Aparna Desai, DO| Hospice And Palliative Care | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Advance Care Planning
- Advance Directives Discussion
- Artificial Nutrition And Hydration Discussion
- Curative To Palliative Care Transition
- Hospice And Palliative Care For Cancer Patients
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care For Symptom Management
- Patient And Family End Of Life Care Support
Conditions and procedures
Procedures I perform
- Advance Care Planning
- Advance Directives Discussion
- Artificial Nutrition And Hydration Discussion
- Curative To Palliative Care Transition
- Hospice And Palliative Care For Cancer Patients
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care For Cancer Symptoms
- Palliative Care For Symptom Management
- Palliative Care Management Of Delirium
- Patient And Family End Of Life Care Support
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
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans/ UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans HMO, POS, PPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO, GEHA, Compass Rose)
- Blue Choice Advantage & Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv/Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Virginia Premier
- CFBCBS EPO
- CFBCBS Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Medicare Fee for Service
- Kaiser MD Medicaid MCO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- UHC Community Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS
- Cigna HealthSpring Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Better Health of Maryland
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser PermanenteSelect-Added Choice
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- United Healthcare Choice
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CFBSBC Blue Preferred PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- POS OA & OA Plus
- Aetna Innovations: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: POS
- Open HMO
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Opoen HMO Option
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access (OA)
- Aetna HMO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- PPO and PPO Plus
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS & Choice POS II
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Open POS II
- Innovation Health: PPO
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Network OA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Tricare for Life (Medicare Supplemental Plan)
- Tricare Prime
- MedStar Select (MedStar Associates' Plan)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- FIRST HEALTH
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- CFBCBS (NCA) Indemnity
- CFBCBS Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CFBCBS Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- CFBCBS Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- CFBCBS BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund) Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Hospice and Palliative Medicine
Fellowship Program: University of California San Diego (2020)
Residency Program: UCSF-Fresno University Medical Center (2019)
Medical School: Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (2016)