Van Edward Helms, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Brevard, NC
Van Edward Helms, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Brevard, North Carolina, and NPI 1467492587, issued on Jun 7, 2006. Check the license (North Carolina 22924, as entered in NPPES) on the North Carolina Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Van Edward Helms
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License numbers
- 22924 NC
MD11378 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 260 Hospital Dr, Brevard, NC 28712
- Phone
- (828) 883-5330
- Enumerated
- Jun 7, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 6, 2016 (not updated in 10 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (828) 883-5242
- Medicaid ID
- 3091413 TN
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20100331000950); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- University Of Tennessee, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 1977
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 260 Hospital Dr
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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- Kristy Aiken, FNP-CNurse Practitioner1164200432
- Sharon Asbury, RPHPharmacist1871919407
- Karen Casey, NPNurse Practitioner1639334469
- Joseph Cohen, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1497733141
- Randall CopeInternal Medicine Physician1215040613
Verify Van Edward Helms in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersNorth Carolina Medical Board
Search for license 22924Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
42% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
130 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. 20 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Ondansetron Odt14 claims
- Oxycodone Hcl12 claims
- Prednisone11 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Emergency Coverage LLCHighlands, NC
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Van Edward Helms among 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina
Van Edward Helms, 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
- Graduated1977 · median 2012 among the 1,317 with a school on file
- Record last updated2016 · 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).
6 emergency medicine physician records list a practice address in Brevard
They are 6 of the 357 NPPES records with a practice address in Brevard, and 2,094 emergency medicine physician records in North Carolina.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joseph Cohen, MDBrevard, NC 287121497733141
- David Glenn, MDBrevard, NC 287121114926557
- Arthur Huggins, MDBrevard, NC 287121033111919
- Gerard Sztyber, MDBrevard, NC 287121588606826
- James Wright, MDBrevard, NC 287121043342405
- Marc Debell, MDBlack Mountain, NC 287111265534127
- William Ferrucci, MDBryson City, NC 287131750343661
- Jami Hickey, MDBlack Mountain, NC 287111831404714
Common questions
What is Van Edward Helms, MD's NPI number?
Van Edward Helms, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1467492587, issued on Jun 7, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Van Edward Helms, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 260 Hospital Dr, Brevard, NC, 28712. Phone: (828) 883-5330. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Van Edward Helms, MD's license?
NPPES lists North Carolina license number 22924, 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 Van Edward Helms, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Van Edward Helms, MD had 130 Medicare Part D claims for 90 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
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.