Joel White

Health IT Now Coalition
White, Joel

Joel White is the Executive Director of the Health IT Now Coalition, a diverse group of organizations representing patients, health providers, health insurers, agents, brokers, employers and unions that have come together to help integrate information technology into health care.

Mr. White spent 12 years on Capitol Hill as professional staff, during which he helped enact laws such as the Medicare Modernization Act, the Deficit Reduction Act, the Tax Reform and Health Care Act, the Trade Act, and the Children’s Health Act. Mr. White was instrumental in developing the Part D e-prescribing law in the Medicare Modernization Act and in developing legislation that passed the House to promote the adoption and use of health information technology.

Mr. White was the Staff Director of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee with responsibility for advising Members of Congress and directing staff on all policy issues within the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee. Issues included Medicare, Health Savings Accounts, tax credits for health insurance, HIPAA, mental health parity, and health information technology.

Mr. White has a B.A. from American University.