WASHINGTON, DC — This weekend, Joint Economic Committee Chairman David Schweikert (AZ-01) convened a healthcare innovation roundtable in Scottsdale to examine how emerging technologies can expand access to care, improve outcomes, and help slow the growth of federal healthcare spending. Participants included Amy Perry, President and CEO of Banner Health; Jonathan Jeffrey, Chief of Staff at WHOOP; Dr. Adam Oskowitz, cofounder of Doctronic.AI; Terrence O’Neil, Director of Operations at Calviri; and Tom Eisiminger, President and CEO of Regenesis.

“We have a math problem,” said Chairman Schweikert. “The math in our federal healthcare programs is unforgiving. Demographics are shifting rapidly, healthcare demand and costs are growing, and the current system was not designed for the pressures we’re about to face.”

Chairman Schweikert emphasized that looming trust fund shortfalls and workforce constraints are colliding at the same moment. More seniors will need care, while the supply of clinicians, especially in primary care, will be strained. He warned that Congress too often defaults to blunt budget constraints, even as innovation offers an opportunity to modernize care, improve access, and reduce costs.

The discussion explored how AI-enabled tools may help reduce administrative friction and support clinicians by streamlining routine tasks, improving workflow efficiency, and allowing scarce clinical capacity to be focused on more complex cases. The conversation also addressed the importance of patient safety, transparency, and oversight, including how to evaluate tools in controlled environments, define appropriate guardrails, and clarify accountability as technology becomes more capable and more broadly deployed.

Participants also discussed the rapid growth of continuous monitoring and connected health devices, noting that the value is not simply collecting data, but translating signals into timely action before a preventable condition becomes a crisis. The roundtable examined how wearable and at-home monitoring tools can support earlier intervention, reduce costly downstream events, and help shift care from reactive to preventive, especially when paired with tools that make engagement easier for patients and clinicians.

Earlier detection and prevention emerged as another major theme, including advances in diagnostics that may identify disease at earlier stages using simpler, less invasive methods. The discussion highlighted the potential for earlier identification of certain conditions to improve outcomes and reduce long-term costs compared to treating advanced disease, while underscoring the importance of ensuring that new screening approaches produce actionable, clinically meaningful information for patients and providers.

The roundtable also examined how payment incentives shape behavior across the healthcare system. The discussion explored ways to better align incentives with long-term outcomes and preventive care, while ensuring accountability for real-world performance. Participants also discussed adoption barriers, including regulatory pathways and implementation challenges, and how policy can encourage innovation while maintaining strong standards for safety and effectiveness.

Finally, the roundtable underscored a practical reality. Technology adoption depends on human behavior. The discussion explored how patient-centered design, better engagement strategies, and thoughtful incentives can improve participation and follow-through, especially for individuals facing constraints related to time, resources, and daily pressures. Chairman Schweikert stressed that reforms should not be built solely for early adopters but must ultimately raise the floor of access and basic care for the broader public.

“Innovation has always been America’s strength,” said Chairman Schweikert. “The challenge now is deploying these breakthroughs in ways that improve outcomes, expand access, and help make our healthcare system sustainable for the future.”

The recording of the roundtable is available here.  

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