Nicole Houde, PA-C
Rheumatology & Immunology

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MUSC Health Rheumatology at Rutledge Tower - RHEUM RT5
135 Rutledge Ave, 5th Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
Phone
843-876-0615Nicole has been a Physician Assistant since 2017. Originally from the Northeast, she received her Master's in Physician Assistant Studies in Boston at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences University. Prior to graduate school she obtained her Bachelor's degree in Science along with a radiography certification. She has experience in primary care, urgent care and rheumatology with particular interests in rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and more. She treats patients holistically with an integrative approach, she also loves to educate her patients. She spends her free time with her husband and son, traveling, hiking, yoga and stand-up paddle boarding.
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Languages
English
Certifications
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Insurance Coverage
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- Absolute Total Care (NEIC)
- Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- Aetna (Exclusive Choice)
- Aetna (Managed Choice)
- Aetna (Open Choice)
- Aetna (Preferred Provider Organization)
- Aetna Medicare
- AllWell by Absolute Total Care
- Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace)
- BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace)
- Blue Choice Blue Option (Marketplace)
- Blue Choice Medicaid
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC)
- Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina
- Cigna
- Cigna Medicare
- Clover Health
- Coventry
- Employers Health Network (EHN)
- First Choice Next
- First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- First Choice/Select Health (NEIC)
- First Health
- Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now)
- Healthy Blue Medicaid by Blue Choice
- Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) (through March 31, 2025)
- Humana Healthy Horizons (through March 31, 2025)
- Humana Medicare (through March 31, 2025)
- Medcost
- Medicare A & B (Traditional Medicare)
- Molina Healthcare
- Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan
- Tricare
- United HealthCare
- Veterans' Affairs Community Care Network (CCN)
- WellCare
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MUSC Health Rheumatology at Rutledge Tower - RHEUM RT5
135 Rutledge Ave, 5th Floor Charleston, SC 29425