Thomas Helling, MD
Surgery Physician · Jackson, MS
Thomas Helling, MD is a surgery physician with a practice address in Jackson, Mississippi, and NPI 1487616009, issued on Apr 6, 2006. Check the license (Mississippi 20833, as entered in NPPES) on the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Thomas Helling
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Surgery Physician 208600000X
- License numbers
- 20833 MS
MD428089 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS 39216
- Phone
- (601) 984-5100
- Enumerated
- Apr 6, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jan 6, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (601) 926-4978
- Medicaid ID
- 03007071 MS
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20091211000407); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Kansas School Of Med (Kc/Wich/Sal), 1973
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Thomas Helling in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 20833Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
72% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average surgery physician in 2024
41 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries, against an average of 147 among the 20,115 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims. 15 claims were for opioids.
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): 69.8 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: $33.72
2 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Mauna Kea Technologies, Inc. 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 one group practice
- State OF Mississippi-University OF Mississippi Medical CenterJackson, MS
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Thomas Helling among 257 surgery physician records in Mississippi
Thomas Helling, MD is one of 257 surgery physician records with a practice address in Mississippi. 80% 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 5% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 5% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 59% of these records are
- Graduated1973 · median 2003 among the 152 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 59% 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 Mississippi practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
88 surgery physician records list a practice address in Jackson
They are 88 of the 6,997 NPPES records with a practice address in Jackson, and 257 surgery physician records in Mississippi.
All 257 in Mississippi → Every provider in Jackson → Surgery Physician nationwide →
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- Steven Patterson, M.D.Jackson, MS 392161467551341
Common questions
What is Thomas Helling, MD's NPI number?
Thomas Helling, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1487616009, issued on Apr 6, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Thomas Helling, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 2500 N State St, Jackson, MS, 39216. Phone: (601) 984-5100. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Thomas Helling, MD's license?
NPPES lists Mississippi license number 20833, as entered by the provider. Search the Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure at https://www.msbml.ms.gov/. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Thomas Helling, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Thomas Helling, MD had 41 Medicare Part D claims for 28 beneficiaries; the average among surgery physician prescribers was 147. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Thomas Helling, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 69.8 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.