Lauren Elizabeth Kane, MPAS PA| Neurosurgery, Spine Surgery | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) Surgery
- Hydrocephalus Shunting
- Meningioma
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Skull Base Tumor
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Adrenal Tumor
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cyst
- Brain Disorders
- Brain Tumor
- Cerebral Vasospasm
- Chiari Malformation
- Deforming Dorsopathies
- Dorsalgia
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningioma
- Nontraumatic Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
- Parkinson's Disease
- Skull Base Tumor
- Skull Fractures
- Spinal Cancer
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Spinal Cord Injury
- Spinal Stenosis
- Spondylolisthesis
- Sports Concussion
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Trigeminal Neuralgia
- Vertebral Fractures
Procedures I perform
- Brain Tumor Surgery
- Cerebral Internal Carotid Artery Ophthalmic Segment Aneurysm Coiling
- Cranioplasty
- Deep Brain Stimulation
- Demyelinating Optic Neuropathy Treatment
- Endovascular Treatment
- Epilepsy Surgery
- Laminectomy
- Lumbar Puncture
- Lumboperitoneal Shunt
- Mesenteric Angiography
- Microdiscectomy
- Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
- Nerve Grafting
- Neuroendovascular Surgery
- Pain Medication Management
- Pituitary Tumor Surgery
- Posterior Fossa Craniotomy
- Prostate Injury Treatment
- Proton Beam Radiosurgery
- Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
- Spinal Fusion
- Spinal Reconstruction Surgery
- Spinal Spondylolysis Treatment
- Stroke Management
- Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy
- Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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 Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- IH-Open HMO Option
- United Healthcare Choice
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- Police and Fire Clinic
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Classic 5000
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Medicare Direct
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Network OA
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- IH-HMO
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- First Health PPO
- CIGNA PPO
- Choice POS
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Choice POS II
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- CareFirst Administrators
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- TRICARE East Prime
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- IH-PPO
- CareFirst NASCO
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- MultiPlan, Inc
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- IH-Indemnity
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-POS Plus
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- Tricare Reserve Select
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna Classic 3500
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- First Health PPO
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- OA Plus
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- TRICARE East Select
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Beech Street PPO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- HumanaChoice PPO
- IH-EPO Plus
- HealthyBlue PPO
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- Medicare FFS
- CIGNA EPO
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Blue Choice Advantage
- CareFirst EPO
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- IH-POS
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Core Essential (HMO)
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- United Student Resources
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- CIGNA Indemnity
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- HighMark
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- UHC Passport
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-Open POS II
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Employee Health Plan
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- POS OA
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- BlueChoice Open Access
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Sentara Health
- TRICARE for Life East
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Navigate
- Aetna Basic
- IH-Open HMO
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
Education
Board Certification: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants,
Graduate: Campbell University (2017)