Alan Helmbold, DO
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Topeka, KSNPI 1609864586
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $5,212 of the $7,313 with a category attached, or 71.3%. 6 manufacturers reported payments, led by Biosense Webster, Inc. at 51.0% of the total. 2025 is the largest year on record at $4,433, 2.1 times the $2,084 reported in 2019. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in KS, where the typical reported total is $20,088.
Across 70 payments — averaging $104.47 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$4K
- Boston Scientific$1K
- Medtronic$1K
- Medical Device Business Services, Inc.$1K
- Cardiva Medical, Inc.$41
- Philips North America LLC$39
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$5,21271%
- Food & beverage$2,10129%
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 33 | $3,726 |
| Boston Scientific | 13 | $1,247 |
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 17 | $1,180 |
| Medical Device Business Services, Inc. | 5 | $1,079 |
| Cardiva Medical, Inc. | 1 | $41 |
| Philips North America LLC | 1 | $39 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- Carto 3$3,137
- Watchman$944
- Carto 3 System$937
- AFFERA MAPPING SYSTEM$248
- PulseSelect$133
How this compares
$7,313 in reported general payments places this provider in the 20th percentile of 37 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Kansas.
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Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Most prescribed under Part D
| Drug | Claims | Cost to plans & patients |
|---|---|---|
| EliquisApixaban | 689 | $553,710 |
| XareltoRivaroxaban | 76 | $61,527 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 188 | $6,382 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 447 | $5,757 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 227 | $4,928 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 137 | $3,096 |
| Dofetilide | 21 | $2,297 |
| Mexiletine Hcl | 15 | $1,347 |
| Diltiazem 24hr ErDiltiazem Hcl | 39 | $1,181 |
| Metoprolol Tartrate | 266 | $1,170 |
| Carvedilol | 136 | $1,165 |
| ClopidogrelClopidogrel Bisulfate | 76 | $818 |
| Digoxin | 26 | $669 |
| Cartia XtDiltiazem Hcl | 25 | $407 |
| Omeprazole | 67 | $294 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Topeka
- Nikhil MehtaTopeka$46K
- Joseph VaglioTopeka$10K
- Sumer DhirTopeka$4K
- Steven SealsTopeka$2K
- Dhanunjaya LakkireddyKansas City$1.1M
- Rakesh GopinathannairOverland Park$425K
- Rhea PimentelKansas City$163K
- Naga Venkata PothineniOverland Park$162K
- Yeruva Veera Madhu Mohan ReddyKansas City$122K
- Martin EmertKansas City$69K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.