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Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD

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Specializes in: Adult Pulmonology

1400 Bellinger Street
Eau Claire, WI 54703

(715) 838-5222

Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD is a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI specializing in adult pulmonology.

Office Locations

1400 Bellinger Street
Eau Claire, WI 54703

(715) 838-5222

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200 1st Street Sw
Rochester, MN 55905

(507) 284-2511

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In The News (see more mentions in the news)

“"We are honored to receive this recognition of the excellent care our staff provides to our patients in Wisconsin every day," said Richard Helmers, M.D., regional vice president of Mayo Clinic...”—"Mayo Clinic Health System hospitals receive national recognition by U.S. News & World Report", Albert Lea Tribune, July 2024

“Dr. Richard Helmers, regional vice president of the Mayo Clinic Health System in Northwest Wisconsin, told Fox News the situation is 'fluid,' but there are times when all five hospitals in the...”—"Another wave of coronavirus surges through Minnesota's assisted-living facilities | MinnPost", Minn Post, November 2020

“Dr. Richard Helmers, regional vice president of Mayo Clinic Health System-Northwest Wisconsin, said system representatives are starting to talk to people in that area about the proposed project.”—"Mayo Clinic proposing large Wisconsin center", Post Bulletin, February 2018

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2012 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2012 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	236
inpatient care	236

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2013 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2013 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	186
inpatient care	186

2013 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	81
Female	57

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	120
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	51
From 75 to 84	46
85 and over	13
Less than 65	28

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2013

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	62
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	70
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	75
Asthma	17
Osteoperosis	11
Atrial Fibrilation	38
Heart Failure	61
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	30
Diabetes	38
Dementia	8
Cancer	16

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2014 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2014 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	214
inpatient care	214

2014 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	72
Female	56

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	115
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	52
From 75 to 84	45
85 and over	12
Less than 65	19

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2014

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	72
Stroke	13
Ischemic Heart Disease	65
Depression	36
Chronic Kidney Disease	72
Asthma	14
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	38
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	27
Diabetes	37
Dementia	15
Cancer	15

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2015 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2015 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	225
inpatient care	225

2015 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	192
Female	118

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	274
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	140
From 75 to 84	78
85 and over	58
Less than 65	34

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2015

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	65
Stroke	14
Ischemic Heart Disease	66
Depression	28
Chronic Kidney Disease	67
Asthma	20
Osteoperosis	14
Atrial Fibrilation	38
Heart Failure	52
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	28
Diabetes	37
Dementia	16
Cancer	24

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2016 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2016 were hospital care, inpatient care and tracheal (windpipe) procedures.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	302
inpatient care	302
tracheal (windpipe) procedures	16

2016 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	131
Female	65

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	169
Black	0
Hispanic	11
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	84
From 75 to 84	53
85 and over	26
Less than 65	33

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2016

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	66
Stroke	19
Ischemic Heart Disease	68
Depression	29
Chronic Kidney Disease	71
Asthma	24
Osteoperosis	9
Atrial Fibrilation	37
Heart Failure	56
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	22
Diabetes	45
Dementia	24
Cancer	13

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2017 Medicare Procedure Volume

The top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI during 2017 were hospital care and inpatient care.

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

hospital care	46
inpatient care	46

2017 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	33
Female	20

**Age**
From 65 to 74	25
From 75 to 84	15
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2017

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	60
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	70
Depression	43
Chronic Kidney Disease	68
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	23
Heart Failure	55
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	40
Diabetes	42
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2018 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	27

2018 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	13
Female	14

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	27
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	13
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2018

Hypertension	67
High Cholesterol	56
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	56
Depression	0
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	0
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	67
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2019 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	60

2019 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	19
Female	24

**Age**
From 65 to 74	21
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2019

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	58
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	37
Depression	30
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	28
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	63
Diabetes	28
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2020 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	20

2020 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	12
Female	16

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	28
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	16
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2020

Hypertension	54
High Cholesterol	39
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	0
Depression	39
Chronic Kidney Disease	0
Asthma	39
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	0
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	39
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2021 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	52

2021 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	15
Female	28

**Age**
From 65 to 74	16
From 75 to 84	16
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2021

Hypertension	63
High Cholesterol	53
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	37
Chronic Kidney Disease	44
Asthma	33
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	0
Heart Failure	35
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	47
Diabetes	0
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

2022 Medicare Procedure Volume

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

doctor visit	59

2022 Medicare Patient Data

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	22
Female	29

**Ethnicity**
Non-Hispanic White	51
Black	0
Hispanic	0
Asian	0
Other	0
Native American	0

**Age**
From 65 to 74	23
From 75 to 84	0
85 and over	0
Less than 65	0

Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD in 2022

Hypertension	75
High Cholesterol	73
Stroke	0
Ischemic Heart Disease	33
Depression	33
Chronic Kidney Disease	35
Asthma	25
Osteoperosis	0
Atrial Fibrilation	24
Heart Failure	31
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	53
Diabetes	35
Dementia	0
Cancer	0

Medicare Procedure and Patient Information

Average Medicare Procedure Volume From 2012 - 2022

Volume of procedures performed by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD for Medicare patients.

The highest averages for the top procedures that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated as a pulmonologist in Eau Claire, WI were hospital care, inpatient care and tracheal (windpipe) procedures.

doctor visit	43
hospital care	201
inpatient care	201
tracheal (windpipe) procedures	16

Average Medicare Patient Data From 2012 - 2022

Information about Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD.

**Gender**
Male	53
Female	38

**Ethnicity**
Black / African American	0
Asian / Pacific Islander	0
Non-Hispanic White	71
Native American / Alaskan Native	0
Hispanic	1
Other	0

**Age**
75 to 84	23
85 and over	9
Less than 65	10
65 to 74	40

Average of Total of Conditions of Medicare patients treated by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD From 2012 - 2022

The highest averages of the most common conditions of Medicare patients that Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD treated were hypertension, high cholesterol, chronic kidney disease and ischemic heart disease.

Hypertension	64
High Cholesterol	54
Stroke	5
Ischemic Heart Disease	45
Depression	27
Chronic Kidney Disease	47
Asthma	18
Osteoporosis	3
Heart Failure	34
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	37
Diabetes	23
Atrial Fibrillation	18
Dementia	5
Cancer	6

Education & Training

He has a state license in Arizona.

Licensed In: Arizona

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General Payments

These charts describe general payments received by Dr. Richard A. Helmers, MD. Doctors may receive payments for a number of reasons, including meal compensation, travel compensation, and consulting.

**Payments by Company**
Spiration, Inc.	$13,178 Spiration Valve System $8,136	Respiratory Products $3,356	Olympus Respiratory Accessories $1,686
Gyrus ACMI, Inc.	$1,242 Spiration Valve System $1,242
GlaxoSmithKline, LLC.	$125 $125
Grifols USA, LLC	$37 Prolastin-C $37
Octapharma USA, Inc.	$24 Octagam Immunoglobulin Intraveneous 5% Human $24