Robert Helm, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology · Boston, MANPI 1235275991
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by travel and lodging: $2,682 of the $4,169 with a category attached, or 64.3%. Abbott accounts for 77.6% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2022 at $1,818 and has fallen 91.1% since, to $162 in 2025. That places this record below the midpoint for clinical cardiac electrophysiology clinicians in MA, where the typical reported total is $10,274.
Across 33 payments — averaging $126.32 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Abbott$3K
- Boston Scientific$601
- Abiomed$149
- Biotronik Inc.$147
- Medtronic$24
- Biosense Webster, Inc.$14
Across 4 payments — averaging $15,000 each. Payments tied to a research study. These frequently flow through the physician to a hospital or research institution rather than to the physician personally.
- Boston Scientific$60K
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$2,68264%
- Food & beverage$1,48636%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Abbott | 23 | $3,233 |
| Boston Scientific | 5 | $601 |
| Abiomed | 2 | $149 |
| Biotronik Inc. | 1 | $147 |
| Medtronic | 1 | $24 |
| Biosense Webster, Inc. | 1 | $14 |
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.
- AVEIR$2,366
- Ensite Cardiac Mapping System$173
- Farapulse$148
- Zero Gravity$147
- Impella$144
- LUX-DX$140
- LUX-Dx Insertable Cardiac Monitor$124
How this compares
$4,169 in reported general payments places this provider in the 30th percentile of 106 clinical cardiac electrophysiology providers in Massachusetts.
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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 | 110 | $74,375 |
| Metoprolol Succinate | 110 | $1,865 |
| Diltiazem 24hr Er (Cd)Diltiazem Hcl | 11 | $599 |
| Flecainide Acetate | 12 | $521 |
| Amiodarone Hcl | 18 | $291 |
Paid to pharmacies, not to this prescriber.
Other clinical cardiac electrophysiology in Boston
- Elad AnterBoston$3.9M
- Jagmeet SinghBoston$619K
- Andre DavilaBoston$379K
- Daniel KramerBoston$247K
- Gregory MichaudBoston$244K
- Laurence EpsteinBoston$172K
- Leon PtaszekBoston$168K
- Moussa MansourBoston$145K
- Andrew LockeBoston$145K
- Peter ZimetbaumBoston$144K
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.