Heather Lynn Beck, PA-C| Neurosurgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Aneurysm
- Brain Neoplasms
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Herniated Disc
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Tumor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acoustic Neuroma
- Acromegaly
- Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
- Aneurysm
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Arachnoid Cyst
- Arnold Chiari Malformation
- Arterial Malformation Brain
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM)
- Benign Neoplasm Of Brain
- Berry Aneurysm
- Brain Metastases
- Brain Neoplasms
- Carotid Stenosis
- Cauda Equina Syndrome
- Cavernous Hemangioma
- Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)
- Cervical Compression Fracture
- Cervical Deformity
- Cervical Disc Degeneration
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Disc Displacement
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Coccyx Fracture
- Complex Spine Deformities
- Congenital Scoliosis
- Degenerative Spine Conditions
- Dystonia
- Epilepsy
- Essential Tremor
- Facial Spasm
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
- Foot Drop
- Glioma
- Herniated Disc
- Junctional Kyphosis
- Lumbar Scoliosis
- Lumbar Spine Stress Fracture
- Lumbosacral Plexus Lesions
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Meningioma
- Moyamoya
- Parkinson's Disease (PD)
- Prolactinoma
- Scoliosis
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Cord Tumors
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Deformity
- Spine Tumor
- Spondylolisthesis
- Spondylosis
- Thoracic Herniated Disc
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
Procedures I perform
- Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Cervical Spine
- Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery In The Lumbar Spine
- Biological Enhancement Of Spine Fusions
- Cervical Decompression
- Cervical Laminotomy
- Cervical Spine Revision
- Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
- Cervical Spine Surgery
- Complex Spine Surgery
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Disc Arthroplasty
- Disc Replacement
- Facet Injection
- Facet Surgery
- Growing Rods
- Instrumented Anterior Cervical Discectomy, Fusion (ACDF)
- Magnetic Expansion Control
- Mehta Casting
- Microdiscectomy
- Microsurgical Laminoplasty
- Minimally Invasive Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Fusion
- Occipito Cervical Fusion
- Posterior Cervical Laminectomy And Fusion
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Fusion, Without Instrumentation
- Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy With Instrumentation And Fusion
- Rigo Cheneau Bracing
- Robotic Spine Surgery
- Sacroiliac Joint Block
- Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
- Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
- Schroth Therapy
- Scoliosis Surgery
- Spinal Abscess Surgery
- Spinal Cord Surgery
- Spinal Cyst Removal
- Spinal Tethering For Scoliosis
- Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
- Spine Microsurgery
- Spine Reconstruction
- Spine Revision
- Spondylosis Surgery
- Surgery For Sciatica
- Thoracic Laminectomy
- Vertebrae Surgery
- Vertebral Stapling
- Vertical Expandable Prosthetic Titanium Rib
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
- Tricare Reserve Select
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- United Golden Rule
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- I-SNP
- Carefirst EPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- United Choice
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Tricare for Life East
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Tricare East Select
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- United Navigate
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- Kaiser Select
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Innovation Health: POS
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Administrators
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Optimum Choice
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- United Choice Plus
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- WellPoint Maryland
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- D-SNP)
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Medicaid - Virginia
- Kaiser Signature
- United Student Resources
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Virginia Premier
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Medicaid - Maryland
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Innovation Health: PPO
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Beech Street PPO
- Tricare East Prime
- Cigna EPO
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Physician Assistant
Graduate Education: University of South Alabama (1999)