Joseph Walter Helak, M.D.
Cardiovascular Disease Physician · Boone, NC
Joseph Walter Helak, M.D. is a cardiovascular disease physician with a practice address in Boone, North Carolina, and NPI 1609888569, issued on Aug 12, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 26935, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Walter Helak
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Cardiovascular Disease Physician 207RC0000X
- License number
- 26935 NC
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 175 Mary St, Boone, NC 28607
- Phone
- (828) 264-9664
- Enumerated
- Aug 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jun 24, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 264-8144
- Medicaid IDs
- 8941184 NC
Q26935 SC - Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20040907001297); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
Also registered at 175 Mary St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kimberly Dewese, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1326667742
- George Hanna, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1295805554
Verify Joseph Walter Helak in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 26935Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $13.51
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Vital Connect, Inc. The 16,686 providers of this specialty with any payment received $3,819.56 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
- Coastal Cardiovascular Associates, PAWilmington, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Cardiovascular Disease Physician providers in North Carolina
There are 841 cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina.
Other cardiovascular disease physician records in North Carolina
- Basel Abdelazeem, MD, MSCGreenville, NC1578124756
- William Abernathy, MDDurham, NC1679532196
- Dennis Abraham, MDDurham, NC1972688414
- Cyril Abrams, M.D.Jacksonville, NC1821098344
- Gayatri Acharya, MDGreensboro, NC1013270248
- Kirkwood Adams, MDChapel Hill, NC1710069810
- Aderonke Adeniyi, MDWinston Salem, NC1407090095
- Natalia Aerton, MDChapel Hill, NC1760124143
- Felix Afriyie, MDCharlotte, NC1538722160
- Bal Agarwal, MDApex, NC1336189133
Common questions
What is Joseph Walter Helak, M.D.'s NPI number?
Joseph Walter Helak, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1609888569, issued on Aug 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Walter Helak, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 175 Mary St, Boone, NC, 28607. Phone: (828) 264-9664. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Walter Helak, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 26935, as entered by the provider. Search the North Carolina Medical Board at https://portal.ncmedboard.org/verification/search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
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.