Thomas Helling, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Topeka, KSNPI 1518177252
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by speaking fees: $2,678 of the $4,014 with a category attached, or 66.7%. Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. accounts for 97.3% of it on its own, with 5 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2020 at $3,416 and has fallen 99.6% since, to $14 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in KS with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 14 payments — averaging $286.68 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.$4K
- Sanofi Pasteur Inc.$36
- GE HealthCare$31
- Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC$14
- Merck$14
- Amgen$13
What the payments were for
- Speaking & faculty fees$2,67867%
- Travel & lodging$1,15029%
- Food & beverage$1865%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. | 7 | $3,905 |
| Sanofi Pasteur Inc. | 2 | $36 |
| GE HealthCare | 2 | $31 |
| Change Healthcare Technologies, LLC | 1 | $14 |
| Merck | 1 | $14 |
| Amgen | 1 | $13 |
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.
- Mammomat Revelation$3,346
- Mammomat Inspiration$473
How this compares
$4,014 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 222 diagnostic radiology providers in Kansas.
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.
Other diagnostic radiology in Topeka
- Kenneth FearnTopeka$12K
- Kyle MillerTopeka$298
- Zachary CollinsKansas City$302K
- Gregory WelleManhattan$17K
- Kristen PopeKansas City$10K
- Ernest MadarangKansas City$6K
- Jeffrey ConawayLenexa$5K
- Thomas SweeneyLenexa$4K
- Robert McFarlandWichita$3K
- Arshan DehbozorgiKansas City$3K
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.