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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Carlsbad, CA
CMS lists 74 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Carlsbad. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 60. Offer telehealth: 24.
Since January 1, 2024, Medicare Part B also covers licensed marriage and family therapists and mental health counselors, alongside clinical social workers.
Typical amount Medicare approves for a visit in ZIP 92008 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $77, of which you pay about $19 — the 20% coinsurance after the yearly Part B deductible. Clinicians who don't accept assignment can charge up to 15% more; with a Medicare Advantage plan, your plan's copay applies instead.
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Order: clinicians who accept assignment first, then by MIPS score (highest first), then by last name.
Charlene C. Alugbue, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleJessica S. Anderson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006 · New York University School of MedicineFemaleNatalie B. Arballo, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleMariz Bebawy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleRandi F. Beckman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleBarbara Benavidez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDaniel A. Blitch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleAgne S. Bolsakova
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleMark C. Brewer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleRandy Buckley, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleJason W. Burke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006MaleTina Burke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleBrenda H. Burris, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleDarryl W. Butson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015MaleBrinae H. Delgado, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleRebecca E. Dennison
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleSarah H. Eberst, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleKimberly Fried
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleFiorella P. Giraldo, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985FemaleGina G. Gollard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleBrandon M. Green
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleWilliam J. Grove
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983MaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Pilar Haile-Damato, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleTakae Hayashi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleLouis Heit
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989MaleCarolina Hernandez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleJuana E. Hernandez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleEric A. Herrera
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleAlan J. Javurek
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1967MaleZsuzsa Kasselmann, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleMelinda K. Katahara, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleNicole M. Kent
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleKelsey H. Kingsmore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleMakena M. Knapp
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleTracie L. Kulakowski
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleAlexandra A. Lopez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleMyra J. Miller, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleWendy O'Connor
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleFalu Rami
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleBrandon Ramirez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MalePaula M. Ratter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleMarcia A. Rebelo, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleBrenna A. Rich
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Kristine F. Rickards, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1974FemaleRenee Ridley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleMary D. Roberts
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleJohn R. Rogers, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007MaleKaitlyn Schwab, PT
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleBryanna C. Shirley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleJahthaime Smith
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleNatalie J. Stockton, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleCaroline E. Strachan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleCheri L. Themer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleDana B. Thomart
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 2Kaye A. Thompson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980FemaleKatherine E. Tromello
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleAndrea Vega, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemalePenelope Velazquez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1984FemalePaul Wilcox
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleRita S. Wong
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleAshley Agunbiade
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleNicole Allison
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Shanna Benji
May accept assignmentGraduated 2026Janelle A. Bonura
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Amy J. Cubbison
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021 · National University of Arts and Sciences, Medical DepartmentFemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Blanca L. Iniguez Valdivia, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleLetjan Lecarnaque
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Carlsbad: 1Angelica Melgoza, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleAlice B. O'Keefe
May accept assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleTonya Octave, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleRoxanne D. Pratt
May accept assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleThomas E. Roide
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022MaleLinda M. Stewart
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleAlice Y. Zhang
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021Female
Before you book
This list comes from Medicare's enrollment records, not from reviews. Call the office to confirm the clinician is taking new Medicare patients. With Original Medicare, a clinician who accepts assignment can only charge you the Medicare deductible and coinsurance; one who doesn't may charge up to 15% more than the Medicare-approved amount. If you have a Medicare Advantage plan, check that the clinician is in the plan's network.
The MIPS final score (0–100) comes from Medicare's Merit-based Incentive Payment System for 2024. It combines quality measures, cost, improvement activities and use of certified health records, and it sets a payment adjustment. Clinicians who report as a group share the group's score. It is not a patient rating, and many clinicians have no published score.
Payments from drug and medical device companies come from CMS Open Payments (2025 general payments: meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and similar), summed for each clinician. Receiving payments is legal and common and does not mean a clinician did anything wrong.
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- Primary care doctors67
- Nurse practitioners97
- Orthopedic surgeons7
- Neurologists21
- Ophthalmologists3
- Optometrists22
- ENT doctors12
- Psychiatrists16
- Psychologists83
- Physical therapists135
- Occupational therapists8
- Audiologists11
- Chiropractors20
- Pain management doctors5
- Physiatrists9
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Enrollment, addresses and scores are as reported to CMS and can change. This is not a list of in-network providers for any Medicare Advantage plan, and it is not medical advice. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog — Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File, Clinician MIPS Performance 2024 and Facility Affiliation Data (released Oct 2, 2026).