NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Brighter Beginnings in Richmond, CA

This location of Brighter Beginnings bills under NPI 1679189229, an organization record issued on Sep 18, 2020 with the primary taxonomy Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). It is one of 13 NPIs registered under this name and one of 2 in Richmond; each clinician who sees you there has their own NPI and license.

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Organization recordNPPES, Aug 2026
1679189229
Legal name
Brighter Beginnings
Entity
Type 2 · organization
Primary taxonomy
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) 261QF0400X
Practice location
2727 MACDONALD AVE, Richmond, CA 94804
Phone
510-388-9236
Enumerated
Sep 18, 2020
Record updated
Feb 3, 2023
Authorized official
Ceo (title as filed)
Public record from the NPPES NPI Registry (open it on CMS). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a facility license.

The other Richmond NPI

  1. Brighter Beginnings2727 MACDONALD AVE · issued Oct 30, 20131942638978

11 clinicians CMS lists with Brighter Beginnings in Richmond

  1. Jennifer Beeckman, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1174729271
  2. Eva Buensuceso, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1609579341
  3. Phyllis Carroll, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1417456351
  4. Mikayla GrantFamily Nurse Practitioner1437852985
  5. Sidney Helberg, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1174419519
  6. Flor Juarez Hernandez, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1023824034
  7. Haesook Kim, NPNurse Practitioner1972020824
  8. Monica Monari, FNPFamily Nurse Practitioner1851141907
  9. Jane Perlas, FNP-CFamily Nurse Practitioner1750370904
  10. Lila Samady, LCSWClinical Social Worker1033211610
  11. Maria Webster-Longin, MDInternal Medicine Physician1134229388

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians group affiliations, matched by practice name and city.

All 13 Brighter Beginnings NPIs

Every location registered under this name, in 6 cities.

See every location

Checking an organization

  1. Confirm the business with the California secretary of state.
  2. Check the HHS-OIG exclusion list for the organization.
  3. Verify each clinician on their own record and the state license search.

Common questions

Is an organization NPI a license?

No. An NPI identifies who bills. Facilities and the clinicians who work there are licensed separately by the state.

Which Richmond NPI should I use?

Ask the office which NPI it bills under; all 2 Richmond NPIs are registered under the same name.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), monthly file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.