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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Des Moines, IA
CMS lists 153 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Des Moines. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 130. Offer telehealth: 54.
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 50314 (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 Pendleton, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 100/100Graduated 1997FemaleDana V. Andersen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleBarbara M. Arends, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 1989FemaleKristin M. Bell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Johanna Grenko
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2019FemaleKelly B. Kinney
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2001FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Erin L. Richmond
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100Graduated 2016FemaleChristine M. Young
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.6/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleJanet Abendroth
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleSidney A. Allen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleLance Andersen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022MaleKerry L. Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992FemaleLaura Baer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleCasey E. Baker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleLorilei K. Baker, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleEllaine M. Ballard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleCatrina J. Bargstadt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleRenee L. Becker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleHeather D. Beister
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleSharese Beresford
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleAnne H. Berkson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleAndrea L. Blunck
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleRachel K. Boothroyd
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleJoseph Brinkman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleScott F. Caldwell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997MaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Kenneth Cameron
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009MalePhuong N. Chastain
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleLeah Chon-Lopez Wassenaar
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleMaria Conklin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleAmber L. Crosby
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleSierra Cruz
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleLindsey Darrouzet
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleCrystal L. Davis-Yeboah
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleAndrew Dentzau
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023MaleDouglas J. Detrick, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013MaleDevin Dilley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2026MaleDesiree Dread
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleResa K. Eckhart
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleChristopher S. Erickson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleKimberly A. Flagor
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Hannah R. Flanegin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleAnn Flood
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleMackenzie Ford
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleLaurene Franco
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleMackenzie E. Gibbons
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleBarbara J. Graham, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemaleAnneke B. Gustafson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleMcCulloch M. Hall
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleKaya M. Hantsbarger
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleStacey L. Haylett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleJennifer A. Hentges
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleJoy Hetzler, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleHannah Hewlett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleBenjamin T. House Jr., CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1985MaleCindy V. Huerta
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleAdam M. Hughes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010MaleJill Hunter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleJulie M. Hutchens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Andrea L. Jones, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleDavid C. Kaptain
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleVincent A. Kelly
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016 · Drake University College of MedicineMaleTory A. Keyser
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987FemaleEmilie Kleinschrodt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleMichael J. Koch II, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001MaleAndrea M. Lawson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleJan R. Lebahn, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleMary E. Lee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Karen L. Lewis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleElizabeth M. Lindgren
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleBryon Little
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015MaleRachel A. Lomen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1990FemaleEmily Loynachan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleNichole M. Martin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleKathleen S. McCadam
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Ellen E. McCarthy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleMichael E. McInroy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2004MaleMary A. McKinnell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleMollie S. Michelfelder
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleNancy Miller
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleSteve K. Mitchell
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleHannah M. Moldovan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleColten J. Moore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleKristin Moore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleBarbara D. Myers
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemalePamela J. Nelson-Grotrian, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleJoseph M. Nemmers
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleHeather Ostermann
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleTiffiny Overath
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleLauren Overland
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleKendrah Parker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleTyler D. Patterson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007 · University of Kansas School of Med (kc/wich/sal)MaleTimothy W. Payton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Des Moines: 1Casey L. Pestka
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemalePatricia J. Petersen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleRebecca Peterson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleDavid Primeau
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleRianna L. Ragle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleTony J. Raymer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleJordyn Reth
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleAmber L. Roberts
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021Female
Showing the first 100 of 153 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.
Other specialists in Des Moines
- Primary care doctors272
- Nurse practitioners426
- Cardiologists51
- Dermatologists3
- Orthopedic surgeons28
- Neurologists23
- Gastroenterologists8
- Ophthalmologists5
- Optometrists46
- Podiatrists29
- Urologists13
- Pulmonologists11
- Nephrologists16
- Endocrinologists7
- ENT doctors6
- Oncologists27
- Psychiatrists62
- Psychologists13
- Physical therapists110
- Occupational therapists26
- Speech therapists5
- Audiologists8
- Chiropractors27
- Gynecologists37
- General surgeons36
- Pain management doctors4
- Physiatrists17
- Sleep medicine doctors3
- Dietitians58
- Neurosurgeons11
- Infectious disease doctors10
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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).