Daniel Jay Driver, MD
Internal Medicine · Dallas
- Medicare standing
- Clear
- Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
- Plans that list them
- Not verified
- Not the same as out of network.
- Office
- 1
Offices
1 location · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas · 3,156 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Parkland Health and Hospital System. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
We could not verify current plan participation for this doctor. This does not mean they are out of network. Call Dr. Driver’s office at (214) 590-8000 to ask if they take your plan before you enroll.
State licence records
1 licence
- Texas S7204Physician License · since 2020 · expires 2028-08-31ActiveNo board action on this licenceCheck it with the state
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Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 74.6 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Hospitals they work in
1 hospital
These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.
- Parkland Health & Hospital SystemDallas, TXAcute Care Hospital · Government - Hospital District or Authority · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Parkland Health and Hospital SystemPatients rate it 3 of 5 · 70% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 3 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 1.58 (1.24 to 1.92), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 2.72 (2.1 to 3.34) · 3,543 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.111, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Parkland Health & Hospital System
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 1 better, 5 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 1.58 (1.24 to 1.92) | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 2.72 (2.1 to 3.34) · 3,543 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.111 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 1.09 (0.11 to 2.07) · 839 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 207.46 (154.63 to 260.3) · 58 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 9 · 32 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.8 · 42 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 9.1 · 162 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 10.9 · 139 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 11.7 · 147 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 2.6 · 1,452 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.23 (0.02 to 0.45) · 3,637 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.31 (0.11 to 0.51) · 3,745 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 4.89 (2.71 to 7.08) · 772 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.54 (0 to 3.2) · 157 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.46 (0.97 to 3.95) · 775 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 6.4 (0 to 14.81) · 170 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 4.58 (0.9 to 8.27) · 170 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 2.63 (1.15 to 4.12) · 199 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.936 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.677 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.134 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections | 1.021 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 0.721 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 14.3 · 83 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 20.5 · 449 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.8 · 192 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | -10.4 · 138 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 16.4 · 291 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 5.1 (3.4 to 7.5) · 117 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 9.9 (7.2 to 13.3) · 117 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.3 · 107 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.2 (9.7 to 17.9) · 216 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1.1 (0.7 to 1.5) · 72 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (1,989 patients answered, 7% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 4 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 3 |
| Quietness | 3 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 77% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 74% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 75% |
| Staff "always" explained | 53% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 85% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 85% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 74% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 82% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 68% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 70% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 70% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 80% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 60% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 39% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$3,591
Medicare paid this office $3,591 for 22 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 12 | $1,566 | $92 |
Who their Medicare patients are
22 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 67 · Health risk score 4.15. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical internal medicine clinician is at 1.76.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Chronic kidney disease 64% · Diabetes 59% · Coronary heart disease 50%.
The office billed $14,960, Medicare allowed $4,480 and paid $3,591; for 40 services of 5 kinds.
Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.
Year by year
| 2024 | 22 | 40 | 67 | 4.15 | $14,960 | $3,591 |
| 2023 | 23 | 59 | 69 | 3.53 | $19,204 | $5,145 |
| 2022 | 55 | 203 | 69 | 3.68 | $61,933 | $15,538 |
| 2021 | 78 | 230 | 68 | 3.88 | $72,910 | $18,437 |
| 2020 | 30 | 90 | 68 | 2.40 | $23,635 | $6,235 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 2 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 17 | $2,800 | $93 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 14 | $1,263 | $90 |
2022: 3 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 40 | $6,990 | $83 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 28 | $4,123 | $59 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 25 | $2,162 | $86 |
2021: 5 services
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 38 | $7,218 | $86 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 22 | $3,031 | $55 |
| Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes | 21 | $1,837 | $87 |
| Follow-up observation care per day, typically 35 minutes | 13 | $1,241 | $83 |
| Hospital observation care on day of discharge | 13 | $754 | $58 |
2020: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 18 | $2,495 | $61 |
Medicaid work
$7,878 in 2024
Medicaid paid $7,878 for 85 billed services this clinician did in 2024, up to 19 people in a month for one service.
Medicaid and CHIP claims where this clinician did the service, fee-for-service and managed care together. Any month with fewer than 11 patients is hidden, so small Medicaid practices undercount.
| 1ST HOSP IP/OBS HIGH 75 | 28 | $3,694 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 33 | $2,446 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 24 | $1,738 |
| 2024 | 85 | 3 | 19 | $7,878 |
| 2023 | 142 | 4 | 23 | $8,623 |
| 2022 | 67 | 3 | 19 | $5,259 |
| 2021 | 27 | 1 | 13 | $1,650 |
See the largest Medicaid services in earlier years
2023
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 93 | $6,920 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 17 | $1,020 |
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE MOD MDM 35 MINUTES | 16 | $638 |
| COLLECTION VENOUS BLOOD VENIPUNCTURE | 16 | $45 |
2022
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 42 | $2,844 |
| INITIAL OBSERVATION CARE | 12 | $1,382 |
| Hospital inpatient or observation discharge day management; more than 30 minutes on the date of the encounter | 13 | $1,033 |
2021
| SBSQ HOSPITAL IP/OBS CARE HIGH MDM 50 MINUTES | 27 | $1,650 |
Professional record
- NPI
- 1871947465
- Licence
- TX S7204Texas S7204: Active
- Trained
- Indiana University School of Medicine, 2016
- Gender
- Male
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- Yes
- Taxonomy
- Hospitalist (208M00000X)
- Mailing address
- 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390
- NPI first listed
- 2016-04-20
- NPI last updated
- 2021-04-22
- NPI record certified
- 2021-04-22
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.