NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH

Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine Physician · Merced, CA

Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH is a preventive medicine/occupational environmental medicine physician with a practice address in Merced, California, and NPI 1780189233, issued on Mar 27, 2018. Check the license (California A182090, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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

NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1780189233
Name
Ignacio Abel Santana
Credential
MD, MPH
Primary taxonomy
Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine Physician 2083P0500X
License number
A182090 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
260 E 15TH St, Merced, CA 95341
Phone
(209) 381-1200
Enumerated
Mar 27, 2018
Record last updated
Dec 12, 2025
Fax
(559) 398-3967
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20240129001762); 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.
Download card Updates feed

Also registered at 260 E 15TH St

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Jennifer Andrade, NPFamily Nurse Practitioner1386841542
  2. Trudy Aujero, MSN, RN, CHNCommunity Health Registered Nurse1285291641
  3. Kelly Avila, RN, PHNRegistered Nurse1598388316
  4. Brittany AyalaNurse's Aide1790445757
  5. Joy Beck, LVNLicensed Vocational Nurse1023206992
  6. Patricia Benson, BSCNCase Management Registered Nurse1477841963

Verify Ignacio Abel Santana in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
    Search for license A182090
    Check the board
  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Open the California license search

PlainDoctor does not match the HHS-OIG exclusion list to individual records: most entries carry no NPI. Search the OIG exclusion list by name.

Is this page about you? You can ask us to correct, restrict or remove it: how.

Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. County OF MercedMerced, CA

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

Ignacio Abel Santana among 129 preventive medicine/occupational environmental medicine physician records in California

Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH is one of 129 preventive medicine/occupational environmental medicine physician records with a practice address in California. 32% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 91% of them.

  • NPI issued2018 · 91% of these records are older, 5% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 32% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 11% of these records are
  • Graduated2018 · median 1991 among the 14 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 67% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2083P0500X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

Preventive Medicine/Occupational Environmental Medicine Physician providers in California

There are 129 preventive medicine/occupational environmental medicine physician records in California.

The 8 preventive medicine/occupational environmental medicine physician records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Ramana Adapa, MDTracy, CA 953761407959315
  2. Norman Westhoff, M.D.Santa Rosa, CA 954011518010347
  3. Johnston Co, M.D.Stockton, CA 952101114044096
  4. Maryam Sadeghi, MDUkiah, CA 954821861913683
  5. Maria Gherman, MD MPHSan Jose, CA 951281437223344
  6. Hannah Edwards, MDSan Jose, CA 951191952491540
  7. Rajiv Das, MDSan Jose, CA 951101932380995
  8. Sheri Belafsky, M.D.Davis, CA 956161811011406

Common questions

What is Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH's NPI number?

Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1780189233, issued on Mar 27, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 260 E 15TH St, Merced, CA, 95341. Phone: (209) 381-1200. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Ignacio Abel Santana, MD, MPH's license?

NPPES lists California license number A182090, 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.

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.