Benjamin Reed Helms

Benjamin Helms practices at The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical.

Benjamin Helms' NPI, 1194958942, was assigned on August 27, 2009. Benjamin Helms graduated from University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Med in 2009. Benjamin Helms holds Tennessee license 2361.

Benjamin Helms' primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center, at 1924 Alcoa Highway, Knoxville, TN 37920 in Knox County. The practice phone is (865) 305-9000.

Benjamin Helms' primary practice is The University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee, part of Ut Medical. The medical group on file is UT Internal Medicine - Pellissippi. Dmand AI also links Benjamin Helms to 1 more medical group, named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Benjamin Helms practices. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Hospitalist is Benjamin Helms' primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208M00000X. Benjamin Helms is licensed in Tennessee.

CMS data shows 657 Medicare services from Benjamin Helms across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 208 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $49,681 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 208 Medicare patients who saw Benjamin Helms in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 87 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 25% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 2.87, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Benjamin Helms' median patient age at 73, with 51% women.

In 2024, Benjamin Helms wrote 204 Medicare Part D claims for 77 patients. 85% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 63 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $225 in total drug cost. In 2022, CMS named 174 claims across 13 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 96 out of 100 for Benjamin Helms for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Benjamin Helms accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment.

Dmand AI links 1 paper to Benjamin Helms in 2017. Benjamin Helms' most frequent co-author is Joseph Raymond Pendley, DO.

CMS Open Payments shows 119 general payments to Benjamin Helms from 27 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 100% of the total. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation paid the most, $342.

Benjamin Helms graduated from University of Pikeville, Kentucky College of Osteopathic Med in 2009.