About me
Nico Mata, MD, is dual board-certified in pain medicine and physical medicine and rehabilitation. As a dedicated pain physician, his ultimate goal is to help individuals regain function and enhance their quality of life.
He believes that effective pain management stems from a multifaceted strategy that employs various modalities working together to address pain from multiple angles. His approach emphasizes proper body movement through physical therapy and home exercise regimens; the importance of nutrition, hydration, and sleep; and the essential role played by mental health awareness and stress management as the core foundations for successful treatment and management.
While prioritizing these conservative treatments, Dr. Mata also integrates advanced, image-guided procedures and modern technologies to reduce pain and enhance function. He is also well versed in the risks and benefits of a wide variety of pain medications and is a strong believer in safe and appropriate use of these tools.
Dr. Mata offers a full range of consultative, evaluative, and interventional treatments for acute and chronic pain, including conditions affecting the spine, neck, back, and peripheral joints (such as knees, hips, shoulders, wrists, etc). In addition, with his fellowship training, he provides specialized treatment in fluoroscopic and ultrasound-guided procedures, sympathetic nerve blocks, CRPS management, painful diabetic neuropathy, and spinal cord stimulator placement.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Mata has co-authored numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed publications. He was selected by his peers as Chief Resident during his training and is an active member of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians. Dr. Mata joins MedStar Health after a successful career at All Star Pain Management in Annapolis.
Whether striving for complete resolution of pain or learning to manage it more effectively, Dr. Mata is committed to supporting his patients on their journey toward improved function and quality of life.
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Arthritis
- Back Pain
- Bulging Disc
- Bursitis
- Cervical Disc Disease
- Cervical Herniated Disc
- Cervical Radiculopathy
- Coccydynia
- Degenerative Spine Pain
- Facet Joint Syndrome
- Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
- Hip Pain
- Knee Pain
- Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
- Meralgia Paresthetica
- Neck Pain
- Neuritis
- Neuropathy
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- Pinched Nerve
- Post Laminectomy Syndrome
- Radiculopathy
- Sacroiliitis
- Sciatica
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spine Pain
Procedures I perform
- Caudal Injection
- Celiac Plexus Nerve Block
- Cervical Spine Steroid Injection
- Epidural Blood Patch
- Epidural Injection
- Facet Injection
- Hand Steroid Injection
- Interventional Pain Management
- Lumbar Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
- Medial Branch Blocks
- Musculoskeletal Injection
- Nerve Block
- Non Surgical Treatment For Disc Herniation
- Radiofrequency Rhizotomy
- Sacroiliac Joint Block
- Spinal Cord Stimulator
- Thoracic Spine Epidural Steroid Injection
- Trigger Point Injection
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
- Kaiser Flexible Choice
- United Optimum Choice
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
- Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
- United Erickson Advantage Plans
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
- Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
- CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Carefirst EPO
- Kaiser Signature
- Tricare East Select
- Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- CareFirst Administrators
- United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
- Innovation Health: PPO
- United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
- Aetna HMO
- United MD IPA (HMO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Employee Health Plan (EHP)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
- United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- I-SNP
- HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
- Innovation Health: POS Plus
- Medicaid - Maryland
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- First Health PPO
- Tricare East Prime
- WellPoint Maryland
- Beech Street PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
- Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
- United AARP Medicare Complete
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Cigna Indemnity
- Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- United Golden Rule
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
- Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- United Select Plus (POS)
- Medicaid - District of Columbia
- CIGNA EPO
- Tricare for Life East
- United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Kaiser Medicare Plus
- Innovation Health: POS
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- Cigna Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna Network Open Access
- Kaiser Select-Added Choice
- United Navigate
- United Choice Plus
- CareFirst NASCO
- Virginia Premier
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Innovation Health: Open POS II
- United Choice
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
- United Student Resources
- United Mamsi Life & Health
- Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
- United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
- Cigna POS/Network POS
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- D-SNP)
- United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Cigna HMO Open Access
- Innovation Health: Indemnity
- United Core Essential (HMO)
- Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Select
- United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Medicaid - Virginia
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pain Medicine
Board Certification: American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Fellowship: Case Western Reserve University (2021)
Residency: Case Western Reserve University (2020)
Medical School: Wright State University (2016)