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Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton, MD
NPI1497048268PAC ID4486890019
- Medicare services, 2024
- 243
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 242
- Part D claims, 2024
- 336
- Publications
- 1
- MIPS score, 2024
- 100
- Practice address
- 975 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403
- Practice phone
- Call (423) 778-7000
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton is an emergency medicine physician in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dr. Helton practices at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of Erlanger Health.
Dr. Helton's NPI, 1497048268, was assigned on May 26, 2011. Dr. Helton graduated from East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine in 2011. Dr. Helton holds Tennessee license 50699.
NPI and contact details
- NPI
- 1497048268NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 4486890019
- NPI enumeration date
- May 26, 2011
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (423) 778-7000
- Professional email
- Get email
- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 41
- Medical school graduation
- 2011
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton practices at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Dr. Helton's primary practice is Erlanger Baroness Hospital, at 975 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403 in Hamilton County. The practice phone is (423) 778-7000.
- Erlanger Baroness Hospital975 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403 · Hamilton CountyPhone(423) 778-7000
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton is affiliated with 2 sites of care and 1 medical group
Dr. Helton's primary practice is Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of Erlanger Health. The medical group on file is Tennessee River Physicians. Dmand AI also links Dr. Helton to 1 more community health center, named with a free account.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Helton practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Erlanger Baroness Hospital | Available with a free account |
| +1 more affiliated site | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton is one of 1,088 emergency medicine physicians in Tennessee
Emergency medicine is Dr. Helton's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207P00000X. Dr. Helton is licensed in Tennessee.
Specialties and state licenses
- Emergency medicine, TennesseePrimary
Emergency medicine physicians near Dr. Helton
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1,088emergency medicine physicians in Tennessee84emergency medicine physicians in Chattanooga40emergency medicine physicians at Erlanger Baroness Hospital
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton billed Medicare for 243 services in 2024
CMS data shows 243 Medicare services from Dr. Helton across 2 procedure codes in 2024, for 242 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $25,064 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.
Medicare services, 2024243
Medicare patients242
Paid by Medicare$25,064
Procedure codes2
Dr. Helton's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 3032024: 24320%
Dr. Helton compared with the Tennessee median for emergency medicine physicians, 2024
- Dr. Helton
- Tennessee median
- Medicare services
- 243vs 2669% below
- Medicare patients
- 242vs 2576% below
- Part D claims
- 226vs 932.4 times
Medians across 1,079 emergency medicine physicians in Tennessee with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Dr. Helton's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton treated 242 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73
CMS counts 242 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Helton in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 76 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 69% have high cholesterol. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.70, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Helton's median patient age at 41, with 61% women.
Medicare patients, 2024242
Average age73
Average risk score1.70
Also on Medicaid21%
Dr. Helton's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Dr. Helton's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women14560%
- Men9740%
Chronic conditions among Dr. Helton's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol69%
- Arthritis61%
- Anxiety42%
- Mood disorders39%
- Ischemic heart disease38%
- Depression36%
- Diabetes35%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Dr. Helton's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 41
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women61%
- Men38%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton wrote 336 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Dr. Helton wrote 336 Medicare Part D claims for 187 patients. 94% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 226 of them, across 11 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $1,270 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 215 claims across 11 drugs.
Part D claims, 2024336
Drugs named by CMS11
Total drug cost$1,270
Part D patients187
Dr. Helton's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic317 claims94%
- Brand-name and other19 claims6%
Dr. Helton's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Helton's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids13%45 of 336 claims
- Antibiotics32%109 of 336 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 2152024: 2265%
Drugs named by CMS: 11 in 2024, 11 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton scored 100 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 100 out of 100 for Dr. Helton for performance year 2024, reported as part of a group. Dr. Helton accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Dr. Helton's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 100of 100Final score
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026
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Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton has 1 publication on record
Dmand AI links 1 paper to Dr. Helton in 2013. Dr. Helton's most frequent co-authors are Catherine Foard Coffman, MD, Nicholas Ryan Fiacco and Lolita Vernette Palmer, MD.
Papers1
Dr. Helton's most frequent co-authors
- Catherine Foard Coffman, MD1 shared paper
- Nicholas Ryan Fiacco1 shared paper
- Lolita Vernette Palmer, MD1 shared paper
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton graduated from East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Dr. Helton graduated from East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine in 2011.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's NPI number?
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's NPI number is 1497048268. It was assigned on May 26, 2011, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What kind of doctor is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton?
Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton is an emergency medicine physician in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Emergency Medicine Physician (taxonomy code 207P00000X).
Where does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton practice?
Dr. Helton practices at 975 E 3rd St, Chattanooga, TN 37403. Dr. Helton's primary practice is Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee, part of Erlanger Health. Dmand AI also links Dr. Helton to 1 community health center.
What is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Dr. Helton is (423) 778-7000.
What is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's medical license number?
Dr. Helton holds Tennessee license 50699.
Which hospitals is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton affiliated with?
Dr. Helton practices at Erlanger Baroness Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
What medical group is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton part of?
Dr. Helton is linked to Tennessee River Physicians.
Does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Helton billed Medicare for 243 services in 2024, and Dr. Helton accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton's MIPS score?
Dr. Helton's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 100 out of 100, reported as part of a group.
How many Medicare patients does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton see?
CMS counts 242 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Helton in 2024, with an average age of 73.
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What services does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Dr. Helton's most billed Medicare services were emergency department visit (99285) and emergency department visit (99284).
Where did Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton go to medical school?
Dr. Helton graduated from East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine in 2011.
What drugs does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Helton's most prescribed drugs by claims were Ondansetron ODT, Cephalexin and Oxycodone-Acetaminophen.
How long has Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton been practicing?
Dr. Helton graduated from medical school in 2011, 15 years ago.
Does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton do research?
Dmand AI links 1 publication to Dr. Helton.
Who does Dr. Bernadette Marie Helton publish with?
Dr. Helton's most frequent co-authors are Catherine Foard Coffman, MD (1 shared paper), Nicholas Ryan Fiacco (1 shared paper) and Lolita Vernette Palmer, MD (1 shared paper).
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