Dr. Benjamin Thomas Welborn, MD

Dr. Welborn practices at AdventHealth Hendersonville in Hendersonville, North Carolina, part of AdventHealth.

Dr. Welborn's NPI, 1770016263, was assigned on April 11, 2017. Dr. Welborn graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2017. Dr. Welborn holds North Carolina license 2023-00767.

Dr. Welborn's primary practice is AdventHealth Hendersonville, at 100 Hospital Drive, Hendersonville, NC 28792 in Henderson County. The practice phone is (828) 684-8501.

Dr. Welborn's primary practice is AdventHealth Hendersonville in Hendersonville, North Carolina, part of AdventHealth. Dr. Welborn is also affiliated with UNC Health Pardee. The medical group on file is CORA Physical Therapy. Dmand AI also links Dr. Welborn to 1 more hospital, 3 group practices and clinics, 2 medical groups and 1 home health agency, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Welborn practices, 7 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Orthopaedic surgery is Dr. Welborn's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207X00000X. Dr. Welborn is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 1,792 Medicare services from Dr. Welborn across 15 procedure codes in 2024, for 369 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $84,852 for them.

CMS counts 369 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Welborn in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 154 patients. 72% of them have high blood pressure, and 72% have high cholesterol. 8% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.02, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Welborn's median patient age at 70, with 55% women.

In 2024, Dr. Welborn wrote 222 Medicare Part D claims for 108 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 181 of them, across 4 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $616 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 36 claims across 2 drugs.

CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 90 out of 100 for Dr. Welborn for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Dr. Welborn accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 39 procedures of upper limb (arm) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair) by Dr. Welborn, more than 81% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Knee replacement: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Lower limb (leg) arthroscopy (minimally invasive joint repair): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 4 papers to Dr. Welborn, published from 2015 to 2023. 2023 was the busiest year, with 2. The most frequent topics are Cattle and Rotator Cuff Injuries. Dr. Welborn's most frequent co-authors are Richard Joel Friedman, MD, Jeremy Reginald Bruce, MD and Julianne M. Forlizzi, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 55 general payments to Dr. Welborn from 10 drug and device companies from 2022 to 2025. Grants make up the largest share, 48% of the total. Arthrex, Inc. paid the most, $20,090.

Dr. Welborn graduated from University of South Carolina School of Medicine in 2017.