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 Vitamin D Deficiency. His top areas of expertise are Alzheimer's Disease, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), Dementia, and Movement Disorders.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans:
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- INSURANCE PLAN
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- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
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Locations
529 Terry Reiley Way, Pottsville, PA 17901
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Areas of Expertise
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- AchondroplasiaDr. Heath isExperienced. Learn about Achondroplasia.
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Heath isExperienced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- AnemiaDr. Heath isExperienced. Learn about Anemia.
- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Heath isExperienced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- Childhood Iron Deficiency AnemiaDr. Heath isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Iron Deficiency Anemia.
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)