Kimberly J Sims, LICSW MSW| Psychiatry | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Separation Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Anxiety
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Bipolar Disorder
- Emotional Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personal History Of Diseases And Conditions
- Pervasive Developmental Disorder
- Psychotic Disorder
- Reaction To Stress And Adjustment Disorders In Children
- Schizoid Personality Disorder
- Schizophrenia
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Separation Anxiety
- Social Anxiety Disorder
- Specific Phobia
- Tourette Syndrome
Procedures I perform
- Adjuvant Hormone Therapy
- Assistive Technology Fitting
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Treatment
- Behavioral Activation
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Bipap Therapy
- Bipolar Disorder Treatment
- Borderline Personality Disorder Treatment
- Brain-Computer Interface Training
- Canine Therapy
- Cardiac Cell Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Cognitive Flexibility Training
- Community Health
- Dissociative Disorder Treatment
- Existential Group Therapy
- Exposure And Response Prevention
- Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing
- Float Therapy
- Gastrointestinal Therapy
- Geriatric Health Coaching
- Geriatric Sleep Disorder Treatment
- Grief Counseling
- Group Therapy
- Health Promotion Counseling
- I-131 Therapy
- Infusion Therapy
- Job Coaching
- Kinesiology Analysis
- Magnetic Therapy
- Mep (MOTOR EVOKED POTENTIALS)
- Mood Disorder Counseling
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Neurourology
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Treatment
- Orthopedic Physical Therapy
- Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment
- Pain Management Counseling
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care In Coma
- Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment
- Psychological Evaluation
- Psychotherapy
- Relationship Therapy
- Shiatsu Massage
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Social Gerontology
- Somatic Experiencing
- Sti Treatment
- Stress Reduction
- Suicide Intervention
- Swedish Massage
- Trauma Therapy
- Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy
- Wellness And Prevention
- Wellness Fitness
- Yoga Coaching
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
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Blue Choice Advantage
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- IH-POS
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-EPO Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CIGNA EPO
- TRICARE East Prime
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Medicare FFS
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Indemnity
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Sentara Health
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- United Healthcare Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- HighMark
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Network OA
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Choice POS
- IH-Open HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- TRICARE for Life East
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-HMO
- OA Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Choice POS II
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Navigate
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- TRICARE East Select
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- CareFirst NASCO
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Medicare Direct
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- Aetna HMO
- Optimum Choice
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- UHC Passport
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- IH-Open POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst EPO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst Administrators
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- IH-POS Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Choice POS II Open Access
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice Fund PPO
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
Education
Graduate: Catholic University of America (2021)