The Practice
Direct Primary Care in Bakersfield, CA
Specialty
Family Medicine
Open since
January 11, 2007
- Facts checked September 24, 2026
Providers
Brenda Steinberg, DO ·
Emergency Medicine Physician ·
NPI 1740329440
Area
Kern County, California
The practice’s location is in a federally designated primary care Health Professional Shortage Area: LI-MSSA 66a-Bakersfield Northeast/Oildale (HRSA score 18 of 25, designated April 7, 2026).
Sources
- NPPES NPI Registry · npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov/provider-view/1740329440 · fetched September 24, 2026
- US Census Bureau geocoder · geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder · fetched September 24, 2026
- HRSA shortage area data · data.hrsa.gov/tools/shortage-area/hpsa-find · fetched September 24, 2026
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