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