Samuel Rapaka, DO| Infectious Disease | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Hepatitis B
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Aspergillosis
- Bacterial Pneumonia
- Bone And Joint Infections
- Brucellosis
- Candidiasis
- Cellulitis
- Chagas' Disease
- Chlamydia
- Dengue Fever
- Early Syphilis
- Giardiasis
- Gonorrhea
- Hepatitis A
- Hepatitis B
- Herpes Simplex
- Histoplasmosis
- Infectious Mononucleosis
- Legionnaires' Disease
- Pneumonia
- Shingles
- Skin And Soft Tissue Infections
- Streptococcus, Staphylococcus, And Enterococcus
- Syphilis
- Urinary Tract Infection
Procedures I perform
- Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PREP)
- Pre-Travel Medical Consultation
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 Advantage 6350PD
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- United Healthcare Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Network OA
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- OA Plus
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Medicare FFS
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Aetna HMO
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Medicare Direct
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Sentara Health
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- IH-Indemnity
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Choice POS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Classic 3500
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Beech Street PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Choice Fund PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- TRICARE East Prime
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open HMO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- First Health PPO
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- HighMark
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- CareFirst EPO
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- CareFirst NASCO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CIGNA EPO
- First Health PPO
- UHC Passport
- IH-POS
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Navigate
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- BlueChoice Open Access
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- IH-Open POS II
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- TRICARE for Life East
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CIGNA Indemnity
- HumanaChoice PPO
- United Student Resources
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Optimum Choice
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- IH-HMO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Aetna Basic
- CIGNA PPO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Choice POS II
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center (2024)
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center-GME (2022)
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center-GME (2021)
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University (2018)
