Author Archives: Gracie Martin

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, 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.

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.