Jack Kalavritinos

The Washington Health Innovation Council convened June 11, 2026 at the beautiful Willard Building for the Washington Summit on Deep BioSensing, Wearables Policy, and AI-Driven Diagnostics. Leaders from the FDA, industry, patient advocacy, investment, and healthcare policy shared a timely discussion on the future of technology in healthcare, and the impacts innovation is already having on legislation. A highlight of the program was a fireside discussion with Dr. Rick Abramson, Director of the...

The Washington Health Innovation Council gathered in South Florida on February 11, 2026 and gained numerous insights, perspectives and intel from 24 government, business, policy and legal experts (not to mention thoughtful comments from our attendees and guests). But these 10 stood out. Additionally, as Mia Heck notes, CMS/CMMI released a set of payment rates, 4 tracks and deadlines and we've summarized below with some key flags. 1. Do You Believe in Miracles? 2026 Begins With Bipartisan...

Thanks to Rep. Kim Schrier (D-WA) who serves as the Chair of the House Democratic Doctors Caucus and is a member of the House E&C Health Subcommittee for joining us in person yesterday. Catherine Cohen facilitated the “fireside chat” and Rep. Schrier discussed a range of issues from the MAHA agenda, the FDA’s priority reviews, prior authorization, Medicaid reimbursements and medtech industry concerns about site neutral payments. We had an outstanding mix of new and existing WHIC partners...