Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT
Marriage & Family Therapist · Chico, CA
Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT is a marriage & family therapist with a practice address in Chico, California, and NPI 1538208905, issued on Feb 5, 2007. Check the license (California MFC16168, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- Laura Ellen Best
- Credential
- MA MFT
- Primary taxonomy
- Marriage & Family Therapist 106H00000X
- License number
- MFC16168 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 10 Independence Circle, Chico, CA 95973
- Phone
- (530) 345-1600
- Enumerated
- Feb 5, 2007
- Record last updated
- Jul 8, 2007 (not updated in 19 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (530) 345-1685
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 10 Independence Circle
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Verify Laura Ellen Best in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license MFC16168Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Laura Ellen Best among 59,889 marriage & family therapist records in California
Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT is one of 59,889 marriage & family therapist records with a practice address in California. 4% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2007, is newer than 7% of them.
- NPI issued2007 · 7% of these records are older, 77% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 4% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · 8% of these records are
- Record last updated2007 · 50% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 106H00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
303 marriage & family therapist records list a practice address in Chico
They are 303 of the 3,684 NPPES records with a practice address in Chico, and 59,889 marriage & family therapist records in California. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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- Eloise Campbell, MFTIChico, CA 959731194850396
- Jennifer Chua, LMFTChico, CA 959731447302526
- John Falletti, MFTChico, CA 959731689736803
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- Larry Gaab, MA MFTChico, CA 959731073662128
Common questions
What is Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT's NPI number?
Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1538208905, issued on Feb 5, 2007. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 10 Independence Circle, Chico, CA, 95973. Phone: (530) 345-1600. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Laura Ellen Best, MA MFT's license?
NPPES lists California license number MFC16168, as entered by the provider. Search the California 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. 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.