THE BIG 3

1 TACKLING INTEROPERABILITY: The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology and the CMS released companion proposals tackling information-blocking and interoperability. As of deadline, the agencies had not released final versions of the rules.

2 GOING PUBLIC: Health Catalyst, Livongo and Phreesia began public trading within a week of one another, ending a nearly three-year drought since the last initial public offering of a digital health company.

3 DATA SHARING: Details emerged about a partnership between Ascension and Google, drawing public concern and sparking a federal probe into whether the companies followed HIPAA.