Helen Drake Iams, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Lamar, CO
Helen Drake Iams, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Lamar, Colorado, and NPI 1902987258, issued on Oct 17, 2006. Check the license (Colorado DR.0054130, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Drake Iams
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- DR.0054130 CO
7107A WY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 201 Kendall Dr, Lamar, CO 81052
- Phone
- (719) 336-0261
- Enumerated
- Oct 17, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
- Fax
- (719) 336-0265
- Medicaid IDs
- 121113700 WY
1902987258 WY - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221222000076); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Loyola University Of Chicago, Stritch School Of Medicine, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 201 Kendall Dr
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Verify Helen Drake Iams in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0054130Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
5% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,712 Medicare Part D claims for 459 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 12% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Rosuvastatin Calcium252 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium251 claims
- Lisinopril212 claims
- Omeprazole177 claims
- Losartan Potassium146 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate134 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 practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 69.1 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. 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, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $180.94
10 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Exact Sciences Corporation. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 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
- High Plains Community Health Center IncorporatedLamar, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Drake Iams among 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado
Helen Drake Iams, MD is one of 3,563 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 76% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 56% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 76% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 58% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2008 among the 2,077 with a school on file
- Record last updated2026 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
11 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Lamar
They are 11 of the 149 NPPES records with a practice address in Lamar, and 3,563 family medicine physician records in Colorado.
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Common questions
What is Helen Drake Iams, MD's NPI number?
Helen Drake Iams, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1902987258, issued on Oct 17, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Drake Iams, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 201 Kendall Dr, Lamar, CO, 81052. Phone: (719) 336-0261. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Drake Iams, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0054130, as entered by the provider. Search the Colorado Medical Board at https://dpo.colorado.gov/Medical. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Helen Drake Iams, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Drake Iams, MD had 3,712 Medicare Part D claims for 459 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Helen Drake Iams, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.1 of 100, reported for the practice group. 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.