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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Newport Beach, CA
CMS lists 30 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Newport Beach. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 22. Offer telehealth: 13.
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 92660 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $78, 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.
Melissa Sadikoff, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 92.8/100Graduated 1997FemaleMarilyn S. Boettiger, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978FemaleCindy L. Capretz, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleKarianne Chen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Newport Beach: 1David Di Sano
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleJeremy M. Harvey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleFarzaneh Hedayati
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Newport Beach: 1Amy Hublou
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleCathleen C. Jacobson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleLori D. Lawton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleAlbert A. Le, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleLinda M. Maerov
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleApril D. Money
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleLisa L. Popper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Newport Beach: 1Afshin Pourreza
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012MaleLeila Sachtschale, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleDiane L. Sagen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleAlena Schuss
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleSahar S. Teimoori, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleYangyang Xie
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleQingfang Yang, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleZiyi Yang, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleJoni B. Abel, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleMisa Butsuhara
May accept assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDavid Labonte
May accept assignmentGraduated 1988MaleLauren Little, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleJulie E. Miguel
May accept assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleSamantha E. Ryder
May accept assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleKristine L. Saucer-Decker
May accept assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleAngel Vasquez
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023Male
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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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).