Laura Lee Helfman, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Nags Head, NC
Laura Lee Helfman, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Nags Head, North Carolina, and NPI 1730136755, issued on May 27, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 32511, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Laura Lee Helfman
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 32511 NC
171827 NY
25204 TN
0101267934 VA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 4800 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC 27959
- Phone
- (252) 449-5600
- Enumerated
- May 27, 2006
- Record last updated
- May 12, 2025
- Fax
- (252) 449-5846
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20190129001265); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Laura Lee Helfman in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 32511Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
90% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 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): 98.3 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).
Bills Medicare through 2 group practices
- Emergency Medicine Associates P.A., P.C.Hampton, VA
- Paragon Emergency Services LLCJacksonville, FL
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Laura Lee Helfman among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Laura Lee Helfman, MD is one of 2,094 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in North Carolina. 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 2006, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 61% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 63% of these records are
- Graduated1985 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a North Carolina practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
12 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Nags Head
They are 12 of the 146 NPPES records with a practice address in Nags Head, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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Common questions
What is Laura Lee Helfman, MD's NPI number?
Laura Lee Helfman, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1730136755, issued on May 27, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Lee Helfman, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 4800 S Croatan Hwy, Nags Head, NC, 27959. Phone: (252) 449-5600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Lee Helfman, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 32511, 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.
How much does Laura Lee Helfman, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Laura Lee Helfman, MD had 22 Medicare Part D claims for 14 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Laura Lee Helfman, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 98.3 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.