Tara Shireen Bates, LMFT

Primary specialty

Marriage & Family TherapistTaxonomy code 106H00000X

License

LF60442328 Issued in WA

Practice address

15 Oregon Ave Ste 111
Tacoma, WA 98409-7462

Phone

(206) 730-2162

NPI assigned

Apr 10, 2012

Reactivated

Jun 18, 2025

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

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Specialties & licenses 8

Addresses

Other names 1

• Tara Schmutzler Former name

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Not listed in the public Medicare enrollment file

Opted out of Medicare

Yes, effective Jul 23, 2025 through Jul 23, 2027

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Not enrolled

State licenses

Practice roles

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Gig Harbor Counseling Services, LLC

  • Clinical Social Worker
  • Gig Harbor, WA
  • NPI 1033768130
  NPD

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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        "enumeration_date": "2012-04-10",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-11",
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            "state": "MT",
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• Brad L Bates, PH.D.
• Britteny Bates
• Chase Bates, BA
• Mary Elisabeth Bates, A.R.N.P.
• Melissa Lee Bates, LMP
• Tyson Scott Bates, MD
• Yarrow Lee Bates, LMP
• Emily Bath
• Jack Batjer, DDS
• Jacob Robert Batson, M.D.

• Marriage & Family Therapist in Tacoma, WA
• Providers in Tacoma, WA by specialty
• Marriage & Family Therapist in Washington

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• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Opt Out Affidavits.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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