Galen Whitney Ballentine, MD

Primary specialty

Psychiatry PhysicianTaxonomy code 2084P0800X

License

338300 Issued in NY

Practice address

315 S Manning Blvd Ste 6408a
Albany, NY 12208-1707

Phone

(518) 452-6700

Fax

(518) 452-6706

NPI assigned

May 20, 2020

Last updated

Mar 2, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Electronic endpoints 1

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in NY

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Psychiatry

Education

Drexel University College of Medicine, 2019

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New YorkGroup PAC ID 6507770070, 258 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: payer.credentialing@sphp.com

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships, National Provider Directory roles and organizations whose NPPES authorized official is this provider.

• Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Troy, NY
  • NPI 1043267727

  Psychiatry

  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• St. Peter's Hospital of the City of Albany

  dba St. Peter's Hospital

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Albany, NY
  • NPI 1518042357

  Psychiatry

  Medicare reassignment NPD
• Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Troy, NY
  • NPI 1538606181
  NPD
• St. Peter's Hospital of the City of Albany

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Albany, NY
  • NPI 1497701106

  Psychiatry

  NPD

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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        "credential": "MD",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2020-05-20",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-02",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-02",
        "status": "A"
    },
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    "endpoints": [
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            "affiliation": "N",
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            "city": "Albany",
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• Kelsey Ball, NP
• Wendy Ball, LMHC
• Alyssa Maria Ballantyne, FNP
• Kristene Ballard, NNP
• Michael Ballard, PA-C
• Jacob Anthony Ballmes, OTR/L
• Aneesha Khan Baloch, MHC-LP
• Jamila Balooch, DDS
• Bambor
• Michelle M Banaszewski, PT

• Psychiatry Physician in Albany, NY
• Providers in Albany, NY by specialty
• Psychiatry Physician in New York

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 2, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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