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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in San Francisco, CA
CMS lists 650 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in San Francisco. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 367. Offer telehealth: 204.
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 94114 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $85, of which you pay about $21 — 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.
Maria Flores, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.7/100Graduated 2005FemaleSara E. Biel, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleMelanie B. Bien, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 2010FemaleStefanie L. Breedy, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Andrew Butler-Pothast, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 2019MaleKam K. Chak, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1John W. Chan, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1978MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Jeffrey Cotter, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Farid A. De La Ossa Arrieta, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleCari Lee Donovan, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Abel Ferreira, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 2007MaleFiona C. Glas, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemalePan Gu, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Michelle Hua-Reyes, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Nancy Ibarra, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1William J. Leemaster, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Wan Ming Liu, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Richard A. Montantes, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 1995MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Ellen M. Myers, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Ryan T. Nguyen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Irma E. Palacios, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 2013FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Rita M. Perez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 1994FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Gloria M. Poessy, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100Graduated 2010FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Claudia E. Rivas, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Timothy J. Sasaki, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Crispin V. Tombo, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleCrista S. Underwood, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Lucy A. Vargas, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1984FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Joyce Vives, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleOlivia Y. Yim, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Yuen Ting Tammy Yu, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Tiffany Yu-Lee, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 88.2/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Anna Ankenman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100Graduated 2007FemaleCherise B. Arzaga, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Wen Ong, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleRachel I. Ongpin, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 2Robert Robles, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleLuis Rodriguez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Karen Schanche, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980FemaleMiho Schutzenhofer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100Graduated 2003FemaleMelody Sit, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 84.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleAaron Braverman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 79.3/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011MaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Azar Abadi
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025FemaleMorgan Abcarius
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleLauren Abella, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentFemaleBrenna E. Alexander, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDoris Alvarez, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980FemaleElizabeth Alvarez Nyante, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleClaire M. Arbour, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleJennifer L. Arceneaux
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleAngela M. Arellano
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleSandra Auerback, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972FemaleAdrianne R. Averbukh, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleDiana L. Aveson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleBette Baber
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleSarah M. Babineaux, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleMaximilian M. Baccarat
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleKarina Bailey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemalePeter A. Balderas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995MaleCrystal Y. Barrera, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleLea M. Basler, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleBrigita S. Baumgardner, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005FemaleAnna K. Becerra-Rodriguez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleIvan Belyaev
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleJamie F. Bennett, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleEleanor G. Benway, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Easther Berridge, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleJacqueline Berrios, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleHagikah V. Birden, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleLesley Bittner, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleBenjamin R. Black, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleKaren Blackburn
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKatherine J. Blank, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleFatina F. Boe, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMary M. Bolgan, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleRachel P. Brewer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Jacqueline T. Brooks
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleNicole A. Brooks, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleBrittany J. Brown, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleJacqueline B. Buente, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleAmy Bullock, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleMargaret F. Burkle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Temeka Burnett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleNathaly Calderon Dominguez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleFawzia Campana
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 2Sophia M. Carcamo- Heekin, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleMegan Carney
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Marie E. Cartier, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleJohn T. Casey, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleKatherine I. Castanares
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleTyler Caughie, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleHelen O. Chan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleElaine L. Chan Scherer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemaleJessica Chen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleSuzanne W. Chen-Harding
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleRyoko N. Chernomaz, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in San Francisco: 1Polina Chernyak, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998FemaleIda Chi, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999FemaleMary K. Chin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleDiana Q. Chiu, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018Female
Showing the first 100 of 650 in this order.
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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- Neurologists276
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- Ophthalmologists127
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- Podiatrists90
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- Pulmonologists84
- Nephrologists76
- Endocrinologists60
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- ENT doctors93
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- Psychologists248
- Physical therapists144
- Occupational therapists15
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- Gynecologists224
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- Pain management doctors16
- Physiatrists37
- Allergists25
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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).