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- Personal Facts:
- Accepting New Patients: Yes
- Male
- Years Since Graduation: 30
- Practice Member Since: 1993.
- Physician Website: http://www.dneph.com
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HealthGrades Recognized Doctors are board certified in the specialty they practice; have never had their license restricted or
revoked; are free of state or federal disciplinary actions; and are free of any malpractice claims.
- Professional Affiliations/Memberships:
- Dallas County Medical Society
- Texas Medical Association
- American Society of Nephrology
- American Heart Association
- American College of Physicians
- International Society of Nephrology
- American Federation for Medical Research (AFMR)
- Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
- Professional Interests:
- CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease), ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease), Transplant, Diabetes,
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- Specialties:
- Internal Medicine
- (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Steven R. Hays, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Information from ABMS® is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database compilation owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. © Copyright 2009 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved.
- Nephrology
- (HealthGrades has verified that Dr. Steven R. Hays, MD is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine)
- Information from ABMS® is proprietary data maintained in a copyrighted database compilation owned by the American Board of Medical Specialties®. © Copyright 2009 American Board of Medical Specialties. All rights reserved.
- Medical School:
- University Of Il College Of Med
Chicago, IL 1979
- Residency:
- University Tx Sw Med Center Affil Hsps
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- Health Plans:
- Accepts most major health plans
- Accepts Medicare:
- Yes
- Accepts Medicaid:
- Yes
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HealthGrades has examined disciplinary actions within the last five years from the Office of Inspector General and 50 state medical boards.
HealthGrades could not detect any disciplinary actions for Dr. Steven R. Hays, MD
as of 07/11/2009.
Note: HealthGrades reports on state and federal disciplinary actions (if any) from the previous five years.
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- Closed Malpractice Claims:
- Malpractice History Found
- State: TX
- Amount or Range: 75000
- Claim Type: Settlement
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• Texas reports 3 or more board-reported malpractice claims within the most recent five-year period. Additionally licensees are required to report all malpractice claims. Malpractice claims reported by the licensee are not verified by the Texas Medical Board.
Medical malpractice is ordinary negligence by a healthcare provider which causes injury. Examples include being improperly diagnosed, treated, medicated or operated upon outside the standard of care.
Standard of care is that level of care, skill and treatment which is recognized as acceptable and appropriate by a reasonably prudent similar healthcare provider under similar circumstances.
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