Helen J. Castro
Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner · Chicago, IL
Helen J. Castro is a critical care medicine nurse practitioner with a practice address in Chicago, Illinois, and NPI 1124521497, issued on Mar 13, 2018. Check the license (Illinois 209017048, as entered in NPPES) with the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen J. Castro
- Primary taxonomy
- Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner 363LC0200X
- License number
- 209017048 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL 60637
- Phone
- (888) 824-0200
- Enumerated
- Mar 13, 2018
- Record last updated
- Oct 24, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180628001292); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2016
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Helen J. Castro in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Illinois board licenses this profession
Search for license 209017048Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
97% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average critical care medicine nurse practitioner in 2024
13 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 412 among the 396 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
The MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 97.7 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for this clinician. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $146.90
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Kerecis Limited. The 457 providers of this specialty with any payment received $369.26 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- University OF ChicagoChicago, IL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen J. Castro among 57 critical care medicine nurse practitioner records in Illinois
Helen J. Castro is one of 57 critical care medicine nurse practitioner records with a practice address in Illinois. 88% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 21% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 21% of these records are older, 74% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 88% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 82% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2021 among the 47 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 16% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363LC0200X and a Illinois practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Critical Care Medicine Nurse Practitioner providers in Illinois
There are 57 critical care medicine nurse practitioner records in Illinois.
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The 8 critical care medicine nurse practitioner records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Christine Jung, APNChicago, IL 606371992293799
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- Maria Shethwala, DNP, ACNPChicago, IL 606371750207924
- Michelle Jones, APNChicago, IL 606311477135374
- Carrie Harpring, AGACNP-BCChicago, IL 606571710499918
- Alexandra Comes, APNChicago, IL 606121467306597
- Lazaro Anguiano Munoz, FNP-CWestmont, IL 605591407608086
- Ernest Emery, AGACNP-BCOak Brook, IL 605231336501824
Common questions
What is Helen J. Castro's NPI number?
Helen J. Castro's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1124521497, issued on Mar 13, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen J. Castro located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5841 S Maryland Ave, Chicago, IL, 60637. Phone: (888) 824-0200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen J. Castro's license?
NPPES lists Illinois license number 209017048, as entered by the provider. Search the Illinois board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Helen J. Castro prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen J. Castro had 13 Medicare Part D claims; the average among critical care medicine nurse practitioner prescribers was 412. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Helen J. Castro's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 97.7 of 100. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.