NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W.

Clinical Social Worker · Chattanooga, TN

Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W. is a clinical social worker with a practice address in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and NPI 1437695020, issued on Jan 6, 2017. Check the license (Tennessee 6443, as entered in NPPES) with the Tennessee 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
1437695020
Name
Richard Steven McDonald
Credential
L.C.S.W.
Primary taxonomy
Clinical Social Worker 1041C0700X
License number
6443 TN
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
6778 Executive Oak LN, Chattanooga, TN 37421
Phone
(423) 805-2514
Enumerated
Jan 6, 2017
Record last updated
Mar 31, 2025
Fax
(423) 531-2487
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20180509001951); accepts Medicare assignment
Telehealth
Offers telehealth (CMS)
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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Also registered at 6778 Executive Oak LN

A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.

  1. Emily Auten, L.C.S.W.Clinical Social Worker1225106834

Verify Richard Steven McDonald in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Tennessee 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. Agape Youth Behavioral HealthChattanooga, TN

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

Richard Steven McDonald among 3,275 clinical social worker records in Tennessee

Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W. is one of 3,275 clinical social worker records with a practice address in Tennessee. 12% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2017, is newer than 60% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 60% of these records are older, 37% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 12% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 21% of these records are
  • Graduated2011 · median 2010 among the 677 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2025 · 52% 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 Tennessee practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

211 clinical social worker records list a practice address in Chattanooga

They are 211 of the 7,377 NPPES records with a practice address in Chattanooga, and 3,275 clinical social worker records in Tennessee.

The 8 clinical social worker records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Wendy Bovell, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211720079379
  2. Robert Hendon, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211659478105
  3. Laura Hodges, MSW, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211316968712
  4. Wesley Kaney, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211437252848
  5. Gayle Lodato, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211396774410
  6. Catherine McLeod, LICENSED CLINICAL SOChattanooga, TN 374211396848743
  7. Heather Monson-James, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211326023524
  8. Bonnie Moody, LCSWChattanooga, TN 374211306941851

Common questions

What is Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W.'s NPI number?

Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W.'s National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1437695020, issued on Jan 6, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W. located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 6778 Executive Oak LN, Chattanooga, TN, 37421. Phone: (423) 805-2514. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Richard Steven McDonald, L.C.S.W.'s license?

NPPES lists Tennessee license number 6443, as entered by the provider. Search the Tennessee 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.