Dr. Helen Jia-Ru Kuo, MD

Dr. Kuo practices at Surgery Center of Idaho in Meridian, Idaho.

Dr. Kuo's NPI, 1346407921, was assigned on May 21, 2008. Dr. Kuo graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2004. Dr. Kuo holds Idaho license M-10979.

Dr. Kuo's primary practice is Surgery Center of Idaho, at 2855 East Magic View Drive, Meridian, ID 83642. The practice phone is (208) 639-4900.

Dr. Kuo's primary practice is Surgery Center of Idaho in Meridian, Idaho. Dr. Kuo is also affiliated with St. Luke's Boise Medical Center. The medical group on file is Idaho Urologic Institute. Dmand AI also links Dr. Kuo to 3 more hospitals, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Kuo practices, 5 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Urology is Dr. Kuo's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208800000X. Dr. Kuo is licensed in Idaho.

CMS data shows 8,550 Medicare services from Dr. Kuo across 34 procedure codes in 2024, for 529 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $139,523 for them.

CMS counts 529 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Kuo in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 242 patients. 73% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.29, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Kuo's median patient age at 68, with 49% women.

In 2024, Dr. Kuo wrote 1,438 Medicare Part D claims for 437 patients. 80% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 1,327 of them, across 22 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $232,737 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 1,148 claims across 17 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 78 out of 100 for Dr. Kuo for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Kuo accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Prostate resection: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 10 papers to Dr. Kuo, published from 2020 to 2024. 2021 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Influenza, Human, Influenza Vaccines and Vaccination. Dr. Kuo has published most often in Vaccine. Dr. Kuo's most frequent co-authors are Sean Xiao Leng, MD, Richard Rothman, MD and Patrick J. Shea, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 196 general payments to Dr. Kuo from 41 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 78% of the total. SN Holdings, LLC paid the most, $1,645.

Dr. Kuo graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 2004.