Vani Bhatia
Dentist · Goleta, CA
Vani Bhatia is a dentist with a practice address in Goleta, California, and NPI 1871172247, issued on Apr 5, 2021. Check the license (California DDS108092, as entered in NPPES) with the California board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Vani Bhatia
- Primary taxonomy
- Dentist 122300000X
- License number
- DDS108092 CA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 164 Kinman Ave, Goleta, CA 93117
- Phone
- (805) 617-7900
- Enumerated
- Apr 5, 2021
- Record last updated
- Sep 18, 2023
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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- Michael Holmes, D.M.D.Dentist1316313125
- Jayme Johnson, DMDPublic Health Dentistry1801336433
Verify Vani Bhatia in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich California board licenses this profession
Search for license DDS108092Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Industry payments in 2024: $17.65
1 payment: food and beverage; the largest payer was OraPharma, a division of Bausch Health US, LLC. 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.
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2024 (openpaymentsdata.cms.gov); average among providers of this specialty with at least one payment.
Vani Bhatia among 14,729 dentist records in California
Vani Bhatia 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 2021, is newer than 83% of them.
- NPI issued2021 · 83% of these records are older, 14% 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 updated2023 · 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).
16 dentist records list a practice address in Goleta
They are 16 of the 461 NPPES records with a practice address in Goleta, and 14,729 dentist records in California.
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The 8 dentist records with the nearest ZIP codes
- John Chung, DDSGoleta, CA 931171346336708
- Doran Dobranszky, DDSGoleta, CA 931171043483423
- Michael Holmes, D.M.D.Goleta, CA 931171316313125
- Jesse Kim, DDSGoleta, CA 931171023398344
- Ann Lee, D.D.S.Goleta, CA 931171427416395
- Barbara Okamoto-Subject, D.D.S.Goleta, CA 931171780675157
- Pramila Patel, DDSGoleta, CA 931171366559411
- Hamid Rahjoo, D.D.S.Goleta, CA 931171659400349
Common questions
What is Vani Bhatia's NPI number?
Vani Bhatia's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1871172247, issued on Apr 5, 2021. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Vani Bhatia located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 164 Kinman Ave, Goleta, CA, 93117. Phone: (805) 617-7900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Vani Bhatia's license?
NPPES lists California license number DDS108092, 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. 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.