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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Temple, TX
CMS lists 80 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Temple. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 62. Offer telehealth: 29.
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 76508 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $69, 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.
Cherica Allen
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Kayleigh M. Anderson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Michelle R. Armstrong, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1992FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Christen M. Barnum-Bishop
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Yulanda K. Belizaire
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2023FemaleOther offices in Temple: 4Katherine Bielik
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleKelley E. Brown, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2022FemaleNichole Cardona
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Karla K. Chamberlain
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2004FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Riley E. Collier
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2024FemaleMartha J. Daley, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Jana K. Deakins
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1988FemaleLeah Edwards, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2006FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Vanessa A. Estebane
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleAide A. Felix-Vargas, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Annie T. Fellman
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleKevin Francis, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993MaleChandra Freeman, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2015FemaleOther offices in Temple: 4Jennifer Gibson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleVirginia E. Gibson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleAlejandro Gonzalez
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013MaleCatherine Howe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1990FemaleCrystal D. Ingram
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleCindy Johnson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleMichael A. Johnson, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2002MaleHeidi C. Kogut, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1993FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Stephanie D. Lalouette
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleChris Langley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000MaleAnne L. Lornson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011FemaleShannon C. Lowery-Garza, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1997FemaleLinda A. Malsbary, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleKimberly Milliken
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008FemaleDaniela L. Mills
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleMichelle T. Moore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Paul Moore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2008MaleOther offices in Temple: 3Alex C. Morrison
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2019MaleOther offices in Temple: 3Velma J. Muller, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2000FemaleJana R. Munoz, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2011FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Olivia Munoz, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2014 · Baylor College of MedicineFemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Elizabeth A. Norris
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleSilvana Padmanabhan
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2001FemaleLisa J. Paige, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Temple: 4Susan E. Quintana
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1996FemaleLex Reed
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleAllison A. Roberts, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018FemaleAngela G. Robles
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDavid A. Schroll
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleBrenda L. Smith, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1989FemaleDawson Stanley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021MaleOther offices in Temple: 3Emily K. Sykes
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemalePamela A. Tanis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Nikita Tate-Casanova
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleAamir R. Terry, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2025MaleBeverley V. Theodore
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2015FemaleWendy Tsao, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Amy Venn, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2012FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3Cherlyn S. Walker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2005FemaleOther offices in Temple: 3John A. Webb
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1991MaleOther offices in Temple: 4Rebecca J. Weems, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleMisti D. Wetzel
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2010FemaleJonathan S. Wilhite, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019MaleKatelyn Williams
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleDesiree Alvarado, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Carah N. Buscho
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleGerald R. Carter
May accept assignmentGraduated 2012MaleJennifer Cassar
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleSheron C. Clark, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleJaclyn R. Drake
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleAlexis M. Foote
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016FemalePamela Garcia
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Yancey W. Grimes
May accept assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2018MaleShamara A. Henry, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleKimberly A. Lagge
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleOther offices in Temple: 1Jo Ann O. Laughrin
May accept assignmentGraduated 2024MaleDrew Lynch
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022MaleOther offices in Temple: 2Sherianne Maiorelle
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleDerrick Martinez, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2022MaleApril McAnally
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016FemaleAnita F. Morales
May accept assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleMeredith Mormon
May accept assignmentGraduated 2016Female
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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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).