Laura B. Xanders, FNPBC| Neurology | MedStar Health
About me
Laura Xanders, FNP-BC, is a ANCC-certified Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in headache treatment. She sees patients in the Chevy Chase, MD, location.
Laura embraces the concept of ‘cura personalis,’ treating the whole patient. She incorporates lifestyle modifications, medications, procedures, alternative therapies, and interdisciplinary referrals when developing a personalized plan with her patients. As a former ER nurse at MedStar Georgetown, she also focuses on acute and urgent headache management options in clinic, at times utilizing the infusion suite at Chevy Chase.
Clinical areas of focus
- Auriculotemporal Nerve Block For Headache
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Migraine
- Multiple Sclerosis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Movements
- Acute Disseminated Demyelination
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Benign Essential Tremor
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebrovascular Diseases
- Cervical Dystonia
- Cervicogenic Headache
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Convulsions
- Dementia
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy And Seizures
- Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
- Head Injury
- Headache
- Hydrocephalus
- Migraine
- Migraine With Aura
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Myopathies
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Neuropathic Pain
- Occipital Neuralgia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Seizure Disorders
- Sensory Neuropathy
- Status Migrainosus
- Transient Cerebral Ischemic Attacks
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vestibular Neuritis
Procedures I perform
- Auriculotemporal Nerve Block For Headache
- Botox Injection For Migraines
- Cervicogenic Dizziness Treatment
- Chronic Headache Treatment
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Electromyography
- Headache Prevention
- Headache Relief
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Median Nerve Conduction Studies
- Migraine Prevention
- Nerve Block
- Seizure Treatment
- Stroke Care
- Tension Headache Treatment
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
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Navigate
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- IH-EPO Plus
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-POS
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- TRICARE East Prime
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- POS OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Network OA
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MultiPlan, Inc
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- HighMark
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Medicare Direct
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice POS
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE for Life East
- CareFirst Administrators
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Choice POS II
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- First Health PPO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-Open POS II
- CIGNA PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CIGNA Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- OA Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- United Student Resources
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Beech Street PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- IH-PPO
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- IH-HMO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: Georgetown University School of Nursing (2012)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Diagnose and adios: practical tips for the ongoing evaluation and care of TAC patients taking indomethacin. Current Pain and Headache Reports. 2015.