Automated News Feed Subreddit No Censorship, Just News. (She did not want to be named for fear of jeopardizing her business.) Several people suggested suing for defamation a news station that reported on the incident. Stephanie had been in an abusive relationship and dealt with a slew of other traumas. Together, they are the parents of three children and have seven grandchildren. (Laughs heartily.). Who cares? All throughout the past few months, Youngs fans have papered his Facebook wall with loving messages. 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. Mellow and slow, it moves under the narration the way water moves through a stream.). Naylor: (A sharp inhale.) (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. Without doing a physical exam, Young diagnosed MY with chronic lower-back pain and anxiety, the letter details. The daughter, Melody, actually works in her dad's vet clinic. They do not have serious medical side effects. MY came to PreventaGenix complaining of lower-back pain and numbness in his left arm, and asked for refills of pain medications. Young would continue to prescribe drugs there for two more years. (Fades under.). 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. Rather than suffer any real consequences for his allegedly reckless prescribing, Young continued to work as a medical provider for years. He remarried in 2006. Heres what I can tell you. Were taking next week off to work on new stories, but well be back with new episodes starting April 15. They are often too under-resourced and understaffed to keep a watchful eye on all medical providers. LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. He has been arrested several times, though not convicted, for assaulting women. Though he was not an M.D., Young christened himself the Rock Doc.. Hes prescribing drugs that people want, another man added. 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. Thank you for listening. 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. (Young has pleaded not guilty to all charges. 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.*. Scott Deberry: Kinda made it start seeming like he was unprofessional. They didnt have tattoos. Patients say the Rock Doc helped them like no one else could. [Khazan laughs, then Calles emphasizes each word that follows.] Khazan: LaRhonda was skepticalbut she was also dealing with a lot of pain. Calles: Yes. From that day on, he saw him for everything. 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. And if you want to help other people discover the show, share it online with the hashtag #TheExperimentPodcast, and leave us a review on Apple Podcasts. Some speculated that it could have been drugs, alcohol, the prospect of fame, a divorce from his second wife the year after PreventaGenix launched, or a combination of all of them. (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.). Another compared Young to a brother and called my reporting disrespectful.. Naylor: I felt like he was being treated unfairlythat maybe he had even been set up. But she also told me the story of her ex-husband. To one patient, who he prescribed hydrocodone, amphetamines, and fentanyl, he said, I accept all insurance. States largely rely on medical boards to regulate practitioners, but these entities have a reputation for leniency. Sometimes he wore scrubs, but most of the time he had on jeans, scrub tops, and a rock T-shirt, and a doctors jacket. Khazan: The Rock Doc, Jeff Young, has been in jail for almost two years, awaiting trial. Calles: I dont know. Why would he do this? Be part of The Experiment. 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.) Phillips, Youngs best friend, would often stop by the clinic to hang out and drink, according to former employees. Years active. And I was like, My mind is blown. 13.6k members in the AutoNewspaper community. I mean, you could just kind of tell you could trust him. Scott Deberry: When I first was going in the office, I could go in there and thered be maybe 10 of us in there. Even if the treatment doesnt work, it feels good to be listened to when youre used to being ignored. Additional music by Nelson Bandela (04 HIDDEN FORCES and Auddi Sun 01 131). But as I talked to more patients, they started saying things that really surprised me. Health care is one of the Jackson areas most important industries, and West Tennessee Healthcare, which once employed Young, is the largest employer in the county. But none of these barred the Rock Doc from getting drugs into the hands of patients. Jeffrey Young wanted to give you a real look inside his clinic. (Endo denied the allegations.) There were reports of after-hours partiespossibly of Jeff having sex with his patients. Phillips popped off to a friend.). On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. Even now, I cant say that. Young was indicted on drug-trafficking charges in April 2019. Thrash metal, heavy metal, speed metal, blues, classical. Its light and upbeat.). After the hearing, Young was jailed pending his trial, which is currently scheduled to be held this spring. (The DEA declined to comment on Youngs case for this story.) Young: So, the, uh, the sinister ministerthat would be me (Fades under again.). Khazan: I was wondering if your ex-husband still supports Jeff or thinks he was a good medical provider. 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.). His case before the nursing board stalled for two more years. At Youngs practice, the quantities of opioids were larger than many investigations that I conducted, Shirley Pickering, a nursing-board investigator, later said in court. But the board has a history of letting suspicious providers go on practicing for years. Listen to the trailer for, The Hard-Partying, Rock-Obsessed Nurse at the Center of a Massive Opioid Bust. 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. And that was not the case at all. Defending himself in one of his on-camera interviews, Young acknowledges that he is maybe a little untraditional and that he might like to drink a little bit after hours. But, he says, Im very passionate about what I do I work hard, but I play harder. Youngs practice was, for a time, an inexpensive, reliable option for medical care in Jackson. Khazan: To me, this felt immature, but it was all part of the brand. I mean, you wouldve thought they were giving away meds for free, to be honest. He found diseases, for example, that other doctors missed. Throughout Jackson, he had created for himself a reputation as a rock-and-roll renegade, happily showing off his piercings, tattoos, and goatee. Find Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and TikTok profiles, images and more on IDCrawl - free people search website. Naylor: They would look at me and say [Dismissively. Khazan: And some of what she saw really weirded her out. Five other medical providers, just in Jackson, were indicted too. Nurses are consistently rated higher in honesty and ethics than all other professions that Gallup asks about, by a wide margin, the polling firm said in a January 2020 survey. 1,274 likes. Khazan: Which was exactly what she liked about him. (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.) I asked to speak with him for this story, but because of a gag order on the case, his lawyer declined interviews with me. For the occasion of his detention hearing, Young wore a cerulean suit and a comb-over. 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. Khazan: When I first started talking to Jeffs former patients, I thought I understood this story. And hed stream from inside the clinic sometimes. They entered the office and ordered the clinics staffers to lie on the floor. We put out calls and emails to dozens of Jeff Youngs patients. He helped her a lot with her pain. M.Y. Not all of them were into the whole edgy hard-rock thing at first. 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. (Fades under.). Country music lyrics, guitar tabs/tablatures, chords source #1. Others accused me of seeking to discredit Young and slander his name. Young did seem to be famous enough in Jackson, however, to reinforce his own grand vision of himself. But tonally, much of the footage betrays him. It feels claustrophobic.). He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. 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. 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. Calles: Doctors judged me because of my weight. Khazan: Jeff had been good to Tanya in the clinic, which was an experience that she didnt usually have with doctors. Every time. Jeff immediately sees that he is inyou know, hes in pretty bad shape. 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. 1986-present. And doctorswho work in what is, after all, a service professionsometimes feel that its easier to pacify the patient than to push back. Calles: And I mean, he didnt dress like your average doctor. Khazan: Do you feel like Jeff has done more harm than good? So hes a little out there. Young: (Just after another person laughs.) He soon opened a new clinic, which he called GeneXis Health. 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.. (Topix has since been shut down.) 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. His small fiefdom of followers created a mini echo chamber, feeding back approval and encouragement. Never give up God is full of second chances, one woman wrote. In addition to steroid shots, Young prescribed her oxycodone, Xanax, and Adderall for her various medical issues. 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. I said, um, So what are yall doing after-hour? The men each contributed $40,000 to the endeavor. Music by Tasty Morsels and Nelson Nance. So, no, I cant say that. Aw, shit! Longoria: And one of those worst of the worst providers stood out from the others. 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. Right? Of the women who returned my calls, none wanted to speak on the record under her real name, but all denied that Young had sexually abused them. The cost of producing the Rock Doc pilot, about $2,000, was entirely paid for by the clinic, Gutgsell claimed in a deposition. The feds say Young . (In response to a request for comment, a health-department spokesperson noted that, according to state law, the department cant suspend medical licenses without first giving practitioners the opportunity to demonstrate compliance regarding the allegations against them. This is Aalto. 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