Deborah Kay Blankenship – Mental Health Counselor

Key facts

NPI: 1972209575
Entity type: Individual (NPI type 1)
Primary specialty: Mental Health Counselor 101YM0800X
Practice address: 1202 S Main St
Charles City, IA 50616-3465
Phone: (641) 715-1183
NPI assigned: Feb 6, 2023
Sex: Female
Sole proprietor: No

Organizations & group practices 3

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.

Avalon Center Community/Behavioral Health Agency · Mason City, IA · NPI 1003969148

Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD IA
North Iowa Mercy Clinics Sports Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician · Mason City, IA · NPI 1982300349

NPD (past)
Wellsource Psychologist · Mason City, IA · NPI 1992818249

NPD (past)

Medicare Care Compare profile

Specialty: Mental Health Counselor
Education: Other, 2022
Medicare assignment: Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full
Group practices: Avalon Center (2 clinicians)

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

1202 S Main St
Charles City, IA 50616-3435
Phone (641) 715-1183

Medicare participation

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment: Enrolled in IA
Eligible to order & refer: Part B services: Yes · DME: Yes · Home health: No · Power mobility devices: No · Hospice: No

Medicare enrollment records

Enrollment ID	State	Provider type	PAC ID	Details
I20251120001085	IA	Practitioner - Mental Health Counselor	1557853330	Reassigns benefits to 1 organization

National Provider Directory

Medicare enrollment (NPD): Yes

Practice roles

Organization	Status	New patients
Avalon Center	Current since Oct 10, 2025	Accepting new patients
North Iowa Mercy Clinics	Past since Feb 12, 2023	Accepting new patients
Wellsource	Past	Accepting new patients

Locations

1202 S Main St
Charles City, IA 50616
Phone (641) 715-1183

415 Pleasant St
Osage, IA 50461
Phone (641) 424-2075

Specialties & licenses

Specialty (taxonomy)	Code	License	State	Primary
Mental Health Counselor	101YM0800X			Yes

Addresses

Primary practice location

1202 S Main St
Charles City, IA 50616-3465

Mailing address

1202 S Main St
Charles City, IA 50616-3465
Phone (641) 715-8118

Other providers in Charles City, IA

All providers in Charles City, IA · Mental Health Counselor in Iowa

Sources for this page

NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Record last updated by the provider on Apr 28, 2026. Information in NPPES is self-reported and not verified by CMS.
NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy: specialty names.
Medicare Fee-For-Service Public Provider Enrollment (CMS/PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments.
Order and Referring (CMS).
Medicare Care Compare provider data (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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