Whitney Nichelle Gaines, LCSW

Primary specialty

Clinical Social WorkerTaxonomy code 1041C0700X

License

107215 Issued in CA

Practice address

3900 5TH Ave Ste 110
San Diego, CA 92103-3122

Phone

(858) 554-1212

NPI assigned

Apr 9, 2024

Last updated

Mar 11, 2026By the provider in NPPES

Sex

Female

Sole proprietor

Yes

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: No
• Power mobility devices: No
• Hospice: No

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Clinical Social Worker

Education

Other, 2011

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Telehealth

Offers telehealth services

Group practices

Monica Perlman MD IncGroup PAC ID 8820035884, 357 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Practice roles

Locations

Networks

• BSC 65 PLUS INDIVIDUAL MAPD

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

• Monica Perlman MD Inc.

  dba Perlman Clinic

  • Primary Care Clinic/Center
  • La Jolla, CA
  • NPI 1134309305
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Regents of the University of California

  • Diagnostic Radiology Physician
  • San Diego, CA
  • NPI 1558463927
  NPD (past)
• UC San Diego Health - Rancho Family Medical Group

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Temecula, CA
  • NPI 1003385071
  NPD (past)

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

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
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    "number": "1659124766",
    "addresses": [
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "3900 5TH AVE STE 110",
            "city": "SAN DIEGO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "921033122"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
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            "address_1": "3900 5TH AVE STE 110",
            "city": "SAN DIEGO",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "921033122",
            "telephone_number": "858-554-1212"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "GAINES",
        "first_name": "WHITNEY",
        "middle_name": "NICHELLE",
        "credential": "LCSW",
        "sole_proprietor": "YES",
        "sex": "F",
        "enumeration_date": "2024-04-09",
        "last_updated": "2026-03-11",
        "certification_date": "2026-03-11",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "1041C0700X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Social Worker, Clinical",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "107215",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Shelby Gainer
• Dirk Gaines, MD
• Jeffrey S. Gaines, MD
• Stephanie Gaines, PSY.D
• Stephen Gaines
• Stacy Gainok, IMFT
• Michelle Ann Gaiquinta
• Catherine Gaissert
• Ericka Gaitan
• Frederick Gaither Jr.

• Clinical Social Worker in San Diego, CA
• Providers in San Diego, CA by specialty
• Clinical Social Worker in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Mar 11, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

Verify at the official NPI Registry.