NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Leon Cherney, LCSW

Clinical Social Worker · Pittsburgh, PA

Leon Cherney, LCSW is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and NPI 1477249050, issued on Apr 17, 2023. Check the license (Pennsylvania CW014158, as entered in NPPES) with the Pennsylvania board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.

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NPPES recordNPPES file of Aug 9, 2026
1477249050
Name
Leon Cherney
Credential
LCSW
Primary taxonomy
Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
License number
CW014158 PA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6533 Wilkins Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217
Phone
(412) 760-5209
Enumerated
Apr 17, 2023
Record last updated
Apr 17, 2023
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231206000630); accepts Medicare assignment
Entity
Type 1 · individual
Public record from CMS NPPES (open it on the CMS NPI Registry). Enrollment, assignment, school and telehealth: CMS Doctors and Clinicians file, Aug 2026. A record is not a license: verify it with the state board.
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  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Pennsylvania board licenses this profession
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  3. 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
  4. 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
  5. 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
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Bills Medicare through one group practice

  1. East Liberty Family Health Care Center IncPittsburgh, PA

Source: CMS Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (the group practices a clinician bills Medicare through) (data.cms.gov).

Leon Cherney among 7,830 clinical social worker records in Pennsylvania

Leon Cherney, LCSW is one of 7,830 clinical social worker records with a practice address in Pennsylvania. 16% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2023, is newer than 85% of them.

  • NPI issued2023 · 85% of these records are older, 10% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 16% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 24% of these records are
  • Graduated1981 · median 2007 among the 1,888 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2023 · 53% 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 Pennsylvania practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

958 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Pittsburgh

They are 958 of the 28,866 NPPES records with a practice address in Pittsburgh, and 7,830 clinical social worker records in Pennsylvania.

The 8 clinical social worker records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Leslie Aronson, LCSWPittsburgh, PA 152171629173349
  2. Rebecca Auble, LCSWPittsburgh, PA 152171497703144
  3. Pearl Averbach, LCSWPittsburgh, PA 152171598798852
  4. Bari Benjamin, LCSW,BCDPittsburgh, PA 152171083712616
  5. Sandra Budd, MSSWPittsburgh, PA 152171255387510
  6. Shelly Hanlon, MSW, PSY.DPittsburgh, PA 152171629014527
  7. Sarah Hart, M.S.W.Pittsburgh, PA 152171770683021
  8. Wendy Levin-Shaw, LCSWPittsburgh, PA 152171780613299

Common questions

What is Leon Cherney, LCSW's NPI number?

Leon Cherney, LCSW's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1477249050, issued on Apr 17, 2023. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Leon Cherney, LCSW located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6533 Wilkins Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15217. Phone: (412) 760-5209. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Leon Cherney, LCSW's license?

NPPES lists Pennsylvania license number CW014158, as entered by the provider. Search the Pennsylvania 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.