Make and Model: The only Billboard Hot 100 entry for new wave greats The Cars with an automotive title to match their band name . Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Though he was not an M.D., Young christened himself the Rock Doc.. A few months into their new venture, Reitz and Young were supposed to meet to discuss the running of the clinic. 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. And doctorswho work in what is, after all, a service professionsometimes feel that its easier to pacify the patient than to push back. Kevin: Jeff and I are full of antics. So it just kind of, I guess, comforted me. Naylor: They would look at me and say [Dismissively. 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. Nurse practitioner Jeff Young, known as the "Rock Doc," and . (Ringing leads into a soft, humming organ song.). And Im like, Oh. [A beat.] Thats okay. 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. 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. (Young has denied that hed had sex with the patient who appeared to be drugged.). (Fades under.). Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. You ready? His wife also loves animals and works in the same clinic. The sharpteeth charge through and run into the rock spire and fall down. Thats the only way you can describe it. Calles: I dont know. In confessional-style interviews, Young seems to enjoy offending anyone whos shocked by his approach. He even convinced her to get weight-loss surgery. One employee recalled him sometimes being too drunk to see patients. Calles: I mean, you have killersmurderers, I meanthat have not been in jail this long. 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. There was no statement even made to the Feds. He seemed, to his former employees, constitutionally unable to deny patients the pills they wanted, even if it was the last thing they needed. 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.). Patients would spend an hour or two in the waiting room, only to get a rushed exam and prescription. Ultimately, what hastened Youngs downfall is that some of the female patients asking him for drugs were undercover officers. 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 2020, had he not been indicted, he would have been allowed to petition to have his prescribing privileges reinstated, as long as he agreed to extra monitoring. Though the system came slowly for Young, during the years he was being investigated America underwent a national reckoning about opioids. He has three children, two sons, and a daughter, from his first marriage. (Four years later, the health department received a complaint about this testosterone sideline, but the complaint was never assigned to an investigator, according to Pickering.) (Laughs heartily.). Khazan: Not long after Jeff opened Preventagenix, the Tennessee nursing board started to investigate him for prescribing high doses of opioids to his patients, even when he didnt have a good medical reason. This is Aalto. At this point, the people of Jackson knew the full extent of officials suspicions about Young. (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. I asked to speak with him for this story, but because of a gag order on the case, his lawyer declined interviews with me. Young was a people pleaser, as one former employee described him. So hes a little out there. 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. Toward the end of PreventaGenix, the nurse practitioner so many people had praised deteriorated, according to former employees. Khazan: I was wondering if your ex-husband still supports Jeff or thinks he was a good medical provider. Calles: I mean, the whole deal of him being in jail this long is completely unfair. ), (What sounds like road noise plays in the background of a Periscope clip. Thats very distressing Yeah, Im shocked, you know? Listen to the trailer for Holy Week. Young: That was what Im going to say. #saturdays at noon est to hear #nikkidarling chat with the #RockDoc Jeff Young II #musicmeetmedicine Starts at 12pm est. But the more time I spent thinking about it, the more I started to realize that Jeff has a point. Do you feel safe with Mr. Young being out there? a prosecutor on the case, Andrew Pennebaker, asked Pickering in court. Thats not my fucking problem, all right? I asked to speak with him for this story, but because of a gag order on the case, his lawyer declined interviews with me. Khazan: Which was exactly what she liked about him. 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. Because he prescribed my opiates, and I took them as prescribed, and I had no problems with it. Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. And even then, I didnt want to hear it. In May 2019, shortly after Young was indicted, I traveled to Jackson to try to understand the place that gave rise to the Rock Doc. Khazan: In 2016, Jeff tried to broadcast his world even more widely. Rudins lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. So, no, I cant say that. every time. Khazan: Because I couldnt talk to Jeff, Ive spent more hours than I want to admit combing through his Periscope videos, trying to understand this man. Nurse practitioners have played a key role in Tennessees opioid epidemic. Apparently she felt strongly enough about it that he wouldnt leave her alone if she went to see him. (Green, who has since cut ties with Young, would not comment on this when I reached him, but he told the Sun that he asked another officer to look up the information.). He was the casual party guy, not the stuffy doctor. In one post, tagged with American holocaust, he writes, I have always been a survivor and have scars of significance to symbolize thus, and this is where they have underestimated me and my resolve., In March 2020, after the coronavirus pandemic broke out, Young petitioned the court to be released to house arrest because he was on immunosuppressive drugs for a kidney transplant he had years ago and was concerned about the risk of complications from COVID-19. 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. The daughter, Melody, actually works in her dad's vet clinic. Young cared for all kinds of people, some of whom didnt have money or health insurance. All right, guys. Know his wife, age, net worth, family, Most of these doctors werent like Jeff. (There were different Jeff Youngs in [the Records Management System] and I had very little information so he was not added to the report, the police report states.) We got a very, uh, important (Fades under.). He remarried in 2006. I mean, you could just kind of tell you could trust him. Young had an active channel on Periscope, where he and Phillips drank and waxed philosophical. (A long moment of music with no narration before it fades out. Lax regulations played a role. She told me that Jeff took her pain seriously. He gave Young total control over what was recorded. 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. In recent years, the Justice Department has started coming for unscrupulous doctors and pharmacists, too. (Topix has since been shut down.) Several people suggested suing for defamation a news station that reported on the incident. He may have that, but hes not Hes down to earth. And whats remarkable about the Rock Doc is that he streamed his private interactions with patients online. Khazan: But the pilot also showed the other side of Jeff. Why would you go to this doctor? had lower back pain and complained of numbness in his left arm. One of them was that I had the story all wrong. Khazan: When I first started talking to Jeffs former patients, I thought I understood this story. So you got to be a good judge of character. Despite some patients praise for Young, the evidence that he routinely walked far over that line remains alarming. The scenes are meant to serve as a testament to the effectiveness of Youngs work hard, play harder ethos. Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. 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. (Patel did not respond to requests for comment.) You may not like my tattoos. 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. Theres this moment in one of the videos that I keep thinking about: Young: (Over more pool filtration.) For the occasion of his detention hearing, Young wore a cerulean suit and a comb-over. [Laughs.] 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. Early in the epidemic, Purdue gave doctors OxyContin fishing hats and swing-music CDs to encourage them to prescribe more of the drug. Everybody pay fucking attention worldwide because Im about to save this motherfuckers lifelive on Periscope broadcast! 2,760 Followers, 1,655 Following, 2,046 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Jeff Young II (JY2) #RockDoc (@jeffyoungii) You can all suck my d***. And people in the pilot gave testimonials saying as much. 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. The next morning, the office manager, Kristie Gutgsell, would clean up after them. Not all of them were into the whole edgy hard-rock thing at first. Once his colleagues were out of the business, Young began crafting a persona based around rock music and hard living. The allegations, when they started coming, though, really started coming fast. One admitted that Young had flirted with her. Jackson Sun. 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. Editing by Katherine Wells, Julia Longoria, and Denise Wills. 0:04. Khazan: Tanya had a different theory about where all the criticism was actually coming from. 1986-present. Khazan: And he posted dozens of videos there. She was referred to Jeff by one of her friends. He was always polite. Strippers, tattoo artists, and rock-band groupies saw a kindred spirit in Young and came to him as patients. LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. 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. Of course other doctors dont write as many prescriptions, the implication seemed to be. Khazan: Anyone online could watch him, say, biopsy someones skin while listening to hard rock. Young: All right. They didnt have tattoos. Young had also allegedly begun siphoning off $100 almost every day from the clinic for his personal expenses, according to former employees. I visited Youngs clinic, but, through a staffer, he declined to speak with me. Khazan: Like, for example, here he is sniffing a pair of womens underwear with his sidekick, a friend named Kevin. One of his patients, Helena Louvaris, told me that Young saved her life by putting her on a diet plan. ), (The intro to a rock song plays, with a driving, pulsing beat. And were gonna send a message. They called it the single largest crackdown on prescription opioids in history. Khazan: Christi Calles was the patient who loved listening to Stairway to Heaven.. It was just rocked out. (A snare hit plays, and the music changes tone again. Additional music by Nelson Bandela (04 HIDDEN FORCES and Auddi Sun 01 131). 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. Youngs pursuit of fame culminated in his attempt to launch the Rock Doc television show. 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. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. a dangerous combination of an opioid, a benzodiazepine, and a muscle relaxant. Rumors started to spread in town that strange things were going on in Jeffs office. I mean, if somebody pats you on the back, that aint coming on to you. In February 2016, he texted one of his opioid patients, a police officer named Jay Green. 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