Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D.
Family Medicine Physician · Tulare, CA
Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D. is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Tulare, California, and NPI 1699788349, issued on Aug 14, 2006. Check the license (California C42350, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arnold Oliver Welden
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- C42350 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1255 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA 93274
- Phone
- (559) 686-0123
- Enumerated
- Aug 14, 2006
- Record last updated
- Jul 24, 2013 (not updated in 13 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (559) 686-7552
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Arnold Oliver Welden in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license C42350Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
9% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
3,877 Medicare Part D claims for 255 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 19% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium297 claims
- Lisinopril189 claims
- Metformin Hcl181 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate154 claims
- Losartan Potassium112 claims
- Gabapentin109 claims
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Industry payments in 2024: $107.31
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbott Laboratories. The 55,478 providers of this specialty with any payment received $902.55 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Arnold Oliver Welden among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D. is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 81% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 6% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 6% of these records are older, 59% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2013 · 58% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207Q00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
28 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Tulare
They are 28 of the 1,041 NPPES records with a practice address in Tulare, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D.'s NPI number?
Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699788349, issued on Aug 14, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1255 N Cherry St, Tulare, CA, 93274. Phone: (559) 686-0123. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number C42350, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arnold Oliver Welden, M.D. had 3,877 Medicare Part D claims for 255 beneficiaries; the average among family medicine physician prescribers was 3,544. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.