Carson Root
Speech-Language Pathologist β’ Independence, MO
14500 E 42nd St S Ste 220
Independence, MO 640554700
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
14500 E 42nd St S Ste 220
Independence, MO 640554700
Matched by practice address or phone in NPPES. A shared address or phone does not confirm that this clinician works there.
What Public CMS Data Show
Speech-Language Pathologist: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
NPI first issued
2024
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, βDoes your provider accept Medicare as full payment?β
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)
Carson Root 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.
Compared with the same specialty in Independence and Missouri
92 active clinicians are listed under Speech-Language Pathologist with a practice address in Independence, MO (5,056 in Missouri).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Independence
0% of these 92 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
3.3% of these 92 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS NPPES NPI Registry. Specialty names follow the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy.
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Specialties & License Numbers Reported to NPPES
Self-certified to NPPES: 2026-04-15NUCC Taxonomy Code: 235Z00000X
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
NUCC Taxonomy Code: 2355S0801X
Medicare (PECOS) Enrollment & Ordering Eligibility
Source: CMS PECOSPRACTITIONER - QUALIFIED SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST
I20250507002143
MO
1557888161
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
Speech-Language Pathologist (license number reported to NPPES: MO 2026013770)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 14500 E 42ND ST S STE 220, INDEPENDENCE, MO 640554700 (Tel: 8164787800)
Registered at 14500 E 42ND ST S STE 220, INDEPENDENCE, MO 640554700 (Tel: 8164787800)
Recorded as CARSON ROOT
Specialist/Technologist (license number reported to NPPES: MO 2023019681)
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
Mailing Address
14500 E 42nd St S Ste 220
Independence, MO 640554700
Phone: 8164787800