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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Merrillville, IN
CMS lists 43 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Merrillville. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 38. Offer telehealth: 16.
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 46410 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $66, of which you pay about $17 — 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.
Heidi E. Badgely, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleRegina Baron
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Zachary R. Brock
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleSamantha Carter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleKathryn Druzbicki
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleAshley R. Earle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleMartha E. Erbes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Emily A. Evans, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleLucinda Franco
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Jill R. Freshour, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000 · Western Michigan Un Homer Stryker School of MedFemaleNatalie M. Grantner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleTamara M. Grzesik
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Carissa D. Haberlin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleShayla Harris
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleKatelyn Kapelinski
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleMichelle L. McBrayer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993FemaleDanielle M. McClain
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleCourtenay A. Miller, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992FemaleMarcus Q. Murphy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleDarcy Orzech, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleVenessa A. Partridge
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleDerrick A. Porter, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleAndrew Portlock, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleClaude Ann Poupolos, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleCorinne Rhoades, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Wayne State University School of MedicineFemaleHaley Rush
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMichelle Shumaker, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleEmily Smith, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleSusan Soares, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005 · Indiana Medical College, School of Medicine of Purdue UniversityFemaleMegan A. Thomas, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleTiara Torres
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleTeena Turner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleTracey Uwaeke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Lori L. Vanscoyk
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleSarah Veronesi, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleAshleigh A. Wagner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleCamilla Wallace, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleJoan A. Wolford, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1982FemaleGarcsa Brooks
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Merrillville: 1Emily M. Liechty, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleTonya L. Lindsay, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleNatalie Lukich
May accept assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleMarina Milutinovic
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017Female
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 Merrillville
- Primary care doctors80
- Nurse practitioners242
- Cardiologists15
- Orthopedic surgeons10
- Neurologists17
- Gastroenterologists6
- Ophthalmologists10
- Optometrists14
- Podiatrists8
- Urologists13
- Pulmonologists5
- Nephrologists14
- Endocrinologists5
- ENT doctors7
- Oncologists6
- Psychiatrists17
- Psychologists16
- Physical therapists40
- Occupational therapists19
- Speech therapists10
- Chiropractors8
- Gynecologists9
- General surgeons6
- Physiatrists3
- Neurosurgeons4
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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).