Ford, Hannah, Ph.D.

Ford, Hannah, Ph.D.

Specialties: Child Development

Gender: Female

Biography: Hannah Ford, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist and serves as the training director for the UMMC Psychology Residency (Internship) Program. She received her PhD in Clinical Psychology (Child focus) in 2015 from the University of Maine. She attended internship at Indiana University School of Medicine and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. She previously served as a pediatric psychologist in the Neurology and Pulmonology Divisions at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh before joining the faculty at UMMC in 2019. Dr. Ford's area of specialty is pediatric psychology and her clinical and research interests include working with children and adolescents with chronic medical concerns, particularly chronic pain, Cystic Fibrosis, and sleep difficulties. Dr. Ford has served as PI or Co-I on several grants related to integrating behavioral health into medical settings and supporting training in behavioral health services.

Accepted Insurance Plans

The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.

*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.

Medicare health insurance plans

  • Humana Medicare Advantage
  • Medicare - Fee For Service
  • Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
  • Shared Health Mississippi
  • United Healthcare (except DSNP)
  • Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • Wellcare - Medicare Advantage

Medicaid health plans

  • Mississippi Medicaid
  • MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
  • Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and United Healthcare

Dental plans

  • Always Care
  • Medicaid
  • MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
  • Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan

Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans

  • Always Care - Dental & Vision
  • Avesis (Molina)
  • Aetna Health Management
  • Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
  • American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
  • Cenpatico - Behavioral Health
  • Cigna PPO and Behavioral Health (excludes transplants)
  • Corvel Healthcare Corp
  • First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
  • First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
  • Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
  • Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association - MPCN
  • Interlink Health Services - Transplant Services
  • LifeTrac - Transplant Services
  • Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
  • Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) - Family Medicine Only
  • Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
  • Mississippi State Hospital
  • Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
  • Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
  • North Mississippi Health Link
  • OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. - Transplant Services
  • OptumHealth VA CCN 
  • PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare - PPO Commercial, CHIP, MSCAN, Behavioral Health
  • Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, PPACA Plan and Medicare Advantage Plan
  • Veterans Administration

Education

Medical Education:The University of Maine
Medical Education:The University of Maine

Experience

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS05/2022 - Present
Director, School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS05/2022 - Present
Mental Health Coordinator, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2020 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Licensed Psychologist Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Board of Psychology11/2017 - 11/2023
Licensure, Licensed Psychologist Mississippi, Mississippi Board of Psychology10/2019 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Trainee Credentialing Scholarship, National Register of Health Service Psychologists2016
Letter of Commendation for Excellence in Clinical Work, Research, and Academics, University of Maine2014