Steven Parker Simmons, MD| Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
Steven Parker Simmons, MD
Provider is directly employed by MedStar Health
Provider is directly employed by MedStar HealthSpecialties: Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine
Languages: English
Not Accepting New Patients
Clinical areas of focus
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Dementia
- Elder Abuse
- Fall Prevention And Management
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Geriatric Pain Management
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Memory Disorder
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Polypharmacy
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Management
- Venous Ulcers
- Weakness And Frailty
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anemia
- Bed Sores
- Blindness
- Blindness And Low Vision
- Bone Infection (OSTEOMYELITIS)
- Chronic Constipation
- Chronic Pain Management For Older Adults
- Cocaine Related Disorders
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dementia
- Depression
- Disorders Of Autonomic Nervous System
- Elder Abuse
- Enteropathic Arthropathies
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Finger, Hand, And Wrist Open Wound
- Functional Intestinal Disorders
- Gait And Balance Problems
- Gallbladder Disease
- Geriatric Pain Management
- Gout
- Head Injury
- Home Health Care
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Ischemic Heart Disease
- Knee Pain
- Low Vision
- Lower Limb Ulcer
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Malignant Immunoproliferative Diseases And B
- Memory Disorder
- Meniscal Tear Of The Knee
- Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Multiple System Atrophy
- Osteoporosis
- Paraplegia And Quadriplegia
- Parkinson's Disease
- Polyosteoarthritis
- Polypharmacy
- Primary Progressive Aphasia
- Problems Related To Care Provider Dependency
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Rib And Sternum Fracture
- Secondary Parkinsonism
- Septic Arthritis Of The Hip
- Sleep Disorders
- Spondylopathies
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Subcortical Infarction
- Ureteral Calculus
- Vascular Dementia
- Vein Disorders
- Venous Embolism
- Venous Ulcers
- Vision Disturbances
- Wandering (Dementia
- Weakness And Frailty
Procedures I perform
- Advance Directive Planning
- Anxiety Disorder Screening
- Anxiety Management For Older Adults
- Assessment Of Cognitive Function
- Behavioral Management For Dementia
- Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Concussion Testing And Management
- Delirium Prevention
- Deprescribing
- Failure To Thrive Evaluation And Management
- Fall Prevention And Management
- Frailty Assessment And Management
- Functional Capacity Evaluation
- Geriatric Care Management
- Geriatric Health Screening
- Geriatric Orthopedic Care
- Home Safety Evaluations
- Hospice Care Referral
- Huntington's Disease Management
- Impacted Earwax Removal
- Inpatient Palliative Care
- Mental Health Medication Management
- Mental Status Exam
- Neuromuscular Rehabilitation
- Pain Medication Management
- Palliative Care
- Palliative Care Coordination
- Palliative Care Services
- Pancreatic Disease Management
- Parkinson's Disease
- Performance Status Assessment
- Pharmacological Therapy
- Pharmacological Treatment Of Hypertension
- Pressure Ulcer Prevention And Management
- Sleep Disorder Management
- Social Isolation Screening
- Transitional Care Planning
- Urinary Incontinence Treatment
- Wound Care
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
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Sentara Health
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- HighMark
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- IH-PPO
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Employee Health Plan
- Core Essential (HMO)
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- IH-HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- First Health PPO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Blue Choice Advantage
- OA Plus
- MultiPlan, Inc
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- IH-Open HMO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- CIGNA PPO
- IH-POS
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Police and Fire Clinic
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Navigate
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Choice POS II
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-EPO Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Choice POS
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- TRICARE East Prime
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Aetna Classic 3500
- IH-POS Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Medicare Direct
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Aetna Basic
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- IH-Indemnity
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Choice POS II Open Access
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CIGNA EPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- TRICARE for Life East
- Network OA
- United Student Resources
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst EPO
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- UHC Passport
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- POS OA
- TRICARE East Select
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Optimum Choice
- Tricare Reserve Select
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Residency: St. Joseph Hospital (1996)
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center (1993)