Cynthia J. Bither, MSN NP| Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Flutter
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Heart Disease
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Breathing
- Acute Coronary Syndrome
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Family History Of Disabilities And Chronic Diseases
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Disease In Women
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Myocarditis
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Shock
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Transplanted Organ And Tissue Status
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
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
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- OA Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Network OA
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- IH-POS Plus
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CIGNA PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Beech Street PPO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- TRICARE East Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Choice POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Navigate
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-HMO
- IH-Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- TRICARE for Life East
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Aetna Classic 5000
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst EPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Aetna Classic 3500
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare FFS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Optimum Choice
- HighMark
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE East Prime
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Choice POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CIGNA EPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Network Only Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- POS OA
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Choice POS II Open Access
- HumanaChoice PPO
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA Indemnity
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Sentara Health
- Medicare Direct
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Open POS II
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- IH-PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, Cardiovascular Disease
Graduate: George Mason University (1994)