Richard Helmer IV MD in Waco, Texas

Additional Medical Specialties Include:
VASCULAR SURGERY

Medical School: University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Graduation Year: 2000
The Primary Medical Specialty for Richard Helmer IV MD is listed as: Thoracic Surgery
Credentials: MD
Additional Credentials:
Approximate Years of Experience: 24
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 0749244069
NPI #: 1881898666
NPI Created On: 06/13/2007
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 06/10/2022
Primary Taxonomy Code: 174400000X
License Number:
L9237
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• FirstCare Health Plans
• Humana
• Celtic Insurance Company
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English, American Sign.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Harvest of veins for coronary artery bypass procedure using an endoscope
2. Heart artery bypass to repair one artery
3. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 30 minutes
4. New patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 45 minutes
5. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
6. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
7. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 30 minutes per day

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).