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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in West Des Moines, IA
CMS lists 133 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in West Des Moines. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 98. Offer telehealth: 45.
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 50266 (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.
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✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011MaleLauren Baker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleEllaine M. Ballard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleJennifer A. Barry-Burton
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleLisa M. Baxter, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleHeather D. Beister
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleAmy E. Blessing
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleMolly A. Bruening
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleMegan H. Cecil
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleKimberly J. Comer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Mark D. Cowan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990MaleKimberly M. Cretsinger
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleMichelle Cross
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleChelyne J. Cunningham-Sullivan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleSusan E. Dannen, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleAmy L. Deace
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleNathan D. Delange
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004MaleDavid Depew
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017 · Drake University College of MedicineMaleJustin Derry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleMicah N. Disbrow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleLaurie Dobrinich, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996 · Saint Louis University School of MedicineFemaleMary Doherty
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Diane Eischeid
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleAmy A. Elliott
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleJonathan S. Fasse
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleAngela L. Fisher
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleTyler Fletcher
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023MaleTimothy A. Flynn
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Drake University College of MedicineMaleEllen M. Folkers-Jenkins
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013 · Drake University College of MedicineFemaleTerra Garland, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleElena E. Gerdes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleJustin Goff
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020MaleIrene Gomez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleBarbara J. Graham, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1986FemaleTylore S. Gross
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleAvery M. Harshman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleMegan L. Hasley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleKay Lynn Haubrich, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleDawna Heil
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleAlma Henry
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleChelsey C. Hirt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleHope A. Hunt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleAlicia S. Hutt
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2006FemaleRichard L. Joens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992MaleEmily M. Johnson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2010FemaleTorri M. Johnson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDenise L. Kelley Edwards
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2003FemaleSarah C. Koenen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleJill R. Lawrence
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994 · University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb)FemaleStephanie C. Lee
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Mary K. Lilly, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleHeidi Lohff
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleJeff Loney
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999MaleKrista D. Long
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleKris E. Marvin, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1998MaleDiana McPeck
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleCynthia Melton, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleCourtney Mergen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleColten J. Moore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016MaleLogan M. Murphy
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleSusan M. Nagel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1986FemaleHeidi A. Nettrour
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1997FemaleJoseph M. Nixon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Jacarie E. Owens
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleDiane E. Palmer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Barbara Petersen-Fox
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleKimberly D. Peterson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002FemaleDeborah L. Pfeiffer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1993FemaleJanet Rieckhoff
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleKevin P. Riesselman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineMaleMegan Runchey
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleJacqueline B. Schimel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleRobin L. Schinnow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleElizabeth B. Schroeder
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleAndrew J. Schuplin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020 · Drake University College of MedicineMaleDeana Schuplin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993FemaleMary Settle
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleWhitney L. Shariati
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleStacey Stallman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleShelby M. Standard
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleSarah Steward
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKathryn C. Stoner, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1982FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Erin G. Suchy-Johnson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleTricia M. Tentinger
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in West Des Moines: 1Sarah E. Thomas
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003FemaleWendy Tillgren, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2007FemaleKrystle Tinsley, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014FemaleHeidi C. Valdez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleMeghan Vineis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleCatherine C. Walters
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleJeanne R. Weakland
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1995FemaleHarold R. Webster
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1992MaleStacie L. Weires
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1999FemaleDarcy A. Wiebrand, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMadeline M. Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020FemaleRebecca M. Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleKaren Wittman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2000FemaleAmber Wright, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009 · Univeristy of Texas Rio Grande Valley Med SchoolFemaleArusha Afzal
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023 · University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of MedicineFemaleAmy K. Ashe
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024Female
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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 West Des Moines
- Primary care doctors108
- Nurse practitioners283
- Cardiologists46
- Dermatologists6
- Orthopedic surgeons29
- Neurologists12
- Gastroenterologists18
- Ophthalmologists34
- Optometrists28
- Podiatrists10
- Urologists14
- Pulmonologists20
- Nephrologists9
- ENT doctors14
- Oncologists8
- Psychiatrists42
- Psychologists14
- Physical therapists103
- Occupational therapists20
- Speech therapists11
- Audiologists11
- Chiropractors49
- Gynecologists37
- General surgeons14
- Vascular surgeons5
- Pain management doctors7
- Physiatrists9
- Allergists5
- Dietitians8
- Infectious disease doctors4
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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).