About me
Carol Benedict, MD, is a rheumatologist at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Benedict received her medical degree at George Washington University School of Medicine. She then completed a residency and fellowship at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Dr. Benedict is board certified in internal medicine and rheumatology.
Clinical areas of focus
- Arthritis
- Gout
- Myositis
- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Vasculitis
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Acute Arthritis
- Ankylosing Spondylitis
- Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
- Antiphospholipid Syndrome
- Aortic Arteritis
- Arthralgia
- Arthritis
- Arthritis Of Multiple Joints
- Arthropathy
- Behcet Syndrome
- Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease
- Cranial Arteritis
- Crest
- Crystalline Arthritis
- Cutaneous Vasculitis
- Dermatomyositis
- Discoid Lupus Erythematosus
- Enthesitis
- Erythema Nodosum
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Fibromyalgia
- Giant Cell Arteritis
- Gonococcal Arthritis
- Gout
- Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis
- Iga Vasculitis
- Igg 4 Related Diseases
- Inflammatory Polyarthropathy
- Isolated Central Nervous System Vasculitis
- Joint Disorder Of Multiple Joints
- Joint Effusion
- Joint Swelling
- Lupus Nephritis
- Macrophage Activation Syndrome
- Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
- Monoarticular Arthritis
- Myositis
- Neonatal Lupus Erythematosus
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Periodic Fever Syndromes
- Polyarteritis Nodosa
- Polyarthralgia
- Polyarthropathy
- Polychondritis
- Polymyalgia Rheumatica
- Polymyositis
- Positive Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test
- Post Infectious Arthritis
- Pseudogout
- Psoriatic Arthritis
- Raynaud's Disease
- Reactive Arthritis
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sacroiliitis
- Sarcoidosis
- Scleroderma
- Sjogrens
- Spondyloarthropathy
- Still's Disease
- Synovitis
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
- Systemic Scleroderma
- Tenosynovitis
- Tophus
- Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Disease
- Uveitis
- Vasculitis
Procedures I perform
- Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Blood Test
- Biologic Therapy For Rheumatologic Diseases
- Joint Injection
- Non Surgical Management Of Osteoarthritis
Practice locations
Distance from Enter your Location
3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
Pasquerilla Healthcare Center
Washington,
DC,
20007
Fax 877-625-1471
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
- CAREFIRST
Federal Employee Program (Std/Basic PPO/Blue Focus)
Carefirst BlueChoice Open Access
CareFirst MedStar PPO
CareFirst Blue Card Program (Out-of-area BCBS plans)
Maryland Point of Service Plan (MPOS)
CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
Carefirst EPO
CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
Carefirst BlueChoice HMO
Carefirst BlueChoice Opt Out Open Access
CareFirst NASCO
CareFirst BC/BS Advantage Core/Enhanced
CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
HealthyBlue PPO
Carefirst Blue Preferred PPO
Carefirst Healthy Blue (HMO/POS)
CareFirst Administrators
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- UNITED HEALTHCARE (UHC)
United GEHA (for all other states) Compass Rose
United Core Essential (HMO)
United MD IPA (HMO)
United Golden Rule
United Navigate
United Group Medicare Advantage Plans
United Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
D-SNP)
United Select Plus (POS)
United Mamsi Life & Health
United Erickson Advantage Plans
United Options (PPO) (includes Empire PPO)
UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
United Nursing Home Plan (C-SNP
United Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) & OCI Direct (HMO)
United Select HMO - EPO/NPP
United MD IPA Preferred (POS)
United Student Resources
United Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
United Choice
United Optimum Choice
United Choice Plus
I-SNP
United AARP Medicare Complete
- CIGNA HEALTH CARE
Cigna POS/Network POS
Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
Cigna Preferred Medicare
Cigna PPO and PPO Plus
Cigna Choice Fund PPO
Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
Cigna Network Open Access
Cigna HMO Open Access
Cigna EPO
Cigna Indemnity
Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO) |
Cigna HMO & Network (HMO)
Cigna POS Open Access & Open Access Plus
Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- PRIVATE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, INC. (PHCS)
Private Health Care Systems (PHCS) (PPO)
- MEDICAID (MD, DC, VA)
Medicaid - Virginia
Medicaid - Maryland
Medicaid - District of Columbia
- AETNA
Innovation Health: POS
Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
Innovation Health: Network Only Plus
Aetna Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
Aetna Open HMO/Open HMO Option/Open EPO Plus
Innovation Health: PPO
Innovation Health: Open POS Plus
Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
Aetna HMO
Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
Innovation Health: Indemnity
Innovation Health: Open POS II
Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA
Innovation Health: HMO & EPO Plus
Aetna HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
Aetna Choice POS & Choice POS II
Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
Aetna Student Health Insurance
Innovation Health: Open Network Only Plus
Innovation Health: POS Plus
Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- MEDSTAR FAMILY CHOICE
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- KAISER PERMANENTE
Kaiser Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Kaiser Flexible Choice
Kaiser Select
Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
Kaiser Permanente Signature-Added Choice
Virginia Premier
Kaiser Signature
Kaiser Select-Added Choice
Kaiser Medicare Plus
Kaiser HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- POLICE AND FIRE CLINIC (PFC, INC.)
Police and Fire Clinic
- ANTHEM BCBS OF VA
Anthem (POS & Open Access POS) BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
Anthem HMO - BCBS of VA HealthKeepers
Anthem Plus BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- BEECH STREET
Beech Street PPO
- VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COMMUNITE CARE NETWORK (VA CCN)
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network (VA CCN)
- CHOICE CARE NETWORK/HUMANA
Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- HUMANA MILITARY (TRICARE EAST)
Tricare for Life East
Tricare Reserve Select
Tricare East Select
Tricare East Prime
- MEDICARE
Traditional Medicare Fee for Service
- HUMANA MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
HumanaChoice PPO
HumanaChoice Honor’s plan PPO
- AMERIGROUP
WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- WELLPOINT MARYLAND
WellPoint Maryland
- HEALTH SERVICES FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS (HSCSN)
Health Services for Children with Special Needs (HSCSN)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND HEALTH PARTNERS
Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- COVENTRY HEALTH NETWORK
Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
First Health PPO
Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- CAREFIRST
Education
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine
Fellowship: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2014)
Residency: Georgetown University School of Medicine GME (2012)
Medical School: George Washington University (2009)