The Affordable Care Act lives On, but still looking for a few good business models
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 verdict in favor of the defendant in the much publicized case, King v. Burrill. The ruling […]
June 26, 2015
Topics: Policy and Regulations
The FDA needs disruption to calm the latest endoscopy scare
View image | gettyimages.com Last month, news broke that nearly 200 patients at Reagan UCLA Medical Center had been exposed to a deadly bacterium because […]
Mar 2, 2015
Health care disruptors must navigate treacherous regulatory waters
This week 23andMe, a popular and well-funded genetic testing start-up, received a warning letter from the FDA indicating its product is being classified as a […]
Nov 27, 2013
How to fix Healthcare.gov
On Sunday, October 20th, the Department of Health and Human Services announced a “tech surge” to fix the problems that have beset Healthcare.gov since its […]
Oct 30, 2013
Who is to blame for Healthcare.gov? (Hint: The Initials are RPV)
Who botched Healthcare.gov? The contractors, politicians, and president all claim that they are not responsible – and they are all right. Forcing a new idea […]
Oct 29, 2013
Enabling disruptive diagnostics
Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. The Human Genome Project, launched in 1990, began with great promise. Its […]
Oct 17, 2013
Disruptive Innovation and the Affordable Care Act
Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. It is based on a report by the Clayton Christensen Institute titled, “Seize the ACA: […]
Sept 26, 2013
ACA delay: Can employers disrupt insurance?
Last night the Obama administration delayed until 2015 the implementation of a major provision of the Affordable Care Act requiring employers to provide health insurance […]
July 3, 2013
Recent legislative and policy actions open the door to disruption in health care
In The Washington Post, Vineeta Vijayaraghavan and Clayton Christensen write about the impact of recent changes that enable more disruption in care delivery: Health-care changes […]
Dec 3, 2011
The Politics of Health: Rating for a Change
Darius Tahir, Vineeta Vijayaraghavan, and Jason Hwang provide commentary on the potential impact of physician ratings systems in ADVANCE Web’s “The Politics of Health Care” […]
Jan 5, 2011