NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Courtney Welch, MD

Family Medicine Physician · Yoakum, TX

Courtney Welch, MD is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Yoakum, Texas, and NPI 1659907541, issued on Mar 23, 2020. Check the license (Texas T4693, as entered in NPPES) on the Texas Medical Board; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1659907541
Name
Courtney Welch
Credential
MD
Primary taxonomy
Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
License number
T4693 TX
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
1200 Carl Ramert Dr Ste D, Yoakum, TX 77995
Phone
(361) 293-7061
Enumerated
Mar 23, 2020
Record last updated
Sep 19, 2024
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231208003039); accepts Medicare assignment
Medical or professional school
Texas A & M University System, Hsc, College Of Medicine, 2020
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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Also registered at 1200 Carl Ramert Dr Ste D

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Kendall Brandt, DNP, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1417781790
  2. Jennifer Foster, PA-CPhysician Assistant1093859951
  3. Elizabeth Jendrzey, PA-CMedical Physician Assistant1811539612
  4. Jennifer Patton, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1720455835

Verify Courtney Welch in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersTexas Medical Board
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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63% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024

5,761 Medicare Part D claims for 306 beneficiaries, against an average of 3,544 among the 117,163 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 10% of claims. 121 claims were for opioids.

  1. Courtney Welch5,761
  2. Specialty average3,544

Most prescribed

  1. Atorvastatin Calcium393 claims
  2. Amlodipine Besylate194 claims
  3. Levothyroxine Sodium194 claims
  4. Losartan Potassium191 claims
  5. Potassium Chloride143 claims
  6. Furosemide134 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: $332.42

20 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Otsuka America Pharmaceutical, Inc. 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.

  1. Courtney Welch$332.42
  2. Specialty average$902.55

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

One hospital affiliation

  1. Yoakum Community HospitalYoakum, TX · Critical Access Hospitals3 of 5 stars

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through); hospitals matched to CMS Hospital General Information (Care Compare) (data.cms.gov). Star ratings are CMS hospital ratings, not ratings of this provider.

Courtney Welch among 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas

Courtney Welch, MD is one of 11,119 family medicine physician records with a practice address in Texas. 82% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2020, is newer than 88% of them.

  • NPI issued2020 · 88% of these records are older, 9% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 82% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 64% of these records are
  • Graduated2020 · median 2004 among the 7,095 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2024 · 51% 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 Texas practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

6 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Yoakum

They are 6 of the 44 NPPES records with a practice address in Yoakum, and 11,119 family medicine physician records in Texas.

The 8 family medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Saundra Anderson, D.O.Yoakum, TX 779951861553067
  2. Tracy Birdsong Sorrell, MDYoakum, TX 779951396241691
  3. Crayton Ciborowski, M.D.Yoakum, TX 779951558326504
  4. James Drost, MDYoakum, TX 779951922014133
  5. David Watson, M.D.Yoakum, TX 779951689614836
  6. Richard Lutton, M.D.Bandera, TX 780031114921152
  7. Fred Salley, M.D.Bandera, TX 780031821193749
  8. Daniel Schmidt, D.O.Bandera, TX 780031619957842

Common questions

What is Courtney Welch, MD's NPI number?

Courtney Welch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1659907541, issued on Mar 23, 2020. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Courtney Welch, MD located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1200 Carl Ramert Dr Ste D, Yoakum, TX, 77995. Phone: (361) 293-7061. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Courtney Welch, MD's license?

NPPES lists Texas license number T4693, 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 Courtney Welch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Courtney Welch, MD had 5,761 Medicare Part D claims for 306 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.