Clinical Social Workers

Who they are

• Women 84%
• Graduated 35 or more years ago 13%
• Offer telehealth 36%
• Accept Medicare’s approved amount 82%

Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.

What they do most for Medicare patients

• Psychotherapy, 1 hour 1,700,330
• Psychotherapy, 45 minutes 888,965
• Psychotherapy, 30 minutes 683,533
• Psychiatric diagnostic evaluation 133,859
• Psychiatric services complicated by communication factor 123,000
• Group psychotherapy 100,720
• Family psychotherapy with patient, 50 minutes 7,557
• Assessment of emotional or behavioral problems 6,187
• Telehealth originating site facility fee 5,744
• Family psychotherapy without patient, 50 minutes 3,939
• Psychotherapy for crisis, first hour 2,062
• Care management services for behavioral health conditions, at least 20 minutes of clinical psychologist or clinical social worker time, per calendar month. (these services include the following required elements: initial assessment or follow-up monitoring, 1,483

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Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.

What they prescribe most

• Sertraline Hcl (Zoloft) 13.8%
• Ketoconazole (Ketodan) 11.3%
• Mirtazapine (Remeron) 7.2%
• Donepezil Hcl (Adlarity, Aricept) 7.2%
• Dupilumab (Dupixent Pen, Dupixent Syringe) 7.0%
• Triamcinolone Acetonide (Kenalog-80, Kenalog-10, Kenalog-40) 6.3%
• Pantoprazole Sodium (Protonix Iv, Protonix) 5.7%
• Atorvastatin Calcium (Atorvaliq, Lipitor) 5.4%
• Trazodone Hcl 4.8%
• Furosemide (Furoscix, Lasix) 3.8%
• Clobetasol Propionate 3.8%
• Risperidone (Risperdal, Perseris, Uzedy) 3.6%
• Apixaban (Eliquis) 2.9%
• Metoprolol Tartrate (Lopressor) 2.9%
• Simvastatin (Zocor) 2.9%

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Share of this specialty’s Medicare Part D prescriptions in 2024, including refills. Select a drug to see which of these clinicians prescribe it most, and where.

Hospitals where the most work

• Hartford Hospital Hartford, CT 36 Clinical Social Workers at Hartford Hospital
• Long Island Jewish Medical Center New Hyde PArk, NY 35 Clinical Social Workers at Long Island Jewish Medical Center
• Mainehealth Maine Medical Center Portland, ME 33 Clinical Social Workers at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
• Boston Medical Center Boston, MA 33 Clinical Social Workers at Boston Medical Center
• University of Michigan Health System Ann Arbor, MI 30 Clinical Social Workers at University of Michigan Health System
• Community Hospital East Indianapolis, IN 26 Clinical Social Workers at Community Hospital East
• Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI 22 Clinical Social Workers at Henry Ford Health Hospital
• Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA 22 Clinical Social Workers at Cambridge Health Alliance
• Essentia Health Duluth Duluth, MN 20 Clinical Social Workers at Essentia Health Duluth
• Maine General Medical Center Augusta, ME 17 Clinical Social Workers at Maine General Medical Center

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Clinicians who list the hospital in Medicare Care Compare. The number opens the list of who works there.

Schools they graduated from most

• Fordham University School of Medicine 345
• Wayne State University School of Medicine 229
• University of Illinois College of Med (chi/peor/rock/chm-Urb) 151
• Loyola University of Chicago, Stritch School of Medicine 130
• Boston University School of Medicine 125
• University of Michigan Medical School 115
• Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine 111
• New York University School of Medicine 108
• University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine 94
• State University of New York at Stony Brook, School of Medicine 93

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From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).