Helen Elaine Steele, MD
Family Medicine Physician · Fountain Valley, CA
Helen Elaine Steele, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Fountain Valley, California, and NPI 1548243694, issued on Nov 22, 2005. Check the license (California C151888, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Helen Elaine Steele
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License numbers
- C151888 CA
036108641 IL
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
- Phone
- (657) 241-3592
- Enumerated
- Nov 22, 2005
- Record last updated
- Mar 17, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (714) 665-4614
- Medicaid ID
- 036108641 IL
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20180221002991); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Northwestern University Feinberg Medical School, 2000
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Helen Elaine Steele in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C151888Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
94% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
220 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 18 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Potass13 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen11 claims
- Potassium Chloride11 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): 76.7 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: $322.52
3 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Inari Medical, Inc. 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
- Memorialcare Medical FoundationLong Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Helen Elaine Steele among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Helen Elaine Steele, MD is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2005, is newer than 0% of them.
- NPI issued2005 · 0% of these records are older, 94% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2000 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
51 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Fountain Valley
They are 51 of the 2,190 NPPES records with a practice address in Fountain Valley, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Helen Elaine Steele, MD's NPI number?
Helen Elaine Steele, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1548243694, issued on Nov 22, 2005. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Helen Elaine Steele, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 17360 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA, 92708. Phone: (657) 241-3592. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Helen Elaine Steele, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number C151888, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Helen Elaine Steele, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Helen Elaine Steele, MD had 220 Medicare Part D claims for 103 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Helen Elaine Steele, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 76.7 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.