California Prison Doctor Who Is Barred From Treating Patients Earned $777,423

The highest-paid state employee in California last year, earning $777,423, is a prison doctor who isn't allowed to see patients, state officials said. Dr. Jeffrey Rohlfing, 65, has successfully appealed attempts by the receiver who oversees California's prison health-care system to dismiss him and is working in the medical records office at High Desert State Prison in Susanville, said Nancy Kincaid, a spokeswoman for the receiver, J. Clark Kelso. He hasn't seen patients since 2005 and has a...Full Story