Lea Scharf
Clinical Social Worker · Brooklyn, NY
Lea Scharf is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Brooklyn, New York, and NPI 1619447067, issued on Nov 28, 2018. Check the license with the New York board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Lea Scharf
- Primary taxonomy
- Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
- Practice location
- 18 Middleton St, Brooklyn, NY 11206
- Phone
- (718) 875-6900
- Enumerated
- Nov 28, 2018
- Record last updated
- Nov 28, 2018 (not updated in 8 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
- Medicare enrollment
- Enrolled (PECOS I20240212000853); accepts Medicare assignment
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Verify Lea Scharf in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich New York board licenses this professionCheck the board
- 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
Bills Medicare through one group practice
- Pesach Tikvah Hope Development IncBrooklyn, NY
Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).
Lea Scharf among 29,293 clinical social worker records in New York
Lea Scharf 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. Its NPI, issued in 2018, is newer than 70% of them.
- NPI issued2018 · 70% of these records are older, 26% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 8% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 17% of these records are
- Graduated2019 · median 2001 among the 5,004 with a school on file
- Record last updated2018 · 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).
3,449 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Brooklyn
They are 3,449 of the 64,057 NPPES records with a practice address in Brooklyn, and 29,293 clinical social worker records in New York.
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Common questions
What is Lea Scharf's NPI number?
Lea Scharf's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1619447067, issued on Nov 28, 2018. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Lea Scharf located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at 18 Middleton St, Brooklyn, NY, 11206. Phone: (718) 875-6900. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Lea Scharf's license?
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. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. 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.