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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Wilkes-Barre, PA
CMS lists 25 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Wilkes-Barre. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 21. Offer telehealth: 9.
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 18702 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $68, 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.
Gena C. Panatieri
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 89/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleJoan Behm, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1985FemaleOther offices in Wilkes-Barre: 1Alyssa Bufano
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleVincent L. Carolan, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1998MaleKathleen Casterline, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleKathryn Connor
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleJudith Frisbie, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988FemaleOther offices in Wilkes-Barre: 2Amanda K. Gwiazdowski
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleLaura J. Jacoby
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2007FemaleTheresa Johnson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleBriana A. Lennon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleJennifer Lutsey, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleLori A. Makos, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2009FemaleJamie L. Padula
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleYvette Perdomo
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleDiane Polzer, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleAmanda L. Rodriguez Rogers
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemalePaul F. Tierney III
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012MaleVanessa Tocket
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleDesiree M. Vanderlick
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDenise A. Zavada, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleCassandra Casey
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleKayla Corbett
May accept assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleJordyn Thompson
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleNicol Tomassacci
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024Female
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.
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- Primary care doctors119
- Nurse practitioners147
- Cardiologists22
- Dermatologists10
- Orthopedic surgeons23
- Neurologists18
- Gastroenterologists17
- Ophthalmologists5
- Optometrists9
- Podiatrists10
- Urologists9
- Pulmonologists9
- Nephrologists6
- Endocrinologists4
- Rheumatologists6
- ENT doctors5
- Oncologists14
- Psychiatrists9
- Psychologists4
- Physical therapists229
- Occupational therapists159
- Speech therapists58
- Gynecologists20
- General surgeons19
- Vascular surgeons7
- Pain management doctors5
- Physiatrists11
- Dietitians3
- Neurosurgeons13
- 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).