Melissa A. Welch, MD
Emergency Medicine Physician · Louisville, KY
Melissa A. Welch, MD is an emergency medicine physician with a practice address in Louisville, Kentucky, and NPI 1629180203, issued on Aug 31, 2006. Check the license (Kentucky 30509, as entered in NPPES) on the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Melissa A. Welch
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Emergency Medicine Physician 207P00000X
- License number
- 30509 KY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 200 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY 40202
- Phone
- (502) 629-7200
- Enumerated
- Aug 31, 2006
- Record last updated
- Mar 7, 2023
- Medicaid ID
- 64305097 KY
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Melissa A. Welch in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersKentucky Board of Medical Licensure
Search for license 30509Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
11% more Medicare Part D claims than the average emergency medicine physician in 2024
251 Medicare Part D claims for 159 beneficiaries, against an average of 226 among the 54,106 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 8% of claims. 31 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Methylprednisolone42 claims
- Hydrocodone-Acetaminophen28 claims
- Naproxen21 claims
- Nitrofurantoin Mono-Macro14 claims
- Doxycycline Monohydrate13 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: $14.50
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Abbvie Inc. The 12,335 providers of this specialty with any payment received $953.79 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.
Melissa A. Welch among 903 emergency medicine physician records in Kentucky
Melissa A. Welch, MD is one of 903 emergency medicine physician records with a practice address in Kentucky. 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 7% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 7% of these records are older, 55% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 62% of these records are
- Record last updated2023 · 52% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 207P00000X and a Kentucky practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Emergency Medicine Physician providers in Kentucky
There are 903 emergency medicine physician records in Kentucky.
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The 8 emergency medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Corey Cohen, MDLouisville, KY 402021700865771
- Tracy Fischer, MDLouisville, KY 402021306824412
- Eric Goshorn, MDLouisville, KY 402021154376754
- Stuart Hagan, MDLouisville, KY 402021295714269
- Dustin Hamilton, MDLouisville, KY 402021063467660
- Raymond Hart, M.D.Louisville, KY 402021275527509
- Jennifer Huffstickler, MDLouisville, KY 402021588619183
- Kevin McGann, MDLouisville, KY 402021265410377
Common questions
What is Melissa A. Welch, MD's NPI number?
Melissa A. Welch, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629180203, issued on Aug 31, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Melissa A. Welch, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 200 E Chestnut St, Louisville, KY, 40202. Phone: (502) 629-7200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Melissa A. Welch, MD's license?
NPPES lists Kentucky license number 30509, as entered by the provider. Search the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure at https://web1.ky.gov/GenSearch/LicenseSearch.aspx?AGY=5. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Melissa A. Welch, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Melissa A. Welch, MD had 251 Medicare Part D claims for 159 beneficiaries; the average among emergency medicine physician prescribers was 226. 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.