There’s a decent chance Change Healthcare will go public this year, the CEO of its 70 percent owner told attendees of a JPMorgan conference this week.

John Hammergren, CEO of drug distributor McKesson, told his audience in San Francisco that Nashville-based Change — which is home to the former Emdeon as well as McKesson’s IT division and the original Change Healthcare consumer-oriented business — will sell its shares to the public sooner rather than later.