Babu Guai Welch, MD
Neurological Surgery Physician · Dallas, TX
Babu Guai Welch, MD is a neurological surgery physician with a practice address in Dallas, Texas, and NPI 1891759528, issued on Apr 12, 2006. Check the license (Texas M0965, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Babu Guai Welch
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Neurological Surgery Physician 207T00000X
- License numbers
- M0965 TX
CDR.0005370 CO
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX 75390
- Phone
- (214) 645-2300
- Enumerated
- Apr 12, 2006
- Record last updated
- Oct 14, 2025
- Fax
- (214) 645-2301
- Medicaid ID
- 173678701 TX
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20050628001457); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Howard University College Of Medicine, 1997
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Babu Guai Welch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
Search for license M0965Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
74% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average neurological surgery physician in 2024
44 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 172 among the 4,378 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Most prescribed
- Clopidogrel11 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.
The practice group's MIPS final score for 2023 (Medicare payment program): 74.6 of 100
The Merit-based Incentive Payment System score is reported for the practice group, not for one clinician alone. Four categories are weighted into the final score; the average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
Source: CMS Quality Payment Program, MIPS performance year 2023, group reporting; category weights for 2023 (qpp.cms.gov).
Industry payments in 2024: $13,854.47
25 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Route 92 Medical, Inc. The 5,377 providers of this specialty with any payment received $14,925.58 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
- University OF Texas Southwestern Medical Center AT DallasFort Worth, TX
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Babu Guai Welch among 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas
Babu Guai Welch, MD is one of 669 neurological surgery physician records with a practice address in Texas. 80% 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 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 57% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 80% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 68% of these records are
- Graduated1997 · median 2004 among the 451 with a school on file
- Record last updated2025 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207T00000X and a Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Neurological Surgery Physician providers in Texas
There are 669 neurological surgery physician records in Texas.
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Common questions
What is Babu Guai Welch, MD's NPI number?
Babu Guai Welch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891759528, issued on Apr 12, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Babu Guai Welch, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5323 Harry Hines Blvd, Dallas, TX, 75390. Phone: (214) 645-2300. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Babu Guai Welch, MD's license?
NPPES lists Texas license number M0965, as entered by the provider. Search the Texas Medical Board at https://profile.tmb.state.tx.us/Search.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Babu Guai Welch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Babu Guai Welch, MD had 44 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among neurological surgery physician prescribers was 172. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
What is Babu Guai Welch, MD's MIPS final score?
The 2023 MIPS final score is 74.6 of 100, reported for the practice group. The average among 454,083 clinicians with a measured score was 83.5.
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.