Patient Information
Participating Insurance Plans
Participating Insurance Companies Revised July 2010
- AETNA — all plans
(Referral required for following plans: AETNA HMO, Elect Choice (EPO), AETNA Select, and Golden Medicare) (Referral suggested for: Quality POS, Managed Choice POS and US Access.) - Beechstreet Network
- Bravo Health (formerly Elder Health)
- CareFirst BC/BS of DC and MD
**(Blue Choice requires a referral; Open Access/Opt-Out/ Plus needs no referral) - Choice Care PPO/Humana
- CIGNA - Great West
- Coventry Health
- Johns Hopkins Employer Health Plan
(We are now participating with Priority Partners)
(Only Dr. Palestine, Dr Lee and Dr Yu participate w/Johns Hopkins) - Kaiser
(We are non-participating with all products; patient is self-pay) - Medicare and Railroad Medicare
- Multiplan/PHCS
- NCPPO
- Tricare-all plans
(Our physicians are "authorized providers"; we are not classified as "participating" in the network; the member will pay a deductible and copay) - United Healthcare/MAMSI
Optimum Choice (OCI), M.D.I.P.A., OneNet PPO (Formerly Alliance), MLH PPO
**(OCI and MDIPA need a referral; "Direct" needs no referral)
(We are Non-Participating with Family First and AmeriChoice (Medicaid plans))
Providing Dermatology in Montgomery County, Maryland
- Bethesda, Md
- Chevy Chase, Md
- Damascus, Md
- Gaithersburg, Md
- Germantown, Md
- Kensington, Md
- Potomac, Md
- N. Bethesda, Md
- N. Potomac, Md
- Rockville, Md
Providing Dermatology to Patients from Washington, DC
Providing Dermatology to Patients from Northern Virginia - Fairfax County and Arlington County
- Alexandria, Va
- Annandale, Va
- Arlington, Va
- Falls Church, Va
- Great Falls, Va
- McLean, Va
- Merrifield, Va
- Mount Vernon, Va
- Tysons Corner, Va
- Vienna, Va

