Caroline Adhiambo Shirima, FNPBC MSN| Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Advance Directive Planning
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Mental Health Medication Management
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anemia
- Artificial Openings Complications
- Bladder Incontinence
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Cardiovascular Disorders Of Newborn
- Cataract
- Chronic Constipation
- Chronic Gout
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Pain Management For Older Adults
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Ear Foreign Body
- Emphysema
- Eyelid Disorders
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Foot Care For Older Adults
- Frailty Syndrome
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Geriatric Depression
- Gout
- Head Injury
- Hip And Thigh Reconstruction
- Hip Fracture
- Hip Osteoarthritis
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Knee Pain
- Lower Limb Ulcer
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Osteoporosis
- Palliative Care For Older Adults
- Parkinson's Disease
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
- Retinal Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rib And Sternum Fracture
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Shoulder Joint Pain
- Sleep Disorders
- Spondylopathies
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Subcortical Infarction
- Vascular Dementia
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Ulcers
- Wound Care For Older Adults
Procedures I perform
- Advance Directive Planning
- Aging Life Care
- Anxiety Treatment
- Balance And Coordination Training
- Balance And Gait Disorders
- Behavioral Interventions
- Care Management
- Case Management
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Restructuring
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Depression Treatment
- Diabetes Management
- Disease Prevention
- Disease Prevention Programs
- Environmental Modification
- Falls Prevention
- Fertility Counseling
- Flexibility Exercises
- Frailty Assessment And Management
- Functional Status Assessment
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Health Maintenance
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Geriatric Home Repair And Modification
- Geriatric Orthopedic Care
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Graston Technique
- Grief And Bereavement Support
- Grief Counseling
- Home Modifications
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Inpatient Rehabilitation
- Live-In Care
- Medicare Annual Wellness Visit
- Meditation And Mindfulness
- Mental Health Counseling For Individuals
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mental Wellness Programs
- Nutrition Counseling
- Therapeutic Recreation
- Transitional Care Planning
- Wellness Services
Practice locations
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10450 Lottsford Rd Center for Successful Aging at Collington Mitchellville, MD, 20721
301-925-7791Fax 301-570-7403
Insurance
MedStar Health accepts most major health insurance plans. If you are uncertain as to whether your individual health insurance plan is accepted at MedStar Health, please call your insurance company.
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List of insurance plans we accept
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Student Resources
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Network OA
- Choice POS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Beech Street PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- First Health PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Sentara Health
- Navigate
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- TRICARE East Select
- IH-HMO
- Choice Fund PPO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- CIGNA EPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Medicare FFS
- Medicare Direct
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OA Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Optimum Choice
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Medicare FFS
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- TRICARE East Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- POS OA
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Open HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- IH-Indemnity
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CIGNA EPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Passport
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Network OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Aetna Basic
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA Indemnity
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- First Health PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OA Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE East Prime
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Sentara Health
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst NASCO
- POS OA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HighMark
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- HighMark
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Basic
- Choice Fund PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners,
Graduate: Bowie State University (2014)