Who We Are
Wil Yu
Advisor, Health Care Markets and Innovations
Wil Yu has spent most of his career at the intersection of healthcare technology, policy, and finance. He’s a passionate supporter of innovative work that improves care delivery and enhances people’s well-being. Leveraging his expert knowledge of policy and technological change, Wil helps people create strategies for navigating new healthcare markets, increasing patient engagement, and transforming care delivery systems.
At the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Wil led nationwide efforts to facilitate the implementation of HITECH and Affordable Care Act within the private sector and, at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), he helped fund breakthrough developments in health information technology and the achievement of Meaningful Use. Wil also served as a Senior Advisor at the CMS Innovation Center (CMMI), promoting engagements at the intersection of technology, care delivery, and reimbursement innovation, especially Accountable Care Organizations. In collaboration with the White House Startup America initiative, he promoted investments in health information technology infrastructure amongst early stage investors.
Recently, Wil founded a non-profit foundation dedicated to supporting healthcare innovation adoption and diffusion efforts. He is also an editor for a new academic journal focused on care delivery science and technology and serves part-time as an advisor to the San Francisco Mayor’s Office of Innovation.