Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C
Physician Assistant · Santa Barbara, CA
Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C is a physician assistant with a practice address in Santa Barbara, California, and NPI 1629652441, issued on May 7, 2021. Check the license (California CA59564, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Michael Richard Benaron
- Credential
- PA-C
- Primary taxonomy
- Physician Assistant 363A00000X
- License number
- CA59564 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Ucsb Student Health Building 588, M/C 7002, Santa Barbara, CA 93106
- Phone
- (805) 893-8000
- Enumerated
- May 7, 2021
- Record last updated
- Jul 25, 2022
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20210820003188); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Ucsb Student Health Building 588, M/C 7002
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Michael Richard Benaron in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license CA59564Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
96% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average physician assistant in 2024
32 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries, against an average of 830 among the 101,058 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 0% of 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: $16.99
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was Melinta Therapeutics, LLC. The 64,719 providers of this specialty with any payment received $841.65 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
- Cottage Clinical Network LLCMontecito, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Michael Richard Benaron among 14,451 physician assistant records in California
Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C is one of 14,451 physician assistant records with a practice address in California. 75% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2021, is newer than 67% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 67% of these records are older, 27% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 75% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 50% of these records are
- Graduated2021 · median 2018 among the 7,214 with a school on file
- Record last updated2022 · 40% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 363A00000X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
107 physician assistant records list a practice address in Santa Barbara
They are 107 of the 5,328 NPPES records with a practice address in Santa Barbara, and 14,451 physician assistant records in California.
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Common questions
What is Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C's NPI number?
Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1629652441, issued on May 7, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Ucsb Student Health Building 588, M/C 7002, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106. Phone: (805) 893-8000. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C's license?
NPPES lists California license number CA59564, as entered by the provider. Search the California board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Michael Richard Benaron, PA-C had 32 Medicare Part D claims for 24 beneficiaries; the average among physician assistant prescribers was 830. 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.