Mark Leroy Helm, MD
Ophthalmology Physician · Steamboat Springs, CO
Mark Leroy Helm, MD is an ophthalmology physician with a practice address in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, and NPI 1275643918, issued on Aug 30, 2006. Check the license (Colorado 30453, as entered in NPPES) on the Colorado Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Mark Leroy Helm
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Ophthalmology Physician 207W00000X
- License number
- 30453 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 505 Anglers Dr, Steamboat Springs, CO 80487
- Phone
- (970) 879-3750
- Enumerated
- Aug 30, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Fax
- (970) 870-1400
- Medicaid ID
- 01304534 CO
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20110517000764); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Colorado School Of Medicine, Denver, 1983
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Mark Leroy Helm in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersColorado Medical Board
Search for license 30453Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
64% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average ophthalmology physician in 2024
544 Medicare Part D claims for 124 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,518 among the 16,459 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 21% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Latanoprost213 claims
- Timolol Maleate102 claims
- Brimonidine Tartrate42 claims
- Prednisolone Acetate27 claims
- Dorzolamide Hcl24 claims
- Combigan15 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $25.59
1 payment: honoraria; the largest payer was RxSight Inc. The 13,221 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,535.02 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
- Mark L. Helm MD PCSteamboat Springs, CO
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Mark Leroy Helm among 338 ophthalmology physician records in Colorado
Mark Leroy Helm, MD is one of 338 ophthalmology physician records with a practice address in Colorado. 71% 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 20% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 20% of these records are older, 45% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 71% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1983 · median 2001 among the 199 with a school on file
- Record last updated2023 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207W00000X and a Colorado practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Ophthalmology Physician providers in Colorado
There are 338 ophthalmology physician records in Colorado.
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- Elisha Tilton, MDLongmont, CO 805031518189869
Common questions
What is Mark Leroy Helm, MD's NPI number?
Mark Leroy Helm, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1275643918, issued on Aug 30, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Mark Leroy Helm, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 505 Anglers Dr, Steamboat Springs, CO, 80487. Phone: (970) 879-3750. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Mark Leroy Helm, MD's license?
NPPES lists Colorado license number 30453, 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 Mark Leroy Helm, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Mark Leroy Helm, MD had 544 Medicare Part D claims for 124 beneficiaries; the average among ophthalmology physician prescribers was 1,518. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Mark Leroy Helm, MD's MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.