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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Groton, CT
CMS lists 23 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Groton. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 22. Offer telehealth: 12.
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 06340 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $76, 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 assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 2011FemaleDandie Gallaher, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleTherese Alexander-Ssebagala, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleShawne L. Baker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995FemaleKatharine E Chiapperini
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleCristina A. Connell, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998FemaleJudith L. Farrington
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleSarah J. Faucher
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleJessica M. Gagnon, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleErin Gardner-Flores, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008 · University of Connecticut School of MedicineFemaleJessica A. Heuschele, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleKathleen S. Hocking, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990FemaleJames Longo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1983MaleCrystal Mackinnon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleSarah C. Pereira, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Groton: 1Lydia P. Perry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleNicole Smith
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleJennifer Spreng
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1996FemaleEdwin G. Taetsch, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1979MaleLisa M. Tonnessen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleJudith G. Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1979FemaleJanet N. Wilson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleShayna E. Provencher, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021Female
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 Groton
- Primary care doctors7
- Nurse practitioners24
- Ophthalmologists5
- Optometrists3
- Psychiatrists4
- Physical therapists16
- Chiropractors10
- Gynecologists4
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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).