About Salix Compass
Medication access is the mission. Practical operations are where we begin.
Salix Compass is an independent Washington-based nonprofit working to reduce the administrative barriers between patients, practices, and medication access.
Our current practice-facing work begins with in-office dispensing feasibility and readiness: helping physician and specialty practices understand what a proposed model would require before committing to implementation.
Understand our approach- Organization type
- Independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Location
- Washington State
- Founded
- Founded in 2025
Our story
Personal experience. Practical purpose.
Jevon Armstrong founded Salix Compass in 2025 after seeing how medication costs and administrative complexity affected his own family. His father's struggle with the cost of insulin made medication access more than a professional interest.
That personal experience sits alongside hands-on work in pharmacy and physician-practice operations, including dispensing workflows, medication assistance, prior authorization, and operational development.
Salix Compass brings those perspectives together: concern for the person who needs medication and an understanding of the work required behind the scenes. Our purpose is to develop practical support for that work without placing the entire administrative burden on patients or already-stretched clinic teams.
Evergreen Social Impact (opens an external website in a new tab) supported Salix Compass during its early development through fiscal sponsorship. We are grateful for that support as we continue our work as an independent nonprofit organization.
Our approach
Why begin with in-office dispensing feasibility?
Because the decision is larger than whether a practice can obtain and dispense a medication. It is also a decision about the people, processes, responsibilities, and systems needed to support the proposed work.
Our assessment starts with the practice's proposed dispensing model and the questions leadership needs answered. We examine the agreed operational areas before the practice commits to implementation.
Who would own each responsibility? What can the existing team support? Which workflows would need to change? What remains dependent on vendors, payers, regulatory requirements, or qualified professional advice?
Making those questions visible is the purpose of the assessment. The outcome should be a clearer decision, not a predetermined recommendation to open a dispensary.
In-office dispensing is our current starting point, not a requirement for every practice and not the full extent of our medication-access mission.
From an initial question to a defined next step
Understand the proposed model
Clarify what the practice wants to accomplish, how dispensing would fit its operations, and which assumptions need to be examined.
Evaluate readiness and dependencies
Review the agreed operational areas, identify unresolved questions, and distinguish what the practice can address from what requires outside expertise or approval.
Make an informed decision
Provide findings and prioritized next steps that help leadership decide whether to proceed, prepare further, or choose another direction.
Define any subsequent work separately
Where appropriate, discuss a separate implementation or operational-support engagement with its own scope, responsibilities, and terms.
Available today
Defined services. Clear expectations.
Our current services and public resources are distinct from the programs and technology we are still developing.
Paid practice-readiness assessments
Washington independent physician and specialty practices can request an in-office dispensing readiness assessment. Scope, deliverables, fees, and schedule are agreed before work begins.
Submitting an inquiry is not a commitment to purchase an assessment. Implementation support, where appropriate, is scoped separately.
Request a readiness assessmentSelf-guided public resources
Our public resource page connects visitors with external medication-affordability, coverage, and community-support resources.
Individual patient navigation case intake is not currently open. Please do not send patient records through general email or business inquiry forms.
Explore public resourcesBuilding over time
Services first. Technology that supports the work.
Our approach is to define the work and responsibilities clearly, then use technology where it can support those workflows. We are not asking practices to adopt a future platform in order to engage with us today.
Weaver Crest remains in development as part of that longer-term direction. It is not required to request or complete a readiness assessment.
Paid practice services help sustain the organization and support further development. Charitable support serves our public-benefit mission separately; a service fee is not presented as a donation.
How we work
Operating principles
Our principles connect the medication-access mission with the practical decisions involved in developing and delivering services.
Patients remain the reason
We consider how operational decisions affect patients and families, alongside the capacity of the people responsible for carrying out the work.
Start with the actual workflow
We examine responsibilities, handoffs, staffing, and dependencies before recommending additional processes or technology.
Make recommendations honestly
A useful assessment can recommend moving forward, preparing further, or not proceeding. We distinguish current services from future plans.
Build for sustainability
We develop defined, paid practice services alongside public resources and longer-term medication-access initiatives.
Leadership and governance
Hands-on experience and organizational oversight
Day-to-day leadership and board oversight support Salix Compass's service development, financial stewardship, and responsible growth.
Jevon Armstrong
Founder & CEO
Jevon brings hands-on experience in physician-practice dispensing, pharmacy operations, medication access, and workflow development. He leads Salix's strategy, practice-service development, and longer-term technology work.
jarmstrong@salixcompass.orgHeather Beckum
Board Chair & Treasurer
Heather provides governance, financial oversight, and strategic guidance supporting the organization's responsible growth and long-term sustainability.
Contact Salix CompassOrganizational transparency
Organization & Accountability
Clear information about who we are, how our work is overseen, and how charitable support differs from professional-service engagements.
Organization at a glance
- Organization
- Salix Compass
- Federal tax status
- Independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit
- Location
- Washington State
Evergreen Social Impact provided fiscal sponsorship during our early development. Salix Compass now operates independently.
Leadership and governance
Organizational leadership manages day-to-day work, while the board provides governance and oversight. Current leadership information appears above.
Charitable support and service fees
Charitable contributions and professional-service fees are separate. A readiness assessment is a paid engagement with an agreed scope, fee, and terms; it is not presented as a charitable contribution.
Donation information is available on our support page. Practice inquiries should use our readiness-assessment form.
Organizational information requests
To request information about our tax-exempt status, governance, or available public filings, email Salix Compass and identify the information you are seeking.
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Support the mission
Help build practical pathways to medication access
Learn about supporting Salix Compass's public-benefit work and future development. Charitable contributions are separate from payments for professional services.