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Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD

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Specializes in: Emergency Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine (1990 - 1994)

5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390

(214) 648-3916

Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD is an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX specializing in emergency medicine. She graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1994 and has 32 years of experience. Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD is affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Office Locations

5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, TX 75390

(214) 648-3916

(214) 648-8423

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“Dr. Deborah Diercks, the emergency department chair at UT Southwestern Medical Center, said symptoms of hypothermia include lethargy, confusion and ultimately unconsciousness or a comatose state.”—"Winter storm whips up blizzard conditions, plunging temperatures across US: Live updates", USA Today, December 2022

“"As people get colder, their mental status can change, and they can become unresponsive and not think as clearly," said Dr. Deborah Diercks, chair of emergency medicine at UT Southwestern.”—"Death toll from Texas storm rises to 111", Mercury News, March 2021

“"As people get colder, their mental status can change, and they can become unresponsive and not think as clearly," said Dr. Deborah Diercks, chair of emergency medicine at UT Southwestern in Dallas.”—"Texas death toll - American Press", The Oxford Eagle, March 2021

Noteworthy Medicare Patient Procedures Performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2023

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Top 10%

By Affordability:

emergency care

emergency room care

In 2023, Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD had a list price for emergency care, and emergency room (ER) care that was lower than the list prices billed to Medicare by 90% of providers in related specialties within Texas. Actual amounts paid by patients can vary widely depending on a number of factors, including insurance coverage. A lower list price, however, might mean lower fees when paying without insurance.

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2012 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	236

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2013 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	198

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	104
Female	110

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	110
Black	52
Hispanic	25
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	58
From 75 to 84	35
85 and over	18
Less than 65	103

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2013

Hypertension	74
High Cholesterol	43
Stroke	7
Ischemic Heart Disease	44
Depression	35
Chronic Kidney Disease	43
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	7
Atrial Fibrilation	15
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	39
Dementia	14
Cancer	9

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2014 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	173

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	77
Female	108

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	95
Black	46
Hispanic	23
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	44
From 75 to 84	31
85 and over	21
Less than 65	89

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	9
Ischemic Heart Disease	49
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	23
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	14
Heart Failure	39
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	49
Dementia	18
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2015 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	61

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	60
Female	64

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	52
Hispanic	34
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	90

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	63
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	45
Chronic Kidney Disease	42
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	45
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	19
Diabetes	47
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2016 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	59

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	30
Female	33

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	24
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	40

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	57
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	43
Depression	51
Chronic Kidney Disease	56
Asthma	37
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	40
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	29
Diabetes	43
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2017 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	69

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	43
Female	37

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	45
Hispanic	17
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	49

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	51
Depression	50
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	16
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	43
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	61
Dementia	20
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2018 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	81

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	40
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	25
Black	46
Hispanic	16
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	22
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2018

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	55
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	40
Depression	56
Chronic Kidney Disease	66
Asthma	15
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	13
Heart Failure	47
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	46
Dementia	23
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2019 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	109

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	62
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	60
Hispanic	24
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	38
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	50

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	48
Chronic Kidney Disease	51
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	36
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	26
Diabetes	39
Dementia	22
Cancer	12

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2020 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	51

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	35
Female	28

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	24
Black	25
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	0
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2020

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	46
Depression	63
Chronic Kidney Disease	59
Asthma	19
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	48
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	48
Dementia	25
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2021 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	46

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	29
Female	24

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	0
Black	27
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	22
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	20

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2021

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	47
Depression	38
Chronic Kidney Disease	55
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	42
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	23
Diabetes	47
Dementia	23
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX during 2022 were emergency care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

emergency care	35

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	23
Female	25

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	16
Black	20
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	12
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	24

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	38
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	33
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	0
Diabetes	46
Dementia	23
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated as an emergency medicine doctor in Dallas, TX were emergency care.

emergency care	101

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD.

**Gender**
Male	45
Female	47

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	36
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	26
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	12
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	6
85 and over	3
Less than 65	49
65 to 74	17

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and depression.

Hypertension	68
High Cholesterol	49
Stroke	1
Ischemic Heart Disease	39
Depression	42
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	15
Osteoporosis	1
Heart Failure	37
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	20
Diabetes	42
Atrial Fibrillation	3
Dementia	15
Cancer	3

Education & Training

Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD graduated from Tufts University School of Medicine in 1994. She completed residency at University of Cincinnati Affiliated Hospitals. She has a state license in Texas.

Medical School: Tufts University School of Medicine (1994)

Residency: University of Cincinnati Affiliated Hospitals (1998)

Licensed In: Texas

Affiliations & Hospitals

Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD is associated with these hospitals and organizations:

UT Southwestern Medical Center

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.	$62,925 Non-Product Specific $53,625	$9,300
Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC	$10,103 XARELTO $10,103
Roche Diagnostics Corporation	$6,138 CD cobas Reagents $6,138
Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation	$5,889 SERELAXIN $5,251	NON BRAND $524	ENTRESTO $115
AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP	$3,125 BRILINTA $3,000	$125
Other	$1,481 XARELTO $223	CareLink Express $108	Arrow $90	FISHER & PAYKEL HEALTHCARE $86	VAPOTHERM $74	Other $900

**Types of Payments**
Consulting Fee	$79,052
Compensation for services other than consulting, including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program	$5,500
Travel and Lodging	$2,690
Food and Beverage	$1,918
Honoraria	$500

Research Payments

Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD has received 63 research payments totaling $537,779.

Biography

Dr. Deborah Diercks, who practices in Dallas, TX, is a medical specialist in emergency medicine. Dr. Diercks is affiliated with UT Southwestern Medical Center. She attended Tufts University School of Medicine and then went on to complete her residency at a hospital affiliated with the University of Cincinnati. She has received professional recognition including the following: D Magazine Best Doctor and Advancement of Women in Academic Emergency Medicine Award.

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Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Deborah Baker Diercks, MD From 2012 - 2022

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