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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Ames, IA
CMS lists 55 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Ames. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 51. Offer telehealth: 25.
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 50010 (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.
Sidney P. Barker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleLisa E. Barnes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemaleSophia Bauman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleSusan C. Bock
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleLillian Buschette
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleKatherine A. Dewall
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleRyan M. Ellis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleMelinda J. Engelmann
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleTheresa R. Espinosa
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleChristine Flathers, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Washington University School of MedicineFemaleLisa R. Griffith
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleAndrea M. Hohmann
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleTamara M. Hunter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleSteve Jones
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleJoel R. Jorgenson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleTory A. Keyser
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemaleAmy C. Kuehl, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleMary E. Lee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977FemaleHolly J. Lukasiewicz
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleNicole M. Makovec, MD
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleMaria Mallarino
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleKatherine J. May
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleJohn McDonald, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014MaleEllyn Nitchals-Kellner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleMartha S. Norton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985FemaleOther offices in Ames: 1Amanda Oetken
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleSharon L. Okerberg
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992FemaleSean Ostendorf
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleLauren Overland
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleChristine Ries
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleOther offices in Ames: 1Amanda J. Robinson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleSusan Roggendorf
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleEdward J. Rund, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleEdward M. Ruppert, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1987MaleCody C. Samec
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015 · Drake University College of MedicineMaleAdriane Sankey Tiedens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleAnthony Santiago
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005MaleRobin L. Schinnow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleMatthew Schmeckpeper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010MaleJoanna Scott
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleAdrienne R. Shrader
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleTracie R. Simon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleKylie J. Sundblad
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleLisa Turner
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleTammy S. Varland
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleMelinda A. Wadsley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleKathryn E. Wheeler
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleCary L. Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleJocelyn A. Wilson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleBrooke Woods-Stufflebeem
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleKatie C. Zoske, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleHannah McFarland
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleCassie Musser
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleSarah Potter
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleKevin S. Willson
May accept assignmentGraduated 1996MaleOther offices in Ames: 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.
Other specialists in Ames
- Primary care doctors45
- Nurse practitioners88
- Cardiologists35
- Dermatologists3
- Orthopedic surgeons11
- Neurologists11
- Ophthalmologists13
- Optometrists16
- Podiatrists7
- Urologists4
- Nephrologists6
- Oncologists6
- Psychiatrists10
- Psychologists6
- Physical therapists40
- Occupational therapists6
- Chiropractors20
- Gynecologists8
- General surgeons6
Other care in Ames
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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).