Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD
Psychiatry Physician · Huntington Beach, CA
Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD is a psychiatry physician with a practice address in Huntington Beach, California, and NPI 1215015508, issued on Nov 2, 2006. Check the license (California A96369, as entered in NPPES) on the Medical Board of California; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Tshekedi Galen Dennis
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Psychiatry Physician 2084P0800X
- License number
- A96369 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 5762 Bolsa Ave, Huntington Beach, CA 92649
- Phone
- (714) 898-0362
- Enumerated
- Nov 2, 2006
- Record last updated
- Dec 29, 2024
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20090216000052); accepts Medicare assignment
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Tshekedi Galen Dennis in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersMedical Board of California
Search for license A96369Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
4.1 times the Medicare Part D claims of the average psychiatry physician in 2024
4,088 Medicare Part D claims for 229 beneficiaries, against an average of 1,000 among the 35,054 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D. Brand-name drugs were 7% of claims.
Most prescribed
- Trazodone Hcl243 claims
- Quetiapine Fumarate238 claims
- Benztropine Mesylate227 claims
- Clozapine Odt214 claims
- Divalproex Sodium Er208 claims
- Olanzapine Odt166 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: $4,710.80
190 payments; by number, the most common kind was food and beverage; the largest payer was Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. The 13,693 providers of this specialty with any payment received $4,954.93 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
- Pacific Neuropsychiatric Specialists IncHuntington Beach, CA
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Tshekedi Galen Dennis among 8,673 psychiatry physician records in California
Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD is one of 8,673 psychiatry physician records with a practice address in California. 67% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 2% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 2% of these records are older, 67% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 67% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 38% of these records are
- Graduated1987 · median 2005 among the 3,295 with a school on file
- Record last updated2024 · 54% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 2084P0800X and a California practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
Psychiatry Physician providers in California
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The 8 psychiatry physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Jeannette Hanna, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926491578652798
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- Bruce Appelbaum, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481528046463
- Glenn Richmond, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481972600310
- David Sack, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926481467657882
- Craig Wronski, DOHuntington Beach, CA 926481841390051
- Ann Bahrani, MDHuntington Beach, CA 926471225071418
- Lynn Baker, M.D.Huntington Beach, CA 926471104086891
Common questions
What is Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD's NPI number?
Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1215015508, issued on Nov 2, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 5762 Bolsa Ave, Huntington Beach, CA, 92649. Phone: (714) 898-0362. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD's license?
NPPES lists California license number A96369, 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.
How much does Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Tshekedi Galen Dennis, MD had 4,088 Medicare Part D claims for 229 beneficiaries; the average among psychiatry physician prescribers was 1,000. 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.