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The allegations against Young point toward an especially sordid type of abuse in which some doctors victimize patients twice: first by getting them addicted to drugs, and then by sexually exploiting them. Young: Listen, I am for the patient. Khazan: Jeff had been good to Tanya in the clinic, which was an experience that she didnt usually have with doctors. On it, they found evidence of Young having sex with many different women, one of whom appeared to be motionless and had her eyes closed, a DEA agent testified later. (Somber, reflective droning notes play up. 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. Young, 43, a Tennessee nurse practitioner who called himself 'Rock Doc' and once piloted . Federal prosecutors who charged him in a massive opioid bust say he overprescribed painkillers, often for money, notoriety, and sexual favors.. I expected to hear lots of horror stories of abuse and mistreatment. However, many of Youngs online supporters have remained loyal. Thats the only way you can describe it. Im Julia Longoria. Furthermore, Dr. Young along with his wife and daughter Melody works at his clinic. But the board has a history of letting suspicious providers go on practicing for years. #saturdays at noon est to hear #nikkidarling chat with the #RockDoc Jeff Young II #musicmeetmedicine Starts at 12pm est. After the raid, Young spent the night in jail on an outstanding warrant, and PreventaGenix closed soon after. Rudins lawyer did not respond to a request for comment. Khazan: The videos were sarcastic and loose, intimate in their own bizarre way. And the word that kept coming up when people described Jeff is comfortable. 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. I dont wear underwear. It wasnt like any medical office Id ever been to. 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. Stephanie had been in an abusive relationship and dealt with a slew of other traumas. And people in the pilot gave testimonials saying as much. What a great, great, great, great song! In 2012, Young was working at a cardiology practice in Jackson when, with a consultant named Rich Reitz and cardiologist named Dharmesh Patel, he set up a side business giving talks to doctors about treating heart attacks and strokes. Dan Reaves, a local radio host on whose show Young occasionally appeared as part of a marketing plan, described Young as medically gifted. 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. (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. 14:46. There were reports of after-hours partiespossibly of Jeff having sex with his patients. Not that theyre not watching internet porn. 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. 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. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges against him. Nurse practitioner Jeff Young, known as the "Rock Doc," and . On my trip, I strolled by a glass case near the federal courthouse that held a large Bible opened to the Gospel of John. I cant wait to start being your patient again, one woman wrote. Then and over the ensuing months, I spoke with dozens of Youngs friends, enemies, alleged victims, and former co-workers. Sound design by David Herman. 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. After PreventaGenix shut down, Young told his patients on Facebook that they could contact Reitz and Patels attorney to get their medical records. I mean, you wouldve thought they were giving away meds for free, to be honest. Young: (Over hard-rock music.) (Later, Phillips pleaded guilty to threatening a Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was investigating Young. The half-dozen former patients who did agree to talk with me were mostly people who wanted to defend Jeff. Off camera, Young allegedly prescribed 1.4 million addictive pills and had sex with female patients. He may have that, but hes not Hes down to earth. Copyright 2021 The Atlantic and New York Public Radio. Young grabs them and takes a big whiff. In November 2016, the health department threatened to file charges against Young before the board of nursing. Through his lawyer, Michael R. Working, Phillips did not return several requests for comment. A few months into their new venture, Reitz and Young were supposed to meet to discuss the running of the clinic. It surprised her, but Jeff was attuned to all that. Olga Khazan: At the time, there wasnt a lot of limits on pharmaceutical companies being able to tell doctors that. This ingratiating tendency allegedly extended to handing out prescriptions. In 2014, Jeff started seeing a patient with the initials M.Y. 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. Rather than call for help, Young walked away and left me on the ground, she told me. In 2014, Young began seeing a patient identified as MY in a letter from Tennessees department of healtha letter that would ultimately lead to a nursing-board hearing for Young. A staffer, who declined to talk on the record, asked me why I was writing about him. If you speak against me, she remembers him saying, youre gonna regret it.. He seemed, to his former employees, constitutionally unable to deny patients the pills they wanted, even if it was the last thing they needed. To date, none of the alleged victims in Youngs court case has come forward publicly to speak against him. Young seemed eager to hire lots of staff, but would end up firing them later. Many told me that they didnt want to talk on the record. We cant live if hes out, she said. Jeff gets his nick name "Rock Doc" from his loyal patients. (Soft percussive synthesizer music plays.). Minutes after finishing the second drink, Stephanie fell face-first onto the floor. Ballard: I dont believe Jeff overprescribed medication. When I visited the clinic shortly before the hearing, Young had just finished up with a patient. PreventaGenix, with its Doric columns and grand portico, appeared to preside over the rest. One January morning, officers swarmed the road outside the PreventaGenix building, guns drawn. ), Youngs sexual desires and need to please patients allegedly soon blurred together. They didnt try to become reality-TV stars. So it was kind of significant to me. Being around Young made her feel emotionally safe, she said. I mean, he had his doctors lab coat on. Brown hair, green eyes, amazing body. He smells them again. He would sometimes brag about having sex on his lunch break, sharing with his staff pictures of his conquests, three employees said. The camera follows Young as he treats patients, talks on a local radio station, dances with women at a club, and brags about drinking. Its light and upbeat.). Khazan: The way I first got to know Jeff Young was through videos he posted online. And the consequences might have gone beyond sexual abuse and addiction. He tried to ignore it, but when he woke up the next morning, LeAnn noticed he still looked really bad. Khazan: The first time I watched this video, I just heard Jeff making excuses. [Khazan laughs, then Calles emphasizes each word that follows.] I had had back surgery, and I really had real problems that no one wanted to listen to me about. I mean, you could just kind of tell you could trust him. Calles: I mean, the whole deal of him being in jail this long is completely unfair. 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. 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. Unnamed guest: I cant believe he stabbed himself (Fades under.). She was referred to Jeff by one of her friends. Some people from the area said they had been harassed by Jeff and were afraid to speak out. We got a very, uh, important (Fades under.). 1:07. Toward the end of PreventaGenix, the nurse practitioner so many people had praised deteriorated, according to former employees. I cant say for sure what the right course of treatment for LaRhonda was, and where opioids fit into that. Long after the criminal charges against him became known, many of Youngs patients and friends came to his defenseincluding some whom he had seemingly wronged. was found dead of an apparent overdose. He never admitted to anything that would make him look bad. 1986-present. Purdue voice-over: Often, it will be an opioid medication. (A long beat of music. Young was late to the office almost every day. But I was willing to overlook all that, you know? Years active. This distinction is important, because while nurse practitioners are functioning in the same capacity as physiciansordering and interpreting LaRhonda Scott Deberry: When I first met him, I thought maybe he was prejudiced. On Instagram, photos tagged #preventagenix show Young on a motorcycle, surrounded by women. Several others dismissed the notion that Young could be sexually coercive. It really meant a lot to me. (The two clap each others backs in a half-hug.). 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. Young: Even get all gussied up for tonight. Heres what I can tell you. Throughout Jackson, he had created for himself a reputation as a rock-and-roll renegade, happily showing off his piercings, tattoos, and goatee. Yeah, thats prettythats very distressing. So what? (Fades under.). 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