Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D.
Pulmonary Disease Physician · Lakewood, CA
Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D. is a pulmonary disease physician with a practice address in Lakewood, California, and NPI 1558481291, issued on Mar 29, 2007. Check the license (California G18436, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Arthur Franklin Gelb
- Credential
- M.D.
- Primary taxonomy
- Pulmonary Disease Physician 207RP1001X
- License number
- G18436 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 3650 South St, Lakewood, CA 90712
- Phone
- (562) 633-2275
- Enumerated
- Mar 29, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (562) 633-2579
- Medicaid ID
- 00G184360 CA
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090126000304); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Saint Louis University School Of Medicine, 1967
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Arthur Franklin Gelb in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license G18436Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
7% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pulmonary disease physician in 2024
1,327 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,425 among the 11,596 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 55% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trelegy Ellipta236 claims
- Anoro Ellipta148 claims
- Albuterol Sulfate Hfa125 claims
- Methylprednisolone83 claims
- Azithromycin70 claims
- Wixela Inhub55 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.
No measured MIPS final score for 2023
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 without scoring Quality, Cost, Promoting Interoperability or Improvement Activities. It is an administrative threshold, so PlainDoctor does not compare it with measured clinicians.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $2,563.05
87 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was GlaxoSmithKline, LLC. The 8,806 providers of this specialty with any payment received $5,159.88 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.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Arthur F Gelb Medical CorpLakewood, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Arthur Franklin Gelb among 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California
Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D. is one of 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records with a practice address in California. 84% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 49% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 49% of these records are older, 40% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 84% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 74% of these records are
- Graduated1967 · median 2002 among the 1,061 with a school on file
- Record last updated2007 · 55% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207RP1001X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Pulmonary Disease Physician providers in California
There are 1,443 pulmonary disease physician records in California.
All 1,443 in California → Every provider in Lakewood → Pulmonary Disease Physician nationwide →
The 8 pulmonary disease physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Joel Epstein, M.D.Lakewood, CA 907121013037779
- Padmanabha Shakkottai, M.D.Lakewood, CA 907121164472346
- Yossef Aelony, MDHarbor City, CA 907101619178597
- Randel King, MDHarbor City, CA 907101003964917
- Dana Loo, MDHarbor City, CA 907101255408274
- Sunit Mistry, MDHarbor City, CA 907101891843843
- Lawrence Tom, M.D.Harbor City, CA 907101043382278
- Glena Cheng, MDBellflower, CA 907061508933474
Common questions
What is Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D.'s NPI number?
Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1558481291, issued on Mar 29, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D. located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3650 South St, Lakewood, CA, 90712. Phone: (562) 633-2275. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D.'s license?
NPPES lists California license number G18436, 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 Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D. prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D. had 1,327 Medicare Part D claims for 231 beneficiaries; the average among pulmonary disease physician prescribers was 1,425. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Arthur Franklin Gelb, M.D.'s MIPS final score?
CMS assigned the neutral MIPS final score of 75 for 2023 without scoring any category, so it is not a measured result.
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.