Amarah Baluch, MD| Rheumatology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Axial Spondyloarthritis
- Dermatomyositis
- Gout
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Pseudogout
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Vasculitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Immunological Findings
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Arthritis
- Arthropathy
- Autoimmune Disorders
- Axial Spondyloarthritis
- Chronic Gout
- Dermatomyositis
- Disorders Involving The Immune Mechanism
- Elevated Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Enthesopathies
- Gout
- Inflammatory Myopathy
- Inflammatory Spondylopathies
- Joint Disorder
- Lupus Nephritis
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Myopathies
- Necrotizing Vasculopathies
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Pseudogout
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis With Rheumatoid Factor
- Rheumatoid Vasculitis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogren's Syndrome
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
- Vasculitis Of Skin
- Wegener's Granulomatosis
Procedures I perform
- Arthrocentesis
- Autoimmune Disorder Treatment
- Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs (DMARDS)
- Enteropathic Arthritis Treatment
- Giant Cell Arteritis Treatment
- Infusion Therapy
- Muscle Biopsy
- Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica Treatment
- Polymyositis Treatment
- Rheumatology Consultation
- Rheumatology Follow-Up
- Sarcoidosis Treatment
- Sjogrens Syndrome Treatment
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
- Vasculitis 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
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- POS OA
- IH-HMO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Student Resources
- Optimum Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- HealthyBlue PPO
- HighMark
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- UHC Passport
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Choice POS II Open Access
- MultiPlan, Inc
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA EPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Tricare Reserve Select
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Basic
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA PPO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- OA Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst NASCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Choice Fund PPO
- Navigate
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Sentara Health
- Aetna HMO
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Administrators
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-POS
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- IH-Open POS II
- Blue Choice Advantage
- TRICARE for Life East
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Choice POS
- IH-POS Plus
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
Education
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2025)
Residency: SUNY Upstate Medical University (2023)
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine (2019)