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Out-of-Pocket Responsibilities Due to New Year Plan Renewal.
ARA participates with Medicare and several other insurance plans. Participation varies as changes occur within the insurance industry. Please verify with our staff to confirm that we participate in your insurance plan. Please call 301-942-3126 to reach the Business Office.
Insurance Participation List
AETNA
- Aetna HMO, POS, POS II, PPO
- We do not participate with Aetna Medicare Advantage
CAREFIRST
- BlueChoice, POS, PPO, FEP, Blue Card
CIGNA
- All plans except CIGNA EPO Connect
- We do not participate in CIGNA Medicare Advantage plan
JHEHP
- Johns Hopkins Employer Health
- Johns Hopkins Medicare Advantage HMO, PPO
- US Family Health Plan
- Priority Partners (Medicaid MCO)
MARYLAND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (Not DC office physicians)
- Accepting new patients with ARA physician approval.
- Accepting only QMB Maryland Medicaid
MEDICARE & MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PLANS
- Currently, ARA is not accepting new Medicare
Advantage plans except for Johns Hopkins Medicare Advantage HMO and PPO - Accepting Traditional Medicare
MULTIPLAN – PHCS
ONENET/Options PPO
- Accepting patients out of network
TRICARE
- Accepting patients who have Tricare Humana Military who have out-of-network benefits.
UNITED HEALTHCARE
- Accepting patients with out-of-network benefits.
- ARA does not accept UHC Medicare Advantage Plans
SELF-PAY
- ARA offers a self-pay rate to patients who have no health insurance or have non-participating health insurance, except for Medicare Advantage plans.
- 2025 Self-Pay Rates
Beginning May 1, 2025, please send all payments and correspondence to our new administration office:
Arthritis and Rheumatism Associates
7361 Calhoun Place, Suite 600
Rockville, MD 20855