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News & Notes from DDI, January 2026
January 2026: The Top Three
Selecting a Healthcare Provider
Beyond the Hype: Why Most Provider Quality Tools Fall Short—and How Denniston Data’s Provider Ranking System™ (PRS) Changes the Game
Denniston Data Adds Provider Rankings for Group Practices, Elevating Healthcare Transparency
Group practice rankings join individual provider, hospital, and ASC rankings by procedure and specialty with volume data in DDI’s Provider Ranking System™ (PRS)
News & Notes from DDI, August 2025
Group Practice Provider Rankings
Self-Insurer Magazine, The Search for Quality Care (in the age of price transparency, more self-insured employers are steering members to top performers)
Our philosophy always has been to find the best providers. Even if you pay more, your total costs are lower because your outcomes are better’, says Phil LeFevre, VP at Denniston Data Inc. (DDI). ‘However, when you get into the price transparency data, you find you don’t actually have to pay more because there’s no correlation between quality and price inside the networks. https://www.sipconline.net/files/The_Search_for_Quality_Care_by_Bruce_Shutan.pdf
News & Notes from DDI, April 2025
The Top Three: Spring 2025
News & Notes from DDI, January 2025
Provider Ranking System (PRS): Your go-to tool for provider quality
News & Notes from DDI, November 2024
Healthcare Pricing Guide (HPG): Now with Taxonomy Filters
News & Notes from DDI, October 2024
In effort to increase healthcare transparency and empower consumers to make informed decisions, the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule was finalized in 2020 by the Depts of Health & Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, requiring health plans to disclose negotiated prices for medical services, releasing Machine Readable Files (MRFs) for payments by procedure and provider beginning 7/1/22.
The Top Three from DDI, September 2024
September 2024 The Top Three (news & notes) from DDI DDI partners with Texas Hospital Association (THA) DDI is proud to be approved as a new Industry Partner for THA, the first and only for price transparency and provider quality to help hospitals leverage payer negotiated rates from the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) legislation. Healthcare …
The Top Three from DDI, August 2024
August 2024 – Newsletter The Top Three (news & notes) from DDI Product updates for Provider Ranking System (PRS) This month PRS adds the latest CMS data, released on 6/4/24, undergoing QA and inclusion in PRS scoring these last two months. We also completed a minor redesign based on client feedback, moving the most important …
Making dollars & sense from Transparency in Coverage MRFs — Copy
In effort to increase healthcare transparency and empower consumers to make informed decisions, the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule was finalized in 2020 by the Depts of Health & Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, requiring health plans to disclose negotiated prices for medical services, releasing Machine Readable Files (MRFs) for payments by procedure and provider beginning 7/1/22.
New Evidence-Based Healthcare Pricing Standard Available for Paying Out-of-Network Medical Claims
New Evidence-Based Healthcare Pricing Standard Available for Paying Out-of-Network Medical Claims
The U.S. healthcare marketplace needs a transparent standard that is fair to patients, providers, and self-insured employers offering health benefits to their employees.
Money: Best Hospitals for Pediatric Care
In total, 75 hospitals made the cut, each one vetted by Money staff. Our main data partner in this project was health care transparency firm Denniston Data, which helped us collect, analyze and rank those statistics. https://money.com/best-hospitals/rankings/best-hospitals-for-pediatric-care/
Making dollars & sense from Transparency in Coverage MRFs
In effort to increase healthcare transparency and empower consumers to make informed decisions, the Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule was finalized in 2020 by the Depts of Health & Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, requiring health plans to disclose negotiated prices for medical services, releasing Machine Readable Files (MRFs) for payments by procedure and provider beginning 7/1/22.
Beckers: 35 Best Hospitals for Pricing Transparency
Money: Best US hospitals in 2024
How We Chose the Best Hospitals of 2024. https://money.com/best-hospitals/methodology/
Best US hospitals in 2024, per Money
Money compiled the rankings in partnership with healthcare data firm Denniston Data and research firm Rand Health Care. https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/rankings-and-ratings/best-u-s-hospitals-in-2024-per-money.html
Denniston Data (DDI) Announces Phil LeFevre as VP of Business Development
Denniston Data (DDI) Announces Phil LeFevre as VP of Business Development
Leader in evidence-based guidelines, claims, and healthcare analytics joins innovator in healthcare quality and price transparency
Denniston Data Inc. Introduces Hospital Quality Rankings Linked to Each Hospital’s Medical Staff
Denniston Data Inc. (DDI) Introduces Hospital Quality Rankings Linked to Each Hospital’s Medical Staff
DDI adds hospital rankings to Provider Ranking System™ (PRS), integrated with its existing rankings of doctors.
Are employers health plans paying fair prices?
Texas Prices Now Shown Separately in the Official Healthcare Pricing Guide™ (HPG)
HPG Adds a Separate Line Item to Compare Texas Prices to the Transparency in Coverage National Negotiated Rates
Official Healthcare Pricing Guide™ (HPG) Can Ensure Employer Health Plans Are Paying Fair Prices Following the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA)
HPG is the First User-Friendly Tool to Access Formerly Confidential Negotiated Prices from Recently Released CMS Transparency in Coverage Files
Former Leaders of ODG & MDGuidelines Launch Provider Ranking System™ to Find High Performing Providers for Workers’ Comp
High-performing physicians reduce Workers’ Comp costs by an average of 20%. Provider Ranking System™ ranks providers by experience for each procedure
Jon Seymour, MD Joins Denniston Data Inc. As Medical Director
Company hires physician leader to drive participation by clinicians and patients in its innovative Provider Ranking System™
While the “No Surprises Act” Failed to Hold Up in Court, Denniston Data Inc (DDI) Makes No Surprises Pact with Americans
DDI Provides Public Free Access to Providers’ Average Billed Prices, by Procedure, from their CMS Data Lookup Tool
Complimentary Consumer Portal from Denniston Data Inc. Identifies the Most Experienced Doctors by Procedure
DDI launches a free Consumer Portal from its data-rich Provider Ranking System™ to help patients select the top doctor for their medical procedures
Provider Ranking System™ (PRS) Adds latest CMS Data and new features to enhance user experience
Denniston Data Inc. updates PRS™ with newly released CMS claims data, Provider Background info, and dynamic Tables to group Providers by Specialty or Practice
Provider Ranking System™ (PRS) Launches Composite Ranking Score, Adds Enhanced Data Manipulation for AI
Percentage ranking calculated for every U.S. doctor. Results ranked by medical specialty, nationally and locally. Sort by list prices by procedure, repeat rate
Denniston Data Inc. Launches Provider Ranking System to Compare Doctors by Experience Level
Founders of ODG create new Provider Ranking System to quantify providers’ experience to improve outcomes and lower healthcare costs