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