Gary C Kennett , LICSW
Social Worker - Clinical • Springfield, MA
97 Forest Park Ave
Springfield, MA 01108
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Gary Kennett is listed in NPPES under Social Worker - Clinical.
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NPI assigned on July 16, 2009; this date does not establish years in practice.
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Published CMS data list 363 Original Medicare Part B services in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Published rows only; this is not a quality measure.
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Published Part B service records, 2024:
- 90834 — Psychotherapy: 363 service units.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Units differ by code; these are not visits or a measure of quality.
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More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Springfield, MA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 313. Middle half: 234 to 379.
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Massachusetts (2024, 689 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 231. Middle half: 144 to 371.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024. Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
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Medicare Part B services went from 834 in 2020 to 363 in 2024.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2020–2024.
Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
97 Forest Park Ave
Springfield, MA 01108
What Public CMS Data Show
Social Worker - Clinical: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
Medicare patients
15 people with Original Medicare in 2024
It gives a sense of how many people with Medicare this clinician treated that year.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider, 2024.
Medicare-allowed amount
About $28,158 in 2024
The total amount Medicare approved for these services in 2024. It includes what Medicare paid and what patients or their other insurance owed, such as the deductible and coinsurance.
It shows the total cost of this clinician's Original Medicare services under Medicare's fee rules.
What this does not show: Medicare-allowed amount
This is not the clinician's income. Part of it can go to a clinic or group practice, staff, equipment or drugs. It is not the price you will pay.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
Paid by Medicare
About $21,664 in 2024
The part of the Medicare-allowed amount that Medicare itself paid in 2024, after patients' deductibles and coinsurance.
The gap between the allowed amount and this number is roughly what patients and their other insurance paid.
What this does not show: Paid by Medicare
This is not the clinician's income and not a measure of quality.
Source: CMS, Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners – by Provider and Service, 2024.
NPI first issued
2009
The year this clinician's National Provider Identifier (NPI) was issued. An NPI is a unique 10-digit ID that US health care providers use for billing.
What this does not show: NPI first issued
NPIs have been issued only since 2005, so this year is not necessarily when the clinician started practicing.
Source: CMS NPPES NPI Registry.
Medicare assignment not listed
CMS data do not show whether this clinician accepts Medicare assignment. This does not mean they do not accept Medicare. Ask the office.
Medicare assignment applies to Original Medicare. It does not tell you whether the clinician is in a Medicare Advantage plan's network, accepts other insurance, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians; Medicare.gov, “Does your provider accept Medicare as full payment?”
No telehealth indicator
CMS shows this indicator only when recent Medicare claims include telehealth services. The clinician may still offer telehealth; ask the office.
Source: CMS, Telehealth Indicator on Medicare Care Compare (fact sheet, January 2023); CMS Doctors and Clinicians.
Enrolled in Medicare (PECOS)
Gary Kennett has a Medicare enrollment record in PECOS, the CMS system clinicians use to enroll so they can bill Medicare or order services for people with Medicare.
It does not show whether the clinician accepts assignment, is in your plan's network, or is taking new patients.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Can order Medicare-covered services
CMS lists Gary Kennett as eligible to order or refer durable medical equipment (DME) for people with Medicare.
Medicare pays for these items and services only when they are ordered by an eligible clinician.
What this does not show: Can order Medicare-covered services
It does not mean the clinician offers these services directly.
Source: CMS Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (PECOS); CMS Order and Referring file.
Compared with the same specialty in Springfield and Massachusetts
Billing and prescribing volume is not a quality rating.
Medicare Part B services
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Springfield, MA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 313. Middle half: 234 to 379.
More Medicare Part B services than 70% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Massachusetts (2024, 689 clinicians with data). Median for this group: 231. Middle half: 144 to 371.
Medicare-allowed amount
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Springfield, MA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $28,222. Middle half: $20,066 to $33,737.
A higher Medicare-allowed amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Massachusetts (2024, 689 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $21,782. Middle half: $12,353 to $33,624.
Paid by Medicare
Close to the middle for clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Springfield, MA (2024, 12 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $21,632. Middle half: $14,863 to $25,690.
A higher Medicare payment amount than 65% of clinicians listed under Social Worker - Clinical in Massachusetts (2024, 689 clinicians with data). Median for this group: $16,456. Middle half: $9,083 to $25,717.
624 active clinicians are listed under Social Worker - Clinical with a practice address in Springfield, MA (17,827 in Massachusetts).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Springfield
5% of these 624 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
10.3% of these 624 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
CMS data by year
Changes may reflect reporting, coverage or privacy limits, not changes in care quality.
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Medicare Part B services
Medicare Part B services decreased 56% from 834 in 2020 to 363 in 2024.
- 2020: 834
- 2021: 705
- 2022: 388
- 2023: 422
- 2024: 363
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Medicare-allowed amount
Medicare-allowed amount decreased 56% from $64,073 in 2020 to $28,158 in 2024.
- 2020: $64,073
- 2021: $56,004
- 2022: $30,439
- 2023: $31,967
- 2024: $28,158
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Paid by Medicare
Paid by Medicare decreased 56% from $49,795 in 2020 to $21,664 in 2024.
- 2020: $49,795
- 2021: $42,975
- 2022: $23,020
- 2023: $24,522
- 2024: $21,664
Sources: CMS Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners (2024), CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Performed Procedures & Service Volume
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| HCPCS Code | Services | Patients | Submitted Charge | Medicare Allowed |
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90834
Psychotherapy, 45 minutes
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363 | 14 | $150.00 | $77.57 |
Source: CMS Part B by Provider and Service, 2024; services under 11 beneficiaries omitted by CMS. Privacy limits
Submitted charges are billed amounts, not a price quote for your visit.
Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2021-12-08NUCC Taxonomy Code: 1041C0700X
A social worker who holds a master's or doctoral degree in social work from an accredited school of social work in addition to at least two years of post-master's supervised experience in a clinical setting. The social worker must be licensed, certified, or registered at the clinical level in the jurisdiction of practice. A clinical social worker provides direct services, including interventions focused on interpersonal interactions, intrapsychic dynamics, and life management issues. Clinical social work services are based on bio-psychosocial perspectives. Services consist of assessment, diagnosis, treatment (including psychotherapy and counseling), client-centered advocacy, consultation, evaluation, and prevention of mental illness, emotional, or behavioral disturbances.
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
I20100616000617
MA
2466582549
Sources: CMS Provider Enrollment and Order and Referring. Medicare enrollment is a billing status, not an accreditation or quality rating.
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 97 FOREST PARK AVE, SPRINGFIELD, MA 01108 (Tel: 4136547204)
Recorded as GARY KENNETT, LICSW
Social Worker (license number reported to NPPES: MA 115687)
Registered at 97 FOREST PARK AVE, SPRINGFIELD, MA 011081631 (Tel: 4137390882)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 130 MAPLE ST STE 205, C/O CPFS, SPRINGFIELD, MA 011032214 (Tel: 4137390882)
Registered at 130 MAPLE ST STE 205, C/O CPFS, SPRINGFIELD, MA 011032214 (Tel: 4137390882)
Recorded as GARY KENNETT, MSW
Counselor
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Other Social Worker - Clinicals in Springfield
- Myra Goodwin, LICSW
- Margaret Mclaughlin, LICSW
- Jeffrey Kassis, LICSW
- Eugene Makowicz
- Kelly Noga, LCSW
- Jodi Devine, LICSW
Mailing Address
97 Forest Park Ave
Springfield, MA 011081631
Phone: 4137390882