like my rock and roll. He was the casual party guy, not the stuffy doctor. I dont wear underwear. I had had back surgery, and I really had real problems that no one wanted to listen to me about. Employees I spoke with said he eventually was seeing 50 to 85 patients a day, compared with about 20 for the average doctor, and most of them seemed to be on opioids. Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. The music plays on.). He may have that, but hes not Hes down to earth. His lawyer also declined to answer any specific allegations. I mean, you wouldve thought they were giving away meds for free, to be honest. Naylor: I felt like he was being treated unfairlythat maybe he had even been set up. Kevin: And were going to ask our friendsour warriors out thereto put these folks in their place, because, you know, the Golden Rule. Young: All right. Purdue voice-over: Often, it will be an opioid medication. (The synthesizer takes over the harmony, traipsing up and down the melody line before it quiets and the episode ends.). Young: (Over hard-rock music.) 0:04. Listen to the trailer for. a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. Stephanie had been in an abusive relationship and dealt with a slew of other traumas. Khazan: Ive talked to a lot of patients over the years who feel very uncomfortable around their doctors. 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. Actually very nice, yeah. Khazan: In his Periscope videos, Jeff insisted it was all fun and games, and people were just criticizing him because of his style. We put out calls and emails to dozens of Jeff Youngs patients. At other times, PreventaGenix staffers would stumble upon a woman he had brought to the clinic the previous night. Young: Listen, I am for the patient. I just asked him. Some of Youngs dalliances with his patient-friends similarly took a dark turn. Young failed to diagnose the mans hypertension and overprescribed to him, according to court testimony, and later the patient suffered a stroke. 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. Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. 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.) One patient she knew kept a cane in the trunk of her car and visited doctors offices with it in order to appear disabled so she could get more pills. How was a nurse practitioner whose behavior was so outrageous allowed to treat patients for so long? Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. Young neither admits nor denies the following allegations, Tracy Alcock, a lawyer with the state health department, said at the hearing, but he acknowledges that the departments proof would show the following: From August 2013 to November 2016, Young prescribed controlled substances in amounts and for durations that were not medically necessary, advisable, or justified for a diagnosed condition. The board put his license on probation for two years, during which time he could not prescribe certain Schedule II or Schedule III controlled substances, including drugs such as oxycodone, fentanyl, Vicodin, and Adderall. Yall partying in the office? [Chuckles.] 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. Why didnt anyone try to put a stop to this? I just had a lot of questions about how could this happen., Further reading: The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. A new court filing, first reported by The Tennessean last week, portrays the Rock Doc as a menacing figure at the intersection of the opioid crisis and the #MeToo movement. Naylor: (A long beat and a breath.) 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. Five other medical providers, just in Jackson, were indicted too. Rock Doc TV. Patel left soon after. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself 'Rock Doc' and once piloted . Scott Deberry: You go to the doctor, and you tell them whats wrong with you, and they look at you like, Oh, its nothing. (A meandering guitar melody enters the background. Hows it going? 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. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. Brown hair, green eyes, amazing body. He smells them again. I have found accounts of at least 40 other medical providers in the country who have been accused of exchanging sex for addictive drugs. The next morning, the office manager, Kristie Gutgsell, would clean up after them. It really meant a lot to me. Thats not my fucking problem, all right? But it played [Emphasizing.] The week that followed Martin Luther King Jr.s assassination was revolutionaryso why was it nearly forgotten? And it was immediately clear that he is not your average medical provider. Khazan: He worked in the timber industry, and one day at work, he got overheated and disoriented. I didnt know that. A woman Ill call Stephanie developed a friendship with Young a few years ago when she was regularly seeing him for swelling in her throat. I had a brother that passed away, and when he passed away, his friends played that for him at his funeral. Theres actually a diagnosis called white-coat hypertension. Its when your blood pressure spikes in a doctors office because the whole experience is nerve-racking. She doesnt believe the allegations against him, and chalks them up to pure jealousy. Then it fades out.). Other doctors dont post pictures of themselves with motorcycles and scantily clad women, either. A restaurant called the Little Rebel displayed a Confederate flag. Why would you go to this doctor? Hes a great doctor and never has he acted any way towards me but professional! one woman wrote. Young did seem to be famous enough in Jackson, however, to reinforce his own grand vision of himself. One admitted that Young had flirted with her. Its gonna be a little cold, all right? Doctors offices make money by billing insurance companies for the services the providers perform, but it was hard to do this at PreventaGenix because the documentation for Youngs visits was so shoddy. Every time. ), (The intro to a rock song plays, with a driving, pulsing beat. Yeah, thats prettythats very distressing. Khazan: Her husband had severe dehydration and was suffering from a heat stroke. (Droning music, reflective and cool, plays.). He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Theres this moment in one of the videos that I keep thinking about: Young: (Over more pool filtration.) 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 . Why didnt anyone try to put a stop to this? I just had a lot of questions about how could this happen, you know? The scenes are meant to serve as a testament to the effectiveness of Youngs work hard, play harder ethos. Longoria: The result is that more than 450,000 people are dead from overdose in the last 20 years. But when he suggested it the way he did, I took it seriously. Jeff didnt monitor M.Y.s use, or talk to him about the danger of combining drugs. Young cries at his sons fifth-grade graduation, then explains that hes so emotional because his nurses are having their periods. They learned to ignore it. Young was among them. Jacksons cheeriness, though, is at odds with the populations somewhat grim physical health. Tune in today! Its light and upbeat.). Khazan: Do you feel like Jeff has done more harm than good? (The music changes tone, becoming a little more up-tempo and treble-heavy.). Alperovichs lawyer declined to comment.). He gave Young total control over what was recorded. Looking for Jeff Young online? 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. Rather than suffer any real consequences for his allegedly reckless prescribing, Young continued to work as a medical provider for years. She would wake up to find that all her car doors had been opened overnight. Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. Lets see here, shes 23, Young says. 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. 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. 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 and Phillips, both longtime musicians, reveal that theyre working on some rap songs about Youngs haters, then ponder how to do gang signs. As the cameraman who filmed the pilot told me, Everywhere he went, it was like the Beatles., But the way in which Young gained some of these fans has become the focus of a federal court case. Over that time, his online following grew. 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. He exhibited a certain tenderness as he filled syringes and sutured skin. was found dead of an apparent overdose. Jackson, Tennessee. 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. [Khazan laughs, then Calles emphasizes each word that follows.] Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. You need to be a certain kind of person to want a reality-TV show about yourself. With a heavy Mercy me, Phillips produces a pair of womens panties from a bag. Though many of these deaths have been caused by street drugs such as heroin and illegally manufactured fentanyl, the nations opioid epidemic was sparked by the kinds of painkillers medical providers prescribed. Young wanted information about one of his enemies. Fullington, who was also let go, told me she got a threatening call from Young. ], Oh, you look fine to me.. Calles: I mean, you have killersmurderers, I meanthat have not been in jail this long. I swear he didnt look at my leg for 30 seconds, and he told me exactly what it was, he says. Dr. Jeff is married to Petra Mickova Petra though she is his second wife. And whats remarkable about the Rock Doc is that he streamed his private interactions with patients online. Throughout Jackson, he had created for himself a reputation as a rock-and-roll renegade, happily showing off his piercings, tattoos, and goatee. During one club night, Young bought Stephanie two drinks and his friends handed them to her. Young would continue to prescribe drugs there for two more years. Khazan: So Ive written a million stories about this. You may not like me. The next year, Jeff prescribed M.Y. His friend Melanie Lupino, a local bartender, said he got girlfriends easily, so she was baffled by the notion that he would have to give people drugs to get sex. Other female patients checkout sheets simply said No charge., Though he portrayed himself as harmlessly vulgar, Young could, in fact, get violent with women. In 2013, she was diagnosed with fibromyalgia, a chronic disorder that is usually accompanied by widespread pain and fatigue. They thought I was basically lazy and just wanted to have pain pills, just for whatever reason. JACKSON, Tenn. The end is nowhere close for three medical professionals charged in a federal opioid crackdown earlier this year. (The background music shifts tone dramatically to a wispy, light, contemplative energy.). Meanwhile, LeAnn Naylor, the secretary of Jacksons former mayor, first told me over email that she stood by Young after his hearing, but then recently said shed started having doubts because Young would frequently hit on her adult daughter. 0:06. Kevin: Jeff and I are full of antics. He didnt mind saying a curse word or two.. 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. Three, two, one. On April 17, 2019, officials swept through Appalachia, charging 53 medical professionals, including doctors, nurses, and pharmacists. Khazan: In 2016, Jeff tried to broadcast his world even more widely. Instead, Young began by kicking Reitz out of the business, Reitz told me. And even then, I didnt want to hear it. 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. So hes a little out there. Longoria: Pharmaceutical companies marketed these drugs aggressively to doctors. He was found in his bedroom, where the ambulance service discovered an empty syringe under his pillow and empty pill bottles on his bedside table that had been filled that month. Its a shame, he told me, that Young got into so much legal trouble; think of all the people he might have helped. This distinction is important, because while nurse practitioners are functioning in the same capacity as physiciansordering and interpreting Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. Nurse practitioner Jeff Young, known as the "Rock Doc," and . Whats up kids? While Youngs antics could be a nightmare for his staff, his pool of patients increased as word about his practice spread. He decked out PreventaGenix with psychedelic artwork and set the stereo to loud rock. Youngs case provides a rare glimpse into the ways patients wind up addicted to the powerful painkillers fueling the national opioid epidemic. Dan Reaves, a local radio host on whose show Young occasionally appeared as part of a marketing plan, described Young as medically gifted. Years before the launch of PreventaGenix, Young had already been accused of abusing his nurse-practitioner license. But it seemed like she wasnt the only one getting pain meds from the Rock Doc. Every single time I went to that doctor and I left, Stairway to Heaven played. Listen and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Stitcher | Google Podcasts, The patients of the nurse practitioner and aspiring reality star Jeffrey Young say he helped them like nobody else could. After the raid, Young spent the night in jail on an outstanding warrant, and PreventaGenix closed soon after. They dont want to touch you unless they have to touch you. Khazan: LaRhonda Scott Deberry is a 54-year-old former teacher who lives in Memphis. Though Young at first just seemed to go along with the project, he grew more invested after the first visit, the cameraman told me. Updated at 10:28 p.m. I asked to speak with him for this story, but because of a gag order on the case, his lawyer declined interviews with me. No one else seemed capable of treating all her problemsthroat swelling, high blood pressure, attention issues. Despite some patients praise for Young, the evidence that he routinely walked far over that line remains alarming. I tried to reach out to women who Jeff was rumored to have exchanged drugs for sex with, but none of them wanted to talk on the record. Most of these doctors werent like Jeff. Christi Calles lived 30 miles away in Lexington. One person with knowledge of the case gave me a list of several women who, the person believed, were having sex with Young in exchange for drugs. And were gonna send a message. They called it the single largest crackdown on prescription opioids in history. Young: (Over the sound of a pool-filtration system.) But you know what? Young got married, then quickly got divorced, according to several people who knew him then. Young seemed eager to hire lots of staff, but would end up firing them later. Apparently she felt strongly enough about it that he wouldnt leave her alone if she went to see him. Many people in Jackson seemed to see themselves in Young. This is Aalto. He soon opened a new clinic, which he called GeneXis Health. (A moment of narrative silence. Women were drawn to Young; he had a big house and was the first to buy everyones drink. Khazan: In 2017, the very public world Jeff had built around himself started attracting a different kind of attention. When PreventaGenix closed, Young was alleged to have failed to pay part of the unemployment insurance, federal tax withholdings, and final payroll for the clinic, according to a lawsuit filed by his former partners, Reitz and Patel. LeAnn said that Jeff stayed for hours, changing IV bags and chatting with him. 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.). Patients say the Rock Doc helped them like no one else could. 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. Aw, shit! In April 2019, he was indicted on drug-trafficking charges, along with five other medical providers in Jackson, two of whom were the supervising physicians Young, as a nurse practitioner, was required to have. I accept all insurance, he told her. Thank you for listening. In fact, he avoided doctors at all costs. 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. And no education whatsoever, Phillips jokes. Many of the people I interviewedincluding some of Youngs former patients and employeesasked to remain anonymous, often because they feared retribution at the hands of Young and his friends. I cant wait to start being your patient again, one woman wrote. To have a medical provider be polite to you, accept you, maybe even dig through your charts to find the root cause of your ailmentsit can be validating. In 2014, Jeff started seeing a patient with the initials M.Y. (Endo denied the allegations.) They didnt play Stairway to Heaven or have Periscope accounts. He blasted heavy metal at his private practice and filled his Instagram feed with photos of himself smoking cigars. You could see, almost, when you were talking to him, he was listeningand he was thumping that pen to the beat of the music. One January morning, officers swarmed the road outside the PreventaGenix building, guns drawn. His small fiefdom of followers created a mini echo chamber, feeding back approval and encouragement. 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.. Naylor: I said, Go see Jeff. And she said, Id rather not. And I said, Why? And she said, Because if I go see him, hell start texting me and calling me. And I said, And wanting to go out with you? And she said, Yeah. Thats the thing. After the hearing, Young was jailed pending his trial, which is currently scheduled to be held this spring. Khazan: The videos were sarcastic and loose, intimate in their own bizarre way. (Fades under.). Angele Latham. To date, none of the alleged victims in Youngs court case has come forward publicly to speak against him. Provides a rare glimpse into the allegations against Young, 43, a benzodiazepine, and told. 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