About me
Rachael T. Overcash, MD, MPH, is an attending physician specializing in maternal and fetal medicine at MedStar Washington Hospital Center. She currently serves as the Director of the Perinatal Center. Dr. Overcash specializes in the management of high-risk pregnancies, including prenatal diagnosis with ultrasound, amniocentesis and genetic counseling. She works with obstetricians to co-manage complicated pregnancies and provides direct prenatal care to women with high-risk issues such as diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. Dr. Overcash believes that each woman should feel comfortable with her pregnancy. Her philosophy of care is to provide the tools, knowledge and education to help women navigate their complicated pregnancies with the goal of having a healthy baby.
Dr. Overcash is a fellow of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. In addition, she is an active member of the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a committee member of the Foundation for Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine. Her teaching experience includes serving as a clinical instructor in reproductive medicine at the University of California, San Diego, and her research has been published in several peer-reviewed journals, including Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Journal of Perinatology, Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Maternal and Child Health, the American Journal of Medical Genetics, and Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology. She currently serves as a reviewer for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Overcash is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Maternal-Fetal Medicine.
Dr. Overcash received her medical degree from the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, where she also completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology. She continued her training with a fellowship in maternal-fetal medicine at the University of California, San Diego. She also holds a master of public health degree in health policy and management from the Yale University School of Public Health in New Haven, Connecticut.
Clinical areas of focus
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage And Placenta Previa
- Preterm Labor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Nuchal Translucency
- Advanced Maternal Age
- Amniotic Fluid Disorders
- Antenatal Screening Abnormalities
- Cancer During Pregnancy
- Cervical Cerclage
- Cervix Uteri Disorders
- Complications Of The Puerperium
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- Disorders Of Amniotic Fluid And Membranes
- False Labor
- Fetal Growth Restriction
- Gestational Diabetes
- Gestational Hypertension
- High Risk Pregnancy
- Hypertension In Pregnancy, Including Preeclampsia
- Labor Complications And Umbilical Cord Problems
- Late Pregnancy
- Late Pregnancy Complications
- Maternal Care For Fetal Problems
- Maternal Diseases
- Multiple Gestations
- Obstetric Trauma
- Placental Disorders
- Polyhydramnios
- Postpartum Hemorrhage
- Pregnancy Hemorrhage And Placenta Previa
- Pregnancy Nausea
- Premature Rupture Of Membranes
- Preterm Labor
- Uterine Infections
- Uti (URINARY TRACT INFECTION) During Pregnancy
Procedures I perform
- Amniocentesis
- Biophysical Profile
- Blood Gas Analysis
- Breastfeeding Assistance
- Cerclage
- Cerebral Oxygen Consumption Index Measurement
- Cesarean Delivery
- Chorionic Villus Sampling
- Contraction Stress Test
- Dacryocystorhinostomy With Jones Tube
- Delivery With Forceps
- Delivery With Vacuum Extraction
- Episiotomy
- Fertility Counseling
- Fetal Acid-Base Assessment
- Fetal Anatomy Survey
- Fetal Behavioral Assessment
- Fetal Cri-Du-Chat Syndrome Management
- Fetal Developmental Assessment
- Fetal Echocardiography
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring During Labor
- Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring For Non-Stress Test
- Fetal Kick Count
- Fetal Monitoring
- Fetal Neuromuscular Assessment
- Fetal Neurosonography
- Fetal Reduction
- Fetal Scalp PH Sampling
- Fetal Scalp Stimulation
- Fetal Shunt Placement
- Fetal Therapy
- Fetal Venous Doppler Assessment
- Fetal Well-Being Assessment
- Gene Methylation Analysis
- Gestational Carrier
- Group B Strep Testing
- Growth Hormone Suppression Test With Glucose
- Lactation Consultation
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mind-Body Medicine
- Neonatal Consultation
- Neonatal Dermatology
- Neonatal Follow-Up
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Treatment
- Percutaneous Umbilical Cord Sampling
- Placenta Percreta Management
- Postpartum Hemorrhage Management
- Pregnancy Planning
- Pregnancy Test
- Pregnancy Ultrasound
- Prenatal Care
- Prenatal Monitoring
- Prenatal Testing
- Reproductive Medicine
- Targeted Genome Sequencing
- Vaginal Pessary Insertion
Practice locations
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106 Irving St NW Perinatal Center Ste 108 South Tower Washington, DC, 20010
202-877-6093Fax 202-877-8695
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
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Sentara Health
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- CIGNA PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- IH-POS
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Medicare FFS
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- POS OA
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO
- Employee Health Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- IH-HMO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA Indemnity
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Choice POS
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Beech Street PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna VA Exchange
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- OA Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open POS II
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-Network Only Plus
- TRICARE for Life East
- IH-Open HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- HighMark
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst EPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Navigate
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- BlueChoice Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Basic
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst NASCO
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Board Certification: American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal and Fetal Medicine
Graduate: Yale School Of Public Health (2024)
Fellowship: University of California San Diego Medical Center (2015)
Residency: George Washington University School of Medicine (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2008)
Hospital affiliations
News and publications
Center Scope Fall 2016: Relieving the Burden of Obesity
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