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Therapists and counselors who accept Medicare in Charleston, WV
CMS lists 40 clinicians in this specialty with a practice address in Charleston. Accept Medicare assignment (the Medicare-approved amount as full payment): 32. 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 25311 (2024 Medicare rates, the latest CMS has published): $67, 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.
Elizabeth J. Kent, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentMIPS score (2024): 90.9/100✓ TelehealthGraduated 1980FemaleMary R. Aldred-Crouch
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2014 · West Virginia University School of MedicineFemaleNakia Austin
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2009FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Emily D. Bennett
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleJacob Bounds, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2020MaleSteve Burton, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2003MaleLinda S. Combs
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2021FemaleElizabeth M. Fizer
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1994FemaleAmy M. Fortson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleWendell S. Francke
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1999FemaleJustin Gibson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2005MaleYvonne D. Hargrow
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleKerry E. Harper
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018FemaleDiane B. Hendricks, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1977FemaleMelinda G. Himstedt, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2013FemaleGina M. Holt, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2011 · West Virginia University School of MedicineFemaleBecky J. Jordon
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1988FemaleAngela R. King
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2008FemaleDana L. McMaster
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1991FemaleValerie K. Nichols
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2016FemaleLela Owusu
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2013FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Michael S. Pauley
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1987MaleCatherine A. Rasnake
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 1995FemaleDeana T. Samms
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 2002FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 2Mary J. Selbe
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2012FemaleJade K. Stevenson
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2025FemaleBrooke E. Thibodaux
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2019FemaleDina Thistlethwaite
✓ Accepts Medicare assignment✓ TelehealthGraduated 1994FemaleTonya L. Vannatter
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2017FemaleTerrence D. Walker
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2018MaleNakyra Willis
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleMisty L. Woodard, CSW
✓ Accepts Medicare assignmentGraduated 2022FemaleKristina A. Hutcheson, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleAshley N. Koontz
May accept assignmentGraduated 2021FemaleOther offices in Charleston: 1Wendy L. Lewis
May accept assignmentGraduated 2014FemaleStephanie L. McDonald
May accept assignmentGraduated 2023FemaleJoy M. Messer
May accept assignmentGraduated 2004FemaleAnna L. Shaffer
May accept assignmentGraduated 2020FemaleHamlet D. Smith II, CSW
May accept assignmentGraduated 1995 · West Virginia University School of MedicineMaleStephanie L. Todd
May accept assignmentGraduated 2019Female
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).