Clinician type
Genetic Counselors
At a glance
- Practicing in the U.S.
- 6,477
- Per 100,000 residents
- 1.9
- Women
- 93%
- Median years since graduating
- 2
Who they are
- Women 93%
- Graduated 35 or more years ago 4%
- Offer telehealth 0%
- Accept Medicare’s approved amount 15%
Sex and credentials from NPPES. Graduation year, telehealth and Medicare assignment from Medicare Care Compare, which covers clinicians enrolled in Medicare.
Where they practice
What they do most for Medicare patients
- Therapy procedure using exercise to develop strength, endurance, range of motion, and flexibility, each 15 minutes 364
- Therapy procedure to re-educate brain-to-nerve-to-muscle function, each 15 minutes 233
- Therapy procedure using functional activities 195
- Therapy procedure using manual technique, each 15 minutes 129
- Evaluation for physical therapy, typically 20 minutes 13
Services billed to traditional Medicare in 2023 (Physician and Other Practitioners data); drugs given in the office are left out.
Schools they graduated from most
- University of Michigan Medical School 2
- Baylor College of Medicine 1
- Indiana University School of Medicine 1
- Medical College of Wisconsin 1
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 1
- University of South Carolina School of Medicine 1
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine 1
From Medicare Care Compare (Medicare-enrolled clinicians only).
Industry payments
Drug and device makers reported $247 in general payments to 3 clinicians in Genetic Counselors in 2025. See who received the most
Source: CMS Open Payments, program year 2025. A payment is not evidence of wrongdoing.
Sources: CMS NPPES (counts, sex, credentials), Medicare Care Compare (schools, graduation years, hospitals, telehealth), CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2023) and Part D Prescribers (2024), CMS Open Payments (2025), ACGME program requirements (training length), OpenAlex (research), U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024 (population).