John Shear, LCSW
Clinical Social Worker · Buffalo, NY
John Shear, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Buffalo, New York, and NPI 1699093195, issued on May 7, 2010. Check the license (New York 079875-1, as entered in NPPES) with the New York board that licenses this profession; the federal record below is the public data PlainDoctor holds for this provider.
- Name
- John Shear
- Credential
- LCSW
- Primary taxonomy
- Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
- License number
- 079875-1 NY
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- 467 Virginia St, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Phone
- (716) 855-0880
- Enumerated
- May 7, 2010
- Record last updated
- Sep 13, 2012 (not updated in 14 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Fax
- (716) 855-0880
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20131209000754); accepts Medicare assignment
- Medical or professional school
- State University Of New York At Buffalo School Of Medicine, 1988
- Telehealth
- Offers telehealth (CMS)
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at 467 Virginia St
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify John Shear in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this profession
Search for license 079875-1Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
John Shear among 29,293 clinical social worker records in New York
John Shear, LCSW is one of 29,293 clinical social worker records with a practice address in New York. 8% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does not. Its NPI, issued in 2010, is newer than 42% of them.
- NPI issued2010 · 42% of these records are older, 54% newer
- In a Medicare fileNo · 8% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 17% of these records are
- Graduated1988 · median 2001 among the 5,004 with a school on file
- Record last updated2012 · 65% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 1041C0700X and a New York practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
462 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Buffalo
They are 462 of the 13,287 NPPES records with a practice address in Buffalo, and 29,293 clinical social worker records in New York. No Medicare prescribing, quality score, industry payment or hospital affiliation is published for this NPI.
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Common questions
What is John Shear, LCSW's NPI number?
John Shear, LCSW's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1699093195, issued on May 7, 2010. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is John Shear, LCSW located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 467 Virginia St, Buffalo, NY, 14202. Phone: (716) 855-0880. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify John Shear, LCSW's license?
NPPES lists New York license number 079875-1, as entered by the provider. Search the New York board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.