Joel Benavides , MA, A-CMHC
Counselor - Mental Health β’ Salt Lake City, UT
501 S Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 841081222
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Practice Location & Contact Primary Location
501 S Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, UT 841081222
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
Counselor - Mental Health: NPPES taxonomy is a reported classification, not proof of board certification.
NPI first issued
2023
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, CMS release of October 2, 2026; 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, CMS release of October 2, 2026.
Compared with the same specialty in Salt Lake City and Utah
559 active clinicians are listed under Counselor - Mental Health with a practice address in Salt Lake City, UT (2,908 in Utah).
Addresses are self-reported to NPPES and may be out of date.
Telehealth indicator in Salt Lake City
1.1% of these 559 clinicians have the CMS telehealth indicator.
6.6% of these 559 clinicians are listed by CMS as accepting Medicare assignment.
Sources: CMS Doctors and Clinicians, CMS release of October 2, 2026, 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: 2026-09-18NUCC Taxonomy Code: 101YM0800X
Clinicians Sharing This Practice Address or Phone
Clinicians sharing this NPPES address, phone or fax; a shared contact does not mean they work together.
Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Psychiatry & Neurology - Psychiatry
Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
Career & Practice History Timeline
Changes recorded in monthly NPPES data files: addresses, names, credentials, specialties and NPI status
Registered at 501 S CHIPETA WAY, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 841081222 (Tel: 3853215356)
Registered at 812 S WASHINGTON ST APT B5, SALT LAKE CITY, UT 841013051
Recorded as JOEL BENAVIDES, M.A., A-CMHC
Counselor (license number reported to NPPES: UT 14228058-6009)
NPI status registered as active in NPPES database
Registered at 201 N 4TH ST, ARTESIA, NM 882102168 (Tel: 8662732451)
Registered at 1200 N WHITE SANDS BLVD STE 115, ALAMOGORDO, NM 883106774 (Tel: 8662732451)
Additional practice office at 1200 N White Sands Blvd Ste 115, Alamogordo, NM 883106774
Recorded as JOEL BENAVIDES
Behavior Technician
First registered as active Individual Practitioner in NPPES Database.
NPI Administrative Meta
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Healthcare providers in Salt Lake CityMailing Address
812 S Washington St Apt B5
Salt Lake City, UT 841013051