Inspired by Derek Sivers, here’s what I’m doing now…
Updated April 26, 2025.
I now live in Portland, Maine.
After living in the Pacific Northwest nearly all of my life, my family recently moved to Portland, Maine (in late June 2024). My incredible wife was placed here for medical residency, so we’re here for 5 years. Maybe longer? We still think of the PNW as home, and probably always will. There’s real mountains there 😉
Consulting Services for Direct Care Practices
Through Relic Health (my consulting side-business), I help physicians and other health care practitioners transition away from insurance-based practices into direct pay models. I currently can only take on 2 jobs at a time, so I’m maxed out at the moment.
Right now I’m helping a physician in Bellingham, WA start her Direct Primary Care practice (the first in the area), and a Functional Medicine Physician convert to a membership-based model in Yakima, WA.
Saxophone
I studied saxophone in college (I have a degree in music business and a minor in jazz studies from Washington State University), but have basically taken a 20-year break from playing. I spent a semester in the winter of 2024 with an adult ensemble at the Portland Conservatory of Music. Our ensemble gave a concert in January 2025. It was fun performing, and always humbling. I may practice with some local musicians.
Racquetball
My sport and exercise of choice right now is racquetball, and I love it. I currently play about 2 times per week. I love playing in tournaments – and attended my first ever in late 2024. My goal is to compete in the Open amateur division in a year or two.
Direct Primary Care Resources: A book? A Course?
Very slowly, I’m putting together some resources to help a larger number of physicians make the transition from traditional insurance-based primary care to direct primary care (membership-based).
I’m not sure what’s going to come first – a book, a course, or something in between those two. But, I know that I want to share a lot of information and put it into some kind of product to help primary care providers make the leap.
Product(s)…
I’ve always been interested in creating a product. Digital, physical – anything, really. I have some ideas for a few products that may help Direct Primary Care physicians more efficiently care for their members, and perhaps better reach employer groups with their services.
I really only know markup languages (HTML + CSS), and a small amount of javascript. I’m hoping to expand my coding knowledge and use the power of AI to potentially build at least an MVP (is it “a MVP”?) and see how it goes from there.