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Verified public data sources

The public datasets that power every profile.

Phoenix Health Compass aggregates only from public, non-commercial healthcare datasets. Each source below links to the primary provider so you can verify any record yourself.

  • CMS Care Compare

    Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

    The federal source of truth for hospital quality and patient experience metrics.

    Cadence
    Refreshed quarterly
    Fields
    Hospital star ratings · Readmission rates · Mortality index · HCAHPS patient experience
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  • NPI Registry

    National Plan & Provider Enumeration System (CMS)

    The authoritative identifier registry for every practicing U.S. healthcare provider.

    Cadence
    Refreshed weekly
    Fields
    NPI number · Provider taxonomy · Practice addresses
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  • State Medical Boards

    Federation of State Medical Boards & member boards

    Every U.S. state publishes physician license status and public disciplinary actions through its medical board.

    Cadence
    Refreshed monthly per state
    Fields
    License status · Board actions · Practice restrictions
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  • Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade

    The Leapfrog Group

    An independent, peer-reviewed grade of how well hospitals protect patients from preventable harm.

    Cadence
    Refreshed twice yearly
    Fields
    A–F safety grade · Infection scores · Never-event indicators
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  • AHRQ

    Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

    Federal research agency providing evidence-based benchmarks for care quality and patient safety.

    Cadence
    Refreshed annually
    Fields
    Patient safety indicators · Care quality benchmarks
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  • U.S. News Best Hospitals

    U.S. News & World Report

    Used as a secondary reference for specialty and pediatric hospital rankings.

    Cadence
    Refreshed annually
    Fields
    Specialty rankings · Pediatric rankings
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  • State court records

    State judicial branches

    Where public case-level data is available, we link directly to the court's own docket.

    Cadence
    Refreshed continuously where APIs exist
    Fields
    Malpractice case dispositions where publicly available
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A note on completeness

Not every U.S. state publishes malpractice or disciplinary data at the same level of detail. A profile displaying "no public actions" reflects the absence of a record in the datasets we reviewed — not a certification that none exists. When a source does not publish a data point, we say so on the profile rather than filling the gap with an estimate.