NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Yance A. Childs, LMHC

Mental Health Counselor · Waterloo, IA

Yance A. Childs, LMHC is a mental health counselor with a practice address in Waterloo, Iowa, and NPI 1457865263, issued on Dec 1, 2017. Check the license (Iowa 082295, as entered in NPPES) with the Iowa 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
1457865263
Name
Yance A. Childs
Credential
LMHC
Primary taxonomy
Mental Health Counselor 101YM0800X
License number
082295 IA
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search
Practice location
146 W Dale St Ste 101, Waterloo, IA 50703
Phone
(319) 233-3351
Enumerated
Dec 1, 2017
Record last updated
Dec 1, 2017 (not updated in 9 years: call before relying on the address or phone)
Fax
(319) 235-3132
Medicare enrollment
Enrolled (PECOS I20231219000352); 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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Also registered at 146 W Dale St Ste 101

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

  1. Mohammad Afridi, MDPsychiatry Physician1417093071
  2. Merve Akova, PMHNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1962999672
  3. Shawn Plunkett, ARNPPsychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Practitioner1821481045

Verify Yance A. Childs in five checks

  1. 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
  2. 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Iowa 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. Iowa Physicians Clinic Medical FoundationCedar Falls, IA

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

Yance A. Childs among 2,567 mental health counselor records in Iowa

Yance A. Childs, LMHC is one of 2,567 mental health counselor records with a practice address in Iowa. 14% 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 43% of them.

  • NPI issued2017 · 43% of these records are older, 52% newer
  • In a Medicare fileYes · 14% of these records are
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileYes · 22% of these records are
  • Graduated2014 · median 2015 among the 554 with a school on file
  • Record last updated2017 · 41% of these records were not updated in five years or more

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 101YM0800X and a Iowa practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).

72 mental health counselor records list a practice address in Waterloo

They are 72 of the 1,512 NPPES records with a practice address in Waterloo, and 2,567 mental health counselor records in Iowa.

The 8 mental health counselor records with the nearest ZIP codes

  1. Melinda Anderson, MAWaterloo, IA 507031508439605
  2. Arianna Carroll, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031215454368
  3. Trisha Duitsman, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031184348179
  4. Alycia Hemmen, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031255734448
  5. Olivia Hickman, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031982061149
  6. Sarah Kiani, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031528576238
  7. Stephanie Lawrence, LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031316350325
  8. Kelsey Litterer, T-LMHCWaterloo, IA 507031154164168

Common questions

What is Yance A. Childs, LMHC's NPI number?

Yance A. Childs, LMHC's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1457865263, issued on Dec 1, 2017. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.

Where is Yance A. Childs, LMHC located?

The NPPES record lists a practice address at 146 W Dale St Ste 101, Waterloo, IA, 50703. Phone: (319) 233-3351. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.

How can I verify Yance A. Childs, LMHC's license?

NPPES lists Iowa license number 082295, as entered by the provider. Search the Iowa 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.