Deborah A Kernohan, CNP MSN| Geriatric Medicine | MedStar Health
Clinical areas of focus
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Dementia
- Gout
- Osteoporosis
- Sleep Disorders
Conditions and procedures
Conditions I treat
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Anemia
- Cognitive Function Disorders
- Degenerative Diseases Of Nervous System
- Dehydration In Older Adults
- Dementia
- Depression
- Falls And Gait Disorders
- Frailty Syndrome
- Gout
- Incontinence
- Malaise And Fatigue
- Medication Management
- Memory Loss
- Osteoporosis
- Parkinson's Disease
- Polypharmacy
- Sleep Disorders
- Subclinical Hypothyroidism
- Urinary Tract Infections In Older Adults
- Vascular Dementia
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
- Core Essential (HMO)
- IH-PPO
- CIGNA HMO Open Access
- Select HMO/HealthFund/Health Network
- WellPoint Maryland - Maryland Health Choice
- IH-HMO
- Lasso Healthcare - Medicare Medical Savings Account
- IH-Open Network Only Plus
- Coventry Health Care of Virginia
- Choice POS II
- CareFirst Federal Employee Program (Std. & Basic PPO)
- IH-Open POS Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Advantage Signature and Select
- Alterwood Advanatge HMO & DSNP Plans
- Optimum Choice
- CareFirst EPO
- Humana Gold Plus HMO
- IH-POS Plus
- OA Plus
- BlueChoice Open Access
- CareFirst Maryland Indemnity or PPO
- Choice Fund PPO
- Kaiser Permanente Signature - Added Choice
- IH-Open HMO
- CareFirst MedStar PPO
- Aetna Better Health of VA
- Blue Choice Advantage
- United Healthcare Select Plus (POS)
- Medicare Direct
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Plus Open Access (POS)
- Humana Medicare Advantage - HMO Open Access
- Erickson Advantage Plans
- Kaiser Permanente Medicare Plus
- IH-Open EPO Plus
- CareFirst BlueChoice HMO
- CIGNA Indemnity
- BCBS Out-of-State Medicare Plans (Blue Advantage)
- Aetna Signature Administrator PPO/TPA
- Uniformed Services Family Health Plan
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network
- Employee Health Plan
- IH-Open HMO Option
- CareFirst Maryland Point of Service Plan
- CareFirst Community Health Plan of MD
- Coventry of Delaware HMO/PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage DSNP District of Columbia
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage prescription drug benefit (PPO)
- Private Health Care Systems (PPO)
- Magellan Complete Care of VA - VA Medicaid MCO
- IH-Indemnity
- Aetna HMO
- CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield Advantage Core/Enhanced
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Basic
- Coventry Health Care National Network PPO
- First Health PPO
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage Plans (HMO, POS, PPO)
- CIGNA PPO Plus
- HumanaChoice Honor's plan PPO
- Jai Medical Systems - Maryland Health Choice
- Kaiser Permanente Select
- Private Fee-for-Service Plans (PFFS)
- Aetna Advantage 6350PD
- Cigna TotalCare (HMO D-SNP)
- Kaiser Permanente HMO Plus and DHMO Plus Member
- BCBS of Michigan (BCN Advantage,Security Blue, Freedom, Medicare PLUS Blue Group PPO)
- IH-Network Only Plus
- Cigna Preferred Medicare (HMO)
- First Health PPO
- United Student Resources
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthy Families
- United HealthCare Community Plan - Maryland Health Choice Program
- Aetna Premier 200PD
- Aetna Quality Point of Service (POS)
- CareFirst FEP Blue Focus
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO)
- DC/MD SHOP QHP Small Business Plans
- CareFirst Administrators
- Navigate
- Choice POS
- Medicare Advantage - Advantra Value (PPO)
- MultiPlan, Inc
- UnitedHealthcare and AARP Medicare Complete Plans
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO Plans
- Geisinger Medicare Advantage
- CareFirst Blue Choice Opt Out Open Access
- CIGNA HMO & Network (HMO)
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (POS & POS OA)
- OCI Direct (HMO)
- Health Services for Children with Special Needs
- Optimum Choice & Optimum Choice Preferred (POS) Cardiac Global
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- CareFirst Blue Card Program
- CIGNA PPO
- Priority Partners - Maryland Health Choice
- Sentara Health
- Anthem Federal Employee Program Standard
- NYC Medicare Advantage Plus
- Aetna Classic 3500
- Aetna Better Health of MD
- Cigna True Choice Plus Medicare (PPO)
- IH-POS
- CIGNA Connect EPO
- Aetna Managed Choice Open Access (POS)
- Anthem BCBS of VA Key Care POS/PPO/Indemnity
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Plus
- POS OA
- CareFirst Blue Preferred PPO
- Optimum Choice Preferred (POS)
- Maryland Physicians Care MCO
- IH-Open POS II
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice 3-tier POS
- United Healthcare Select HMO - EPO/NPP
- United Healthcare Community Plan - VA Medicaid MCO
- Aetna Advantage 6350
- Healthy Blue (HMO, POS)
- Cigna Alliance Medicare (HMO)
- M.D. IPA Preferred (POS)
- United Healthcare Choice Plus Cardiac Global
- Aetna Elect Choice/ Open Access (POS)
- IH-EPO Plus
- Kaiser Permanente Flexible Choice POS Cardiac Global
- Aetna HMO-Open Access/Select OA/HealthFund/Health Network Option OA
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers (HMO)
- UHC Passport
- Aetna Classic 5000PD
- Choice Care Network/HUMANA (PPO)
- Aetna Student Health Insurance
- Advantra Platinum (PPO)
- Cigna True Choice Medicare (PPO)
- Kaiser Maryland Medicaid MCO
- Great-West Healthcare POS/CIGNA
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PPO
- Beech Street PPO
- Aetna Classic 5000
- CareFirst Group Medicare Advantage
- TRICARE East Prime
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthy Families
- HighMark
- Aetna Managed Choice (POS)
- Kaiser Permanente Select - Added Choice
- Fee-for-Service (FFS) District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia Medicaid
- Aetna VA Exchange
- Amerigroup DC Alliance
- CareFirst MedStar Select PPO
- Aetna Traditional Choice (PPO)
- Amerigroup DC Healthy Families
- Cigna Achieve Medicare (HMO C-SNP)
- M.D. IPA (HMO)
- Medicare FFS
- United Healthcare Select HMO-EPO/NPP Cardiac Global
- Aetna Medicare Advantage PFFS Plan
- Aetna Elect Choice/ EPO (Aetna Health Fund)
- United Healthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Adv. Special Needs Plans
- Mamsi Life & Health (Indem./PPO) Cardiac Global
- AMERIVANTAGE/Amerigroup Community Care
- Kaiser Permanente Select Cardiac Global
- Aetna Open Choice (PPO)
- MD IPA (HMO) & MD IPA Preferred Cardiac Global
- Aetna Worker's Compensation Network
- CIGNA EPO
- United Medicare Private Fee-for-Service (PFFS) plans
- Aetna Advantage 5750
- Kaiser Permanente Signature
- Police and Fire Clinic
- CareFirst NASCO
- HumanaChoice PPO
- MedStar Family Choice - Maryland Health Choice
- CareFirst Dual Prime HMO-SNP
- HUMANA/Choice Care Medicare Plans (Choice, Gold Choice)
- United Healthcare Options (PPO)
- United Healthcare Navigate Cardiac Global
- CIGNA SureFit (HMO)
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD HMO
- HealthyBlue PPO
- Aetna Basic
- Network OA
- TRICARE for Life East
- United Healthcare Choice Cardiac Global
- CareFirst (NCA) Indemnity
- Options PPO Cardiac Global
- United Healthcare Choice Plus
- Anthem BCBS of VA HealthKeepers Plus
- MedStar Family Choice DC Healthcare Alliance
- TRICARE East Select
- Tricare Reserve Select
- UnitedHealthcare Individual Exchange Plans
- Optima Family Care MCO - VA Medicaid MCO
- AmeriHealth Caritas DC Healthcare Alliance
- Choice POS II Open Access
- Kaiser Permaenete Signature - Added Choice Cardiac Global
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue SNP
- Humana Medicare Advantage - PPO
- Anthem BCBS Medi Blue Dual Adv
- CIGNA POS/Network POS
- Johns Hopkins Advantage MD PLUS PPO
Education
Board Certification: American Association of Nurse Practitioners, American Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Graduate: The University of Akron (2010)