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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Salinas, CA
CMS lists 26 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Salinas. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 24. Offer telehealth: 5.
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 93906 (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.
Marian Aguwa, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleJoanna Baez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleSamuel Bendeck
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleMelissa K. Black, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleKarina Bravo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMarian Carapezza, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthFemaleOther offices in Salinas: 1Yazmin Cardena
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDavid Carrasco, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleElan Cohen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleJessica Enny
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleRobert D. Fischer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MaleDanielle C. Gonzalez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleRoynan C. Gonzalez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleAnn T. Lawson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleMaria Guadalupe D. Lopez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleScarlett McAleese
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in Salinas: 1Michelle Mecca, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleChristine M. Morris
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleLeeann Rush-Sandberg
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleRyan D. Schwartz
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleYesica C. Solorio
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleJocelyn Torres Mendoza, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleEmily A. Vicioso, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleCrystina Ybarra, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleGraciela M. Crumm, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleDevon C. Willock, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Salinas: 1
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).