House committee to mark up surprise billing legislation

FEB. 10-11: Health IT’s version of Lollapalooza gets rolling in Washington, D.C. Policy wonks and other industry leaders will gather for Health Datapalooza to talk about using technology to help address social determinants, patient privacy, data collection and other health IT topics. National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Dr. Donald Rucker headlines the event on Tuesday. Pending regs on interoperability and data-blocking are sure to be a hot topic. Our rules and regulations Michael Brady, reporter, will bring you breaking news.

FEB. 11-12: Molina Healthcare (Feb. 11) and CVS Health (Feb. 12) deliver their earnings reports. Insurance reporter Shelby Livingston will dissect the numbers for you.

FEB. 11: Healthcare will undoubtedly be top of mind for New Hampshirites as they head to the voting booths. In a poll by NPR station WBUR in late January, 48% of people surveyed said healthcare is the issue they most want to hear the candidates discuss, beating out the environment and climate change (34%) and the economy (20%). Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health CEO Dr. Joanne Conroy sheds light on how healthcare could play into the primary in a Q& A on p. 16.

FEB. 12: The powerful House Ways & Means Committee plans to mark up its version of a bill to ban surprise billing. It’s just one of three committees trying to tackle the problem, so jurisdiction battles could continue to muddy the waters. Politics and Rachel Cohrs policy reporter will bring you up-to-date news on the mark-up. Meanwhile, you can read her analysis of the bill on p. 8.