Ricky D. Heath
Experienced in COVID-19
Experienced in COVID-19

Overview

Ricky D. Heath, MD, specializes in caring for adults 65 and older. As a geriatrician, he helps patients and their families manage many age-related health conditions, including frailty, falls, incontinence, dizziness and confusion. He also has clinical expertise and interest in helping older adults with multiple prescriptions (polypharmacy), and he diagnoses and treats all types of dementia.|Dr. Heath aims to help patients better understand how aging affects their health. “The thing I love most about being a geriatrician is taking the time to sit with patients and understand what matters most to them,” he says. “By working together, we can achieve and maintain their health goals.”|Dr. Heath was inspired to become a geriatric doctor after working in nursing homes throughout high school and college. “I loved every day I spent as a nurse’s aide,” he says. “After I learned there was a medical specialty dedicated to helping older adults, I knew I wanted to be a geriatrician.”|In his spare time, Dr. Heath enjoys traveling, reading or doing arts and crafts with his four children.|Video: more from Dr. Ricky Heath, M.D.

Dr. Heath is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of COVID-19. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Dementia, and Movement Disorders.

Graduate Institution
Ross University, School Of Medicine - West Indies, 2013 - Doctor Of Medicine
Residency
University of Connecticut, 2017
Specialties
Geriatrics
Internal Medicine
Licenses
Internal Medicine in FL
Fellowships
Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 2019
Hospital Affiliations
Geisinger Medical Center
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Male

Insurance

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Accepted insurance plans:

Aetna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Capital Blue Cross
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
  • PPO
Cigna
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • PPO
Geisinger
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
Independent Health
  • EPO
  • POS
  • PPO
Managed Medicaid
  • OTHER MANAGED MEDICAID
Medicaid
  • OTHER MEDICAID
  • STATE MEDICAID
Medicare
  • INSURANCE PLAN
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
  • MEDICARE MAPD
  • MEDICARE PDP
  • MEDICARE SNP
  • MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
  • OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Moda Health
  • EPO
  • PPO
PA Health and Wellness
  • HMO
  • MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
UnitedHealthcare
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
UPMC
  • EPO
  • PPO
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Locations

Geisinger Pottsville - 65 Forward Community Medicine
529 Terry Reiley Way, Pottsville, PA 17901
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