Provider records sourced from NPPES (CMS National Plan & Provider Enumeration System). Data current as of August 10, 2026.
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Helion W Cruz, MD

Individual provider Specialist · NPI 1871579409

Helion W Cruz, MD practises Neurology in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Qualified in 1996, 30 years ago. Practices with Portland Primary Care, LLC, a 6-clinician group, accepts Medicare assignment and offers telehealth. Licensed in Tennessee.

Years since qualifying
30
Licensed in
TN
In the registry since
2005
What do these letters mean?
MD — Doctor of Medicine
A physician who completed allopathic medical school.

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Practice location Address checks out

353 New Shackle Island Rd Ste 244C
Hendersonville, TN 37075-2380 Not confirmed with CMS for 11 years — call before visiting
Phone: (615) 826-0442
Fax: (615) 826-0447
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Specialties & licences

Specialist (primary) Taxonomy 174400000X · Licence 34215 (TN)

Record details

NPI number1871579409
Entity typeIndividual (Type 1)
GenderMale
Credentials MD
Sole proprietorYes
NPI enumeratedDecember 15, 2005
Last updated in NPPESOctober 8, 2014

Medicare enrollment

From the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file — this clinician is enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare specialtyNEUROLOGY
Also practisesPHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
Medical schoolOTHER
Graduated 1996 (30 years in practice)
Group practice Portland Primary Care, Llc — 6 clinicians
Accepts Medicare assignment Yes — accepts the Medicare-approved amount
TelehealthOffers telehealth services

Procedures

From CMS Care Compare, which counts the procedures a clinician billed to Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage over a recent 12-month period. CMS reports a fixed list of common procedures, so this is not everything the clinician does. Counts of 10 or fewer are given as a range, because CMS withholds small numbers.

Skin biopsy 38 times · 67th percentile

The percentile compares how often this clinician performed the procedure with other clinicians who performed it, as CMS calculates it. It measures volume, not outcomes or skill.

Medicare patients and services, 2024

From the CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners file for calendar year 2024. It counts Original Medicare patients only, so a practice that mostly sees Medicare Advantage or privately insured patients looks smaller here than it is.

Medicare patients488
Services billed 1,124 a service is one billed item, such as a visit, a test or a procedure
Average patient age75

Dollar amounts are not shown. What Medicare pays a practice is gross billings, before staff, premises and tax and including the cost of any drugs it administers, so it is not what a clinician earns.

Payments from drug and device companies, 2025

Drug and device makers are required by federal law (the Physician Payments Sunshine Act) to report what they pay or give to clinicians, and CMS publishes the reports as Open Payments. This is the 2025 program year. A report is a record of a payment, not an allegation of anything, and many are small items such as meals. Only general payments are listed here; research payments and ownership or investment interests are reported separately by CMS and are not shown.

Food and Beverage $3,197 184 payments · a meal or drink at a meeting or visit, not a fee
Compensation for services other than consulting , including serving as faculty or as a speaker at a venue other than a continuing education program $5 1 payment

Each amount is the sum of what companies reported for that kind of payment in 2025, rounded to the dollar. Not all of it is income to the clinician: a meal is not a fee, a charitable contribution goes to a charity, and a royalty or an acquisition payment is not a salary.

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Practises at

Facilities the CMS Facility Affiliation file lists for this clinician. Those with a page here are linked.

  • Tristar Northcrest Medical Center Hospital · Springfield, TN · listed as Northcrest Medical Center
  • Tristar Skyline Medical Center Hospital · Nashville, TN · listed as Hti Memorial Hospital Corporation
  • Highpoint Health-Sumner With Ascension Saint Thoma Hospital · Gallatin, TN
  • Macon Community Hospital Hospital · Lafayette, TN
  • Tristar Hendersonville Medical Center Hospital · Hendersonville, TN

Colleagues at Portland Primary Care, LLC

Clinicians the CMS Doctors & Clinicians file lists under the same group practice.

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