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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Palm Desert, CA
CMS lists 93 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Palm Desert. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 84. Offer telehealth: 71.
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 92260 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $74, 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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleElizabeth Allen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemaleLeticia Arteaga
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleWendi J. Avila, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleHilda Balakhane, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988FemaleKarin Barragato, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleAnna L. Barrios, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleRobert W. Barron
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleJuanita I. Black
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleDommonique K. Bruno, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleTanyatta Chateau, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleLizbeth A. Chenik
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleJennifer Chew, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleAnne T. Chicoine, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleShahrezad Chiha, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleJason C. Churchill
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleChristina M. Cisneros
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleJohn M. Claros, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleAnn M. Cleary, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemaleDelia M. Cortez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleBeatriz Y. Crisostomo Gomez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleCc D. Davidbadal, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleMary L. Eames, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleDorene M. Fanning, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleKamla Fennimore, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleYanscy Flores, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleGrace K. Gaines
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleKelly D. Gallaugher, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleStacey Garfinkel, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992FemaleJulio Garibay, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014MaleJane E. Gaunt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleCynthia Gibbons
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleSunny J. Givens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleStephen Goodman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977MaleCherie A. Harper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleLayla C. Hayes, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleDiane J. Heltsley, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1981FemaleHannah L. Hoffman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleDeborah L. Hunt, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleSandy Islands
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979FemaleTiffanie Johnson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleAnya Kaufman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemalePatrick K. Kelly
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleRaizel C. Lax, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleEdward Lei, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006MaleLaura Levin, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleJoanne Levine, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleWyatt Lewallen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleKatherine A. Lundell, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleLillian Machin, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleMonica M. Mejia-Hannaman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleBonnie W. Meyerson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1976FemaleBethany Minick
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · National Medical UniversityFemaleRosalind M. Monahan, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1989FemaleMelanie Nelson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleClinton P. Newell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001MaleRosemary L. Nielsen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleJenny Nigro, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemalePaulina Ospina-Mallarino, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleTara D. Pentecost
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleMonica S. Perez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleRosa M. Perez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleGeorgina Pinto, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleRobert J. Porta, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleMary C. Proffitt-Allison, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleDenisha Profit, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleSean T. Richards, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleJacqueline P. Rivera
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleRamona P. Romero, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleJami J. Russell, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleWendy M. Schill, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleMolly B. Schwarzmueller, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleBruce R. Shafer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977MaleRobyn Spotten
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleCorinne Swaner, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleMelissa A. Swenson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleCynthia S. Tello, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleJamie Trachtenberg
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleKatrina M. Trubilla, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993FemaleSarah M. Tucker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleJulio C. Vieyramazon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleKendra E. Wilkins, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984FemaleMaurice J. Williams, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleCarmit Zur, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleErika C. Altobelli, CSW
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleLauren Foss
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleJames Jones
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022MaleJudith Kehoe, CSW
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleGresia S. Mundaca-Hinojosa, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMichael J. Silver
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleBelinda Spears-Gipson
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleMadelaine Stevens
May accept assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleMichael Tripet
May accept assignmentGraduated 2007Male
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.
Other specialists in Palm Desert
- Primary care doctors50
- Nurse practitioners48
- Dermatologists10
- Orthopedic surgeons4
- Ophthalmologists27
- Optometrists18
- Podiatrists8
- Urologists7
- Oncologists5
- Psychiatrists7
- Psychologists12
- Physical therapists42
- Occupational therapists14
- Speech therapists13
- Chiropractors20
- Gynecologists4
- Pain management doctors3
- Sleep medicine doctors3
- Dietitians3
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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).