Kathryn S. Hilgartner, NP| Cardiology, Advanced Heart Failure And Transplant Cardiology | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Atrial Flutter
- Chest Pain
- Cholesterol Screening
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Echocardiography
- Event Monitoring
- Heart Murmur
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension
- Hypertension Treatment
- Lymphedema
- Palpitations
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Syncope
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Abnormal Body Structure Imaging
- Abnormal Breathing
- Abnormal Function Study Results
- Abnormal Heart Rhythm
- Acute Bacterial Endocarditis
- Acute Myocardial Infarction
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Advanced Heart Failure (ADHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure (AHF)
- Advanced Heart Failure Care
- Amphetamine Addiction
- Amyloidosis
- Angina
- Angina Pectoris
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Aortic Regurgitation
- Aortic Stenosis
- Aortic Valve Regurgitation
- Artery Disorders
- Atherosclerosis
- Atherosclerosis Of Aorta
- Atherosclerotic Disease
- Atrial Fibrillation
- Atrial Flutter
- Atrioventricular Block
- Bicuspid Aortic Valve
- Bradycardia
- Bundle Branch Block
- Cardiac Arrest
- Cardiac Arrhythmias
- Cardiomyopathy
- Catecholaminergic Polymorphic Ventricular Tachycardia
- Cellulitis
- Chest Pain
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension
- Clotting Disorders
- Complications Of Cardiac And Vascular Prosthetic Devices
- Complications Of The Puerperium
- Congenital Malformations Of Great Arteries
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Deep Vein Thrombosis
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Dyspnea On Exertion
- Eisenmenger Syndrome
- Electrical Conduction Disorders
- Family History Of Malignant Neoplasm
- Fibromuscular Dysplasia
- Gout
- Heart Attack
- Heart Block
- Heart Disease
- Heart Murmur
- High Blood Pressure
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
- Hypotension
- Intracranial Aneurysm
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Left Ventricular Hypertrophy
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Lymphangitis
- Lymphedema
- Mitral Regurgitation
- Mitral Valve Disease
- Mitral Valve Prolapse
- Mitral Valve Stenosis
- Myocardial Infarction
- Nervous And Musculoskeletal Symptoms
- Nonrheumatic Mitral Valve Disease
- Obesity
- Pain In Throat And Chest
- Palpitations
- Paroxysmal Ventricular Tachycardia
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Patent Foramen Ovale
- Pericardium Diseases
- Peripheral Artery Disease
- Peripheral Vascular Diseases
- Precerebral Artery Occlusion
- Premature Ventricular Contractions
- Presence Of Cardiac And Vascular Implants
- Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
- Problems Related To Lifestyle
- Pulmonary Edema
- Pulmonary Embolism
- Pulmonary Heart Disease
- Pulmonary Valve Disorders
- Restrictive Cardiomyopathy
- Rheumatic Heart Disease
- Rheumatic Tricuspid Valve Disease
- Sarcoidosis
- Sick Sinus Syndrome
- Single Ventricle Heart Defects
- Sleep Disorders
- Subcortical Infarction
- Supraventricular Tachycardia
- Swelling In Legs
- Syncope
- Tachycardia
- Thyrotoxic Crisis
- Tricuspid Stenosis
- Valve Disease With Congestive Heart Failure
- Venous Thromboembolism
- Ventricular Aneurysm
- Ventricular Fibrillation
- Ventricular Tachycardia
- Vision Disturbances
Procedures I perform
- Angiogram
- Aortic Stenosis Treatment
- Aortic Valve Repair
- Aortic Valve Surgery
- Atrial Septal Defect Repair
- Blood Pressure Monitoring
- Carotid Artery Aneurysm Repair
- Cholesterol Screening
- Computerized Tomography (CT) Scan
- Echocardiography
- Event Monitoring
- Heart Failure Treatment
- Heart Pacemaker Implantation
- Heart Rhythm Monitoring
- High Cholesterol Management
- Hypertension Treatment
- Lymphedema
- Myocardial Perfusion Imaging
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Pulmonary Artery Stenosis Repair
- Pulmonary Exercise Testing
- Stress Echocardiography
- Subcutaneous Cardiac Rhythm Monitor System Evaluation
- Syncope Treatment
- Transesophageal Echocardiography
- Transplant Evaluation
- Transthoracic Echocardiography
- Ventricular Assist Device Interrogation
- Wireless Event Recorder Monitoring
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 Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Beech Street PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-HMO
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Basic
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-POS Plus
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- IH-Indemnity
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Choice POS
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- IH-Open HMO Option
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Choice POS II
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HealthyBlue PPO
- POS OA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CIGNA EPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-POS
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- UHC Passport
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst NASCO
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- CIGNA PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Sentara Health
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Medicare FFS
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- TRICARE East Prime
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Choice
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- CareFirst EPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- United Student Resources
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- TRICARE East Select
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna VA Exchange
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- HighMark
- OA Plus
- IH-PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Navigate
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Medicare Direct
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center,
Graduate: University of Maryland School of Nursing (2004)