Hamner, Megan J., M.D.

Hamner, Megan J., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Infectious Disease

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

1 University Hospital - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 University Hospital - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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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

Board Certification: Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Fellowship:Children's Mercy Hospital
Internship:Our Lady of the Lake College
Medical Education:American University of the Caribbean
Residency:Our Lady of the Lake College

Experience

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, BLS For Healthcare Providers, CPR and AED Certification07/2014 - Present
Certification, PALS for Healthcare Providers07/2015 - Present
Certification, Primer on Healthcare Epidemiology, Infection Control & Antimicrobial Stewardship, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America07/2020 - Present
Certification, Core Antimicrobial Stewardship, Infectious Disease Society of America07/2021 - Present
Certification, Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship07/2022 - Present
Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics06/2019 - Present
DEA, University of Mississippi Medical Center06/2022 - 10/2024
Licensure, MS Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure07/2022 - 06/2025

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Fellow Research Days Quality Improvement Award-First Place, Children's Mercy Hospital2022
IDWeek 2021 Trainee Award, IDWeek2021
Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Trainee Registration Grant
Dean's List Honors, American University of the Caribbean