Lyn Hopkinson, ACNP-BC MSN| Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism, Family Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cushing Syndrome
- Glucose Control Management
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Testicular Ultrasound
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Crisis
- Adrenal Gland Disorder
- Adrenal Mass
- Adrenal Tumor
- Cushing Syndrome
- Diabetes In Pregnancy
- Drug Or Chemical Induced Diabetes Mellitus
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gestational Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperfunction Of Pituitary Gland
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypoglycemia
- Insulin Resistance
- Long Term Drug Therapy
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia
- Obesity
- Pancreatic Failure
- Parathyroid Disorders
- Poisoning
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Goiter
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vitamin Deficiency
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Tumor Treatment
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring System
- Diabetes Management
- Enterectomy
- Glucose Control Management
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Obesity Treatment
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Parathyroid Tumor Surgery
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Prediabetes Management
- Testicular Ultrasound
- Thyroid Storm Surgery
- Weight Management Program
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 VA Exchange
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Basic
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- TRICARE East Select
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Network OA
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- IH-POS Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- IH-POS
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- IH-Open POS II
- Beech Street PPO
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open HMO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Administrators
- First Health PPO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Choice POS II
- CIGNA PPO
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- IH-EPO Plus
- POS OA
- IH-Network Only Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- IH-PPO
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Navigate
- TRICARE East Prime
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- TRICARE for Life East
- Employee Health Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- UHC Passport
- Medicare FFS
- HighMark
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Medicare Direct
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- OA Plus
- CIGNA EPO
- IH-Open POS Plus
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Sentara Health
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Optimum Choice
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Choice POS
Education
Board Certification: American Nurses Credentialing Center, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: Howard University College of Medicine (1996)