Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO
Family Medicine Physician · Santa Barbara, CA
Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO is a family medicine physician with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1720641079, issued on Apr 22, 2019. Check the license (California A20162, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed
- Credential
- DO
- Primary taxonomy
- Family Medicine Physician 207Q00000X
- License number
- A20162 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 1919 State St Ste 307, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
- Phone
- (805) 563-6120
- Enumerated
- Apr 22, 2019
- Record last updated
- Oct 10, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20221006002709); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- Kansas City University Of Med & Biosciences, College Of Osteo Med, 2019
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 1919 State St Ste 307
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
- Kari Mathison, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1124124276
Verify Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A20162Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
43% more Medicare Part D claims than the average family medicine physician in 2024
5,057 Medicare Part D claims for 600 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. 138 claims were for opioids.
Most prescribed
- Atorvastatin Calcium564 claims
- Amlodipine Besylate297 claims
- Levothyroxine Sodium220 claims
- Metoprolol Succinate152 claims
- Losartan Potassium148 claims
- Alprazolam114 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: $64.59
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Genzyme Corporation. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Sansum ClinicSanta Barbara, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed among 17,133 family medicine physician records in California
Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO is one of 17,133 family medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 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 2019, is newer than 85% of them.
- NPI issued2019 · 85% of these records are older, 12% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 81% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 62% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2005 among the 10,652 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 58% 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 California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
90 family medicine physician records list a practice address in Santa Barbara
They are 90 of the 5,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Barbara, and 17,133 family medicine physician records in California.
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Common questions
What is Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO's NPI number?
Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1720641079, issued on Apr 22, 2019. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 1919 State St Ste 307, Santa Barbara, CA, 93101. Phone: (805) 563-6120. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO's license?
NPPES lists California license number A20162, as entered by the provider. Search the Medical Board of California at https://www.mbc.ca.gov/License-Verification/default.aspx. The NPPES record confirms identity only; the state search shows license status, expiration and public orders.
How much does Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Ambareen Zeenat Ahmed, DO had 5,057 Medicare Part D claims for 600 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.