Karen Lynn Basinger, LDN| Clinical Nutrition, Licensed Dietitianand Nutritionist | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Adrenal Tumor Treatment
- Goiter Treatment
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis Treatment
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Insulin Resistance
- Osteoporosis
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Storm Surgery
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Fatigue
- Adrenal Mass
- Adrenal Tumor
- Celiac Disease
- Cushing Syndrome
- Dietary Management Of Adrenal Disorders
- Dietary Management Of Thyroid Disorders (E.G. HASHIMOTO'S, GRAVE'S)
- Disorders Of Lipoprotein Metabolism And Lipidemias
- Disorders Of Mineral Metabolism
- Eating Disorders
- Elevated Triglycerides
- Gallbladder Disease
- Gastrointestinal Disorders Related To Diet
- Grave's Disease
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis
- High Cholesterol
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypocalcemia
- Hypothyroidism Related To Dietary Deficiencies
- Insulin Resistance
- Insulin Resistance Syndrome
- Malnutrition
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Nutrient Deficiencies (E.G. VITAMIN D, IRON, B12)
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Polycystic Liver Disease
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
- Prediabetes
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Thyroid Goiter
- Thyroid Nodules
- Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
- Vitamin Deficiency
- Weight Loss
- Weight Management For Diabetes
Procedures I perform
- Adrenal Tumor Treatment
- Bariatric Nutrition
- Binge Eating Disorder Treatment
- Cancer Nutrition Counseling
- Cardiovascular Health Nutrition Counseling
- Celiac Disease Nutrition Counseling
- Celiac Plexus Block
- Cushing Syndrome Management
- Diabetes Management
- Diabetes Self-Care Planning
- Dietary Assessment
- Dietary Management Of Cushing Syndrome
- Dietary Treatment Of Goiter
- Eating For Optimal Energy
- Endurance Sports Nutrition Counseling
- Flexibility And Mobility Nutrition Counseling
- Food Allergy Management
- Food Intolerance Management
- Geriatric Nutrition Counseling
- Glucose Control Management
- Goiter Treatment
- Grave's Disease Management
- Gut Health Nutrition Counseling
- Hashimoto Thyroiditis Treatment
- Healthy Weight Loss Guidance
- Hypercalcemia Management
- Hypercalcemia Nutrition Management
- Hyperparathyroidism Dietary Treatment
- Hyperthyroidism Nutrition Counseling
- Hypothyroidism Diet Planning
- Hypothyroidism Treatment
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Insulin Resistance Nutrition Counseling
- Insulin Resistance Treatment
- Meal Planning
- Mind-Body Nutrition Counseling
- Mindful Eating Counseling
- Mineral Deficiency Treatment
- Nutrient Deficiency Screening
- Nutrient Supplementation Planning
- Nutrition Counseling
- Nutrition For Cancer Prevention
- Obesity Treatment
- Osteoporosis Prevention Treatment
- Parenteral Nutrition Management
- Pediatric Nutrition Counseling
- Personalized Meal Planning
- Pioglitazone Therapy
- Pituitary Disorders Nutrition Counseling
- Pituitary Tumor Treatment
- Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Treatment
- Popliteal Artery Entrapment Syndrome Treatment
- Prediabetes Management
- Pregnancy And Postpartum Massage
- Pregnancy Nutrition Counseling
- Reproductive Health Management
- Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR) Testing
- Sports Nutrition Counseling
- Sports Performance Nutrition Counseling
- Strength Training Nutrition Counseling
- Thyroid Storm Surgery
- Total Parenteral Nutrition
- Vitamin Deficiency Treatment
- Weight Management Program
- Yoga Coaching
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 Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Police and Fire Clinic
- United Healthcare Choice
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Administrators
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- First Health PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- First Health PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- IH-POS
- POS OA
- IH-EPO Plus
- IH-Open POS II
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- Blue Choice Advantage
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Navigate
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- HumanaChoice PPO
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Network OA
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UHC Passport
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Sentara Health
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- CIGNA PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- IH-Open HMO Option
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- IH-Indemnity
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- OA Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Tricare Reserve Select
- IH-Open POS Plus
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- IH-Open HMO
- TRICARE East Prime
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Aetna HMO
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Beech Street PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- United Student Resources
- Aetna Basic
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Choice POS
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- HighMark
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Choice POS II
- Choice Fund PPO
- Medicare FFS
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA EPO
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- TRICARE East Select
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
Education
Allied Health Education: Hood College (1987)