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Psychiatrists who accept Medicare in Santa Barbara, CA
CMS lists 45 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Santa Barbara. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 43. Offer telehealth: 27.
Typical amounts Medicare approves in ZIP 93110 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): a new-patient visit $184, of which you pay about $46; a follow-up visit $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.
Michael A. Bolton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 93.2/100Graduated 2003 · Yale University School of MedicineMaleErin S. Samplin, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 91.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleBalveen Singh, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 87.1/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · New York College of Osteo Medicine of New York Institute of TechnologyFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $66,385Monica M. Rettenmier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 66.4/100Graduated 2014 · Texas Tech University Health Science Center School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $127Azhar Abdullah, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $240Samuel R. Althauser, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015 · Philadelphia College of Osteopathic MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $942Adam W. Awerbuch, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020 · University of Miami, LM Miller School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $483Ole Behrendtsen, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleFred J. Berge, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · University of Vermont College of MedicineMaleGeorge Bifano, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1971MaleNader G. Boutros, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $311Kimberly A. Charlton, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993 · University of Arkansas College of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $756Katherine S. Cole, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003 · Des Moines University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health SciencesFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $18Esther P. Currie, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Loma Linda University School of MedicineFemaleJohn M. Defigueiredo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973MaleScott M. Dewhirst, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · University of New Mexico School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $1,014Luigi Dulanto, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 4Terrence S. Early, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982 · Duke University School of MedicineMaleEdwin A. Feliciano, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990 · Ponce School of MedicineMaleMichael Fruchter, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $202Kristina G. Gaud, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · University of Rochester School of Medicine and DentistryFemaleShephard J. Greene, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $175Rita R. Hargrave, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979 · Howard University College of MedicineFemaleShafagh N. Heidari, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · Virginia Commonwealth University, School of MedicineFemaleConny D. Huthsteiner, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989FemaleGail D. Ingram, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989 · Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $301Nayyer N. Iqbal, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $264Fortuna Israel, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1973FemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $919Emmad Karmouta, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021MaleEli Katz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1980 · Hahneman Medical College of the PacificMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $344Thadeus B. Koontz, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009 · University of Alabama School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $205Vineet P. Kulkarni, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1972MaleAdham N. Malaty, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $829Jarrell C. Meier, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008 · Ohio State University College of MedicineMaleMikhail Meyerovich, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000 · University of California, Davis School of MedicineMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $250Barry Mills, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990 · University of Texas Southwestern Medical School at DallasMaleJames A. Moghtader, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · University of California, Geffen School of MedicineMaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $1,849Michael Polo, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005 · Medical College of OhioMaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $2,564Francis Smith, DO
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013 · Edward Via Col of Osteo Medicine-Virginia CampusMaleRika Suzuki, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006 · University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of MedicineFemaleChase R. Warren, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012 · University of California, Irvine, California College of MedicineMaleCelia M. Woods, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988 · University of Maryland School of MedicineFemaleVictoria W. Yee, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $133Fahim Anwar, MD
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014MaleOther offices in Santa Barbara: 1Drug and device company payments (2025): $873Yana M. Van Arsdale, MD
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986 · National Medical UniversityFemaleDrug and device company payments (2025): $547
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).