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Centers for Cardiac Surgery, Total Joint Replacement and Transplants (effective July 1, 2007)

In certain geographic areas, we have designated centers for cardiac surgery, total joint replacement and transplants. These centers do a large volume of these procedures each year and have a comprehensive program of care. You must refer MD-Individual Practice Association, Inc. (M.D. IPA) and Optimum Choice, Inc. (OCI) members to one of these centers for any planned cardiac surgery, total joint replacement or transplant if the procedure is to be performed in one of the jurisdictions listed below, or if the member's Primary Care Physician (PCP) is located in one of these jurisdictions. Other members may also use these centers.

Centers for Cardiac Surgery

State	Jurisdiction	Facilities
District of Columbia	District of Columbia	George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Maryland	Counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Calvert, Charles, Frederick, Harford, Howard, Montgomery, St. Mary's or Prince Georges	Sinai Hospital, Baltimore, MD Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD Washington Adventist Hospital, Tacoma Park, MD The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD St. Joseph’s Medical Center, Towson, MD University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD Suburban Hospital, Bethesda, MD
Virginia Cities	Cities: Alexandria, Manassas, Fairfax or Falls Church Counties: Arlington, Manassas, Fairfax or Prince William	Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA

Centers for Total Joint Replacement

State	Jurisdiction	Facility
District of Columbia	District of Columbia	George Washington University Hospital, Washington, DC Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC
Maryland	City: Baltimore Counties: Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, Howard	Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore, MD Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD Howard County General Hospital, Columbia, MD Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD
Virginia	Cities: Alexandria, Manassas, Fairfax or Falls Church Counties: Arlington, Manassas, Fairfax or Prince William	Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church, VA Virginia Hospital Center, Arlington, VA Inova Alexandria Hospital, Alexandria, VA Inova FairOaks, Fairfax, VA Inova Mount Vernon, Alexandria, VA

Centers for Transplants

Please call our Outpatient Clinical Care Coordination Department at 301-545-5803 to be referred to the appropriate facility.

¹ Members with a Point-of-Service (POS) plan may use their out-pf-plan benefits to access services from facilities other than those listed for cardiac procedures. Members may have higher out-of-pocket costs when using their out-of-plan benefits.