NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Helen Thai

Dentist · Berkeley, CA

Helen Thai is a dentist with a practice address in Berkeley, California, and NPI 1841400827, issued on May 22, 2007. Check the license (California 55436, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

Record from CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 · Medicare files 2024 · method · Verify with CMS →

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1841400827
Name
Helen Thai
Primary taxonomy
Dentist 122300000X
License number
55436 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
3031 Telegraph Ave Ste 215, Berkeley, CA 94705
Phone
(510) 841-1866
Enumerated
May 22, 2007
Record last updated
Jan 3, 2008 (not updated in 18 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). 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 California 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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37% more Medicare Part D claims than the average dentist in 2024

118 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries, against an average of 86 among the 51,021 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of claims.

  1. Helen Thai118
  2. Specialty average86

Most prescribed

  1. Amoxicillin50 claims
  2. Chlorhexidine Gluconate33 claims
  3. Ibuprofen27 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: $244.95

8 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Align Technology, Inc. The 31,974 providers of this specialty with any payment received $540.36 on average. Payments are reported by manufacturers, not by the provider, and are not a sign of wrongdoing.

  1. Helen Thai$244.95
  2. Specialty average$540.36

Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.

Helen Thai among 14,729 dentist records in California

Helen Thai is one of 14,729 dentist records with a practice address in California. 56% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 18% of them.

  • NPI issued2007 · 18% of these records are older, 58% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
  • Record last updated2008 · 73% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 122300000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

68 dentist records list a practice address in Berkeley

They are 68 of the 4,898 NPPES records with a practice address in Berkeley, and 14,729 dentist records in California.

The 8 dentist records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Daniel Adelman, DDSBerkeley, CA 947051093897159
  2. Hosein Bavafa, DDSBerkeley, CA 947051780637835
  3. Daniel Eckhard, DMDBerkeley, CA 947051730190802
  4. Nancy Fenstermacher, D.D.S.Berkeley, CA 947051831240399
  5. Barron Hong, DMDBerkeley, CA 947051255494738
  6. Norman Hui, DDSBerkeley, CA 947051275717746
  7. Adel Khalil, D.D.S., M.D.Berkeley, CA 947051073734612
  8. Mi Hyun Kim, DDSBerkeley, CA 947051699766717

Common questions

What is Helen Thai's NPI number?

Helen Thai's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1841400827, issued on May 22, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Helen Thai located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 3031 Telegraph Ave Ste 215, Berkeley, CA, 94705. Phone: (510) 841-1866. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Helen Thai's license?

NPPES lists California license number 55436, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.

How much does Helen Thai prescribe under Medicare Part D?

In 2024, Helen Thai had 118 Medicare Part D claims for 48 beneficiaries; the average among dentist prescribers was 86. 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.