NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Bita Safai

Mental Health Counselor · Potomac, MD

Bita Safai is a mental health counselor with a practice address in Potomac, Maryland, and NPI 1891107074, issued on May 22, 2014. Check the license (Maryland LC5475, as entered in NPPES) with the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1891107074
Name
Bita Safai
Primary taxonomy
Mental Health Counselor 101YM0800X
License number
LC5475 MD
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
13548 Potomac Riding LN, Potomac, MD 20850
Phone
(301) 294-3313
Enumerated
May 22, 2014
Record last updated
May 22, 2014 (not updated in 12 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240208003031); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Maryland board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
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  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. Professional Services OF Holy CrossSilver Spring, MD

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Bita Safai among 4,201 mental health counselor records in Maryland

Bita Safai is one of 4,201 mental health counselor records with a practice address in Maryland. 7% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2014, is newer than 18% of them.

  • NPI issued2014 · 18% of these records are older, 79% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 7% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 11% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2016 among the 472 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2014 · 37% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YM0800X and a Maryland practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

7 mental health counselor records list a practice address in Potomac

They are 7 of the 497 NPPES records with a practice address in Potomac, and 4,201 mental health counselor records in Maryland.

The 8 mental health counselor records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Sarah Edmunds, LCSW-CRockville, MD 208501205193281
  2. Cathy Friedman, LCPCRockville, MD 208501073710463
  3. Haya Goldstein, LCPCRockville, MD 208501235287319
  4. Freydun Goudarznia, MA LCPCRockville, MD 208501023148780
  5. Shadonna Harris, PSY.D.Rockville, MD 208501235463647
  6. Janice Herold, LCPCRockville, MD 208501467770354
  7. Felicia Kolodner, LCPC, NCCRockville, MD 208501710284013
  8. Rita Lee, M.S., LGPCRockville, MD 208501780919126

Common questions

What is Bita Safai's NPI number?

Bita Safai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1891107074, issued on May 22, 2014. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Bita Safai located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 13548 Potomac Riding LN, Potomac, MD, 20850. Phone: (301) 294-3313. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Bita Safai's license?

NPPES lists Maryland license number LC5475, as entered by the provider. Search the Maryland board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity 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.