CourMed is pioneering a wealth management perk—where health may deliver the best ROI of all.
Derrick Miles’ career shifted with a single phone call. During the height of pandemic travel restrictions, a Detroit CEO tested positive for COVID-19 and was stuck in Mexico and couldn’t return to the U.S. until he recovered. He called Miles’ company, CourMed—which, until then, had operated as a medical courier—asking if it could arrange for a nurse to fly in with a monoclonal antibody treatment and to speed his return home.
It was an unconventional request, but the CEO was willing to pay $15,000 for care. Miles—who had spent years in health system administration before moving into the tech and innovation space and founding CourMed in 2018—mobilized his network. By the next day, a nurse was on a plane, and the experience changed CourMed forever.