Dr. Kevin C. Welch, MD

  • Chicago, IL
  • Otolaryngologist
NPI1598897878PAC ID9133211683
Medicare services, 2024
353
Medicare patients, 2024
149
Part D claims, 2024
258
MIPS score, 2024
95
Hospital affiliations
3
Practice address
675 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611
Practice phone
Call (312) 695-0646
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Primary practice

Northwestern Medical Group

Chicago, Illinois

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Dr. Kevin C. Welch is an otolaryngologist in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Welch practices at Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Welch's NPI, 1598897878, was assigned on March 12, 2007. Dr. Welch graduated from Hahneman Medical College of the Pacific in 2002. Dr. Welch holds Illinois license 036.121164.

NPI and contact details
Medicare PAC ID
9133211683
NPI enumeration date
March 12, 2007
NPI status
Active
Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes
Practice phone
(312) 695-0646
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Sex
Male
Estimated age
50
Medical school graduation
2002

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Practice Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)

Dr. Kevin C. Welch practices at Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Welch's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group, at 675 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611 in Cook County. The practice phone is (312) 695-0646.

  • Northwestern Medical Group
    675 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611 · Cook CountyPhone(312) 695-0646

Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); and Dmand AI Practice Data

Dr. Kevin C. Welch is affiliated with 5 sites of care and 1 medical group

Dr. Welch's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Welch is also affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The medical group on file is Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. Dmand AI also links Dr. Welch to 2 more hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

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Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Practice Data; and Dmand AI Affiliation Data

Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Dr. Kevin C. Welch's practice

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Welch practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

EHR by site
SiteEHR vendor and product
Northwestern Medical GroupAvailable with a free account
+4 more affiliated sitesAvailable with a free account

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Dr. Kevin C. Welch is one of 401 otolaryngologists in Illinois

Otolaryngology is Dr. Welch's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207Y00000X. Dr. Welch is licensed in Illinois.

Specialties and state licenses

  • Otolaryngology, IllinoisPrimaryLicense 036.121164 · taxonomy 207Y00000X

Otolaryngologists near Dr. Welch

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Dr. Kevin C. Welch billed Medicare for 353 services in 2024

CMS data shows 353 Medicare services from Dr. Welch across 6 procedure codes in 2024, for 149 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $46,403 for them. Every service was in an office.

Medicare services, 2024353
Medicare patients149
Paid by Medicare$46,403
Procedure codes6

Dr. Welch's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Surgery
2023: 2422024: 18524%
Office and hospital visits
2023: 1992024: 16816%

Dr. Welch compared with the Illinois median for otolaryngologists, 2024

  • Dr. Welch
  • Illinois median
Medicare services
353vs 60341% below
Medicare patients
149vs 29149% below
Part D claims
202vs 16324% above

Medians across 384 otolaryngologists in Illinois with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.

Dr. Welch's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024

CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.

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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks

Dr. Kevin C. Welch treated 149 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 73

CMS counts 149 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Welch in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 76 patients. 68% of them have high blood pressure, and 68% have high cholesterol. 15% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.38, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Welch's median patient age at 59, with 51% women.

Medicare patients, 2024149
Average age73
Average risk score1.38
Also on Medicaid15%

Dr. Welch's Medicare patients by age, 2024

CMS leaves out age groups with fewer than 11 patients.

Dr. Welch's Medicare patients by sex, 2024

  • Women8154%
  • Men6846%

Chronic conditions among Dr. Welch's Medicare patients, 2024

  1. High blood pressure68%
  2. High cholesterol68%
  3. Arthritis45%
  4. Ischemic heart disease29%
  5. Diabetes26%
  6. Asthma23%
  7. Chronic kidney disease23%
  8. Anxiety21%

Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.

Dr. Welch's patients across all payers

Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.

Patient panel by age, all payers

Median age 59

Patient panel by sex, all payers

  • Women51%
  • Men49%

Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Kevin C. Welch wrote 258 Medicare Part D claims in 2024

In 2024, Dr. Welch wrote 258 Medicare Part D claims for 101 patients. 97% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 202 of them, across 5 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $3,102 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 143 claims across 4 drugs.

Part D claims, 2024258
Drugs named by CMS5
Total drug cost$3,102
Part D patients101

Dr. Welch's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024

  • Generic251 claims97%
  • Brand-name and other7 claims3%

Dr. Welch's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024

CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.

Drug classes CMS tracks in Dr. Welch's Part D claims, 2024

  • Antibiotics19%50 of 258 claims

Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.

Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024

  • 2023
  • 2024
Claims for drugs CMS names
2023: 1432024: 20241%

Drugs named by CMS: 5 in 2024, 4 in 2023.

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Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data

Dr. Kevin C. Welch scored 95 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 95 out of 100 for Dr. Welch for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Welch accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Welch as offering telehealth.

Accepts Medicare assignment
Yes
Offers telehealth
Yes

Dr. Welch's MIPS scores, performance year 2024

  • 95of 100Final score
  • 83of 100Quality
  • 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
  • 40of 100Improvement Activities

Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.

Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); and Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026

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Dr. Kevin C. Welch received $38,842 in industry payments from 2016 to 2025

CMS Open Payments shows 165 general payments to Dr. Welch from 20 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Consulting fees make up the largest share, 50% of the total. Aerin Medical Inc. paid the most, $12,193.

General payments to Dr. Welch by program year, 2016 to 2025

General payments to Dr. Welch by kind, 2016 to 2025

$38.8Kin total
  • Consulting fees$19,37050%
  • Food and beverage$14,45037%
  • Speaker and faculty fees$2,5497%
  • Travel and lodging$1,5244%
  • Education speaker fees$9502%

Companies that paid Dr. Welch the most, 2016 to 2025

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Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026

Dr. Kevin C. Welch graduated from Hahneman Medical College of the Pacific

Dr. Welch graduated from Hahneman Medical College of the Pacific in 2002.

  1. Medical schoolHahneman Medical College of the Pacific

Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data

Sources for Dr. Kevin C. Welch's profile data

Sources for the data on this page
Data on this pageSource
NPI, name, sex, specialty and licensesNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Practice locations and phoneNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice Data
Primary practice, affiliations and health systemNPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Practice DataDmand AI Affiliation Data
Medicare services and procedure codesMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
State medians for the same specialtyDmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panelDmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Part D prescribingMedicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentilesDoctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Industry paymentsOpen Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab)
Training, board certification and membershipsDmand AI Professional Profile Data
EHR at each practice siteDmand AI Technology Install Data
Similar physiciansDmand AI Affiliation Data

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What is Dr. Kevin C. Welch's NPI number?

Dr. Kevin C. Welch's NPI number is 1598897878. It was assigned on March 12, 2007, and it is active in the NPI Registry.

What kind of doctor is Dr. Kevin C. Welch?

Dr. Kevin C. Welch is an otolaryngologist in Chicago, Illinois. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Otolaryngology Physician (taxonomy code 207Y00000X).

Where does Dr. Kevin C. Welch practice?

Dr. Welch practices at 675 N St Clair St, Chicago, IL 60611. Dr. Welch's primary practice is Northwestern Medical Group in Chicago, Illinois. Dmand AI also links Dr. Welch to 2 hospitals and 1 group practice or clinic.

What is Dr. Kevin C. Welch's office phone number?

The practice phone on file for Dr. Welch is (312) 695-0646.

What is Dr. Kevin C. Welch's medical license number?

Dr. Welch holds Illinois license 036.121164.

Which hospitals is Dr. Kevin C. Welch affiliated with?

Dr. Welch is affiliated with Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dmand AI links Dr. Welch to 2 more hospitals.

What medical group is Dr. Kevin C. Welch part of?

Dr. Welch is linked to Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation.

Does Dr. Kevin C. Welch accept Medicare?

Yes. CMS data shows Dr. Welch billed Medicare for 353 services in 2024, and Dr. Welch accepts Medicare assignment.

Does Dr. Kevin C. Welch offer telehealth?

Yes. The CMS Doctors and Clinicians file lists Dr. Welch as offering telehealth services.

What is Dr. Kevin C. Welch's MIPS score?

Dr. Welch's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 95 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).

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How many Medicare patients does Dr. Kevin C. Welch see?

CMS counts 149 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Welch in 2024, with an average age of 73.

What services does Dr. Kevin C. Welch bill to Medicare?

In 2024, Dr. Welch's most billed Medicare services were surgery: lungs and airway (31231), office visit, established patient (99214) and office visit, new patient (99204).

Where did Dr. Kevin C. Welch go to medical school?

Dr. Welch graduated from Hahneman Medical College of the Pacific in 2002.

What drugs does Dr. Kevin C. Welch prescribe most?

In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Dr. Welch's most prescribed drugs by claims were Fluticasone Propionate, Azelastine HCl and Ipratropium Bromide.

Has Dr. Kevin C. Welch received payments from drug or device companies?

CMS Open Payments shows $38,842 in general payments to Dr. Welch from 20 companies from 2016 to 2025. The largest total came from Aerin Medical Inc.

How long has Dr. Kevin C. Welch been practicing?

Dr. Welch graduated from medical school in 2002, 24 years ago.

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