Helen Y. Hougen, MD
Urology Physician · Iowa City, IA
Helen Y. Hougen, MD is a urology physician with a practice address in Iowa City, Iowa, and NPI 1629439542, issued on Mar 20, 2016. Check the license (Iowa MD-51335, as entered in NPPES) on the Iowa Board of Medicine; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Y. Hougen
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Urology Physician 208800000X
- License numbers
- MD-51335 IA
ME151289 FL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA 52242
- Phone
- (319) 356-2421
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2016
- Record last updated
- Oct 11, 2023
- Fax
- (319) 356-3900
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20231020000835); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Virginia School Of Medicine, 2016
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Helen Y. Hougen in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersIowa Board of Medicine
Search for license MD-51335Check 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 urology physician in 2024
39 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,340 among the 10,782 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
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): 99.4 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: $202.45
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Urogen Pharma, Inc. The 9,340 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,800.04 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
- State University OF IowaIowa City, IA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Y. Hougen among 128 urology physician records in Iowa
Helen Y. Hougen, MD is one of 128 urology physician records with a practice address in Iowa. 77% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2016, is newer than 76% of them.
- NPI issued2016 · 76% of these records are older, 23% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 77% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated2016 · median 2004 among the 80 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208800000X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Urology Physician providers in Iowa
There are 128 urology physician records in Iowa.
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- Christopher Cooper, MDIowa City, IA 522421982606547
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- Karl Kreder, MDIowa City, IA 522421487655700
- Hing Hung Lai, MDIowa City, IA 522421376676734
- Kenneth Nepple, MDIowa City, IA 522421659580678
Common questions
What is Helen Y. Hougen, MD's NPI number?
Helen Y. Hougen, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629439542, issued on Mar 20, 2016. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Y. Hougen, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 Hawkins Dr, Iowa City, IA, 52242. Phone: (319) 356-2421. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Y. Hougen, MD's license?
NPPES lists Iowa license number MD-51335, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa Board of Medicine at https://dial.iowa.gov/about-dial/boards-and-commissions/medicine. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Helen Y. Hougen, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Y. Hougen, MD had 39 Medicare Part D claims for 34 beneficiaries; the average among urology physician prescribers was 1,340. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Helen Y. Hougen, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 99.4 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.