Helen Young Kay, D.O.
Surgery Physician · Durango, CO
Helen Young Kay, D.O. is a surgery physician with a practice address in Durango, Colorado, and NPI 1881906865, issued on Jul 8, 2010. Check the license (Colorado DR.0074499, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Young Kay
- Credential
- D.O.
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- DR.0074499 CO
274326 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1 Mercado St Ste 220, Durango, CO 81301
- Phone
- (970) 764-3450
- Enumerated
- Jul 8, 2010
- Record last updated
- Aug 14, 2025
- Fax
- (970) 382-6607
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20250827002441); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
8 nearest surgery physician records → All 608 in Colorado → Look up another NPI →
Also registered at 1 Mercado St Ste 220
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.Surgery Physician1467728014
- Brigid O'Holleran, M.D.Surgery Physician1740548957
Verify Helen Young Kay in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license DR.0074499Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
59% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
61 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Cyclobenzaprine Hcl16 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): 66.8 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: $89.71
4 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 17,103 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,513.80 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 2 group practices
- Catholic Health Initiatives ColoradoDurango, CO
- Dean Health Systems IncJanesville, WI
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Young Kay among 608 surgery physician records in Colorado
Helen Young Kay, D.O. is one of 608 surgery physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 74% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 69% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 69% of these records are older, 28% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 74% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 61% of these records are
- Graduated2009 · median 2005 among the 370 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 61% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208600000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Surgery Physician providers in Colorado
There are 608 surgery physician records in Colorado.
All 608 in Colorado → Every provider in Durango → Surgery Physician nationwide →
The 8 surgery physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Rizwan Ahmed, M.D.Durango, CO 813011467728014
- Charles Black, MDDurango, CO 813011497764187
- David Deaver, M.D.Durango, CO 813011699795690
- Brigid O'Holleran, M.D.Durango, CO 813011740548957
- Frank Quayle, MDDurango, CO 813011396861407
- Robert Wrona, M.D.Durango, CO 813011720232895
- Kevin Matteson, M.D.Cortez, CO 813211407853013
- William Rainer, MDCortez, CO 813211821067190
Common questions
What is Helen Young Kay, D.O.'s NPI number?
Helen Young Kay, D.O.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1881906865, issued on Jul 8, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Young Kay, D.O. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1 Mercado St Ste 220, Durango, CO, 81301. Phone: (970) 764-3450. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Young Kay, D.O.'s license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number DR.0074499, 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 Young Kay, D.O. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Young Kay, D.O. had 61 Medicare Part D claims for 31 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Helen Young Kay, D.O.'s MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 66.8 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.