Claude F. Harbarger, MD

Claude F. Harbarger, MD

Specialties: Children's Ear, Nose and Throat

Gender: Male

Biography: Dr. Claude Harbarger is known around the state as a top physician in the treatment of ENT conditions in children. He is committed to providing outstanding patient care and treats each patient as though they were his own family member. When he is not at the hospital, this Mississippi native enjoys spending time with his family.

Practice Locations

1 Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, 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.

Jackson and Madison

Medicare health insurance plans

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

Medicaid health plans

  • Mississippi Medicaid Fee for Service
  • MS CAN Plans: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
  • MS CHIP: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare

Dental plans

  • Always Care
  • Avesis
  • Medicaid Fee for Service
  • MS CAN: Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, TrueCare
  • Ambetter
  • Unum

Vision plans

  • EyeMed
  • First Look
  • March Vision

Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans

  • Aetna Health Management (excludes UMMC Madison)
  • Ambetter
  • American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
  • BCBS Federal
  • Celtic (Transplants)
  • Cigna PPO (excludes transplants; excludes UMMC Madison)
  • Corvel Healthcare Corp (Workers Comp.)
  • 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
  • Interlink Health Services (Transplant)
  • LifeTrac (Transplant)
  • Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
  • Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
  • 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)
  • OptumHealth VA CCN 
  • PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare: PPO Commercial (excludes HMO)
  • Vantage Health Plan: Commercial, PPACA Plan
  • Veterans Administration

Behavioral health plans

  • United Behavioral Health
  • Cigna Behavioral Health

Education

Board Certification: Otolaryngology
Fellowship:University of Alabama at Birmingham
Internship:Medical College of Georgia
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency:Medical College of Georgia

Experience

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921607/2021 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Licensure, Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure
NPI, National Provider Identifier
DEA, Controlled Substance/Regulated Chemical Registration Certificate
Certification, Diplomat of the American Board of Otolaryngology, American Board of Otolaryngology06/2015 - 06/2025

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Golden Seive Award, Department of Otolaryngology2019
Extra Mile Award, Department of Otolaryngology2016
Resident in-service training examination award, Georgia Regents University2013
Resident in-service training examination award, Georgia Regents University2012
Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences Award, Department of Otolaryngology and Communicative Sciences2009
Miller-Pittman Medical Scholarship, University of Mississippi Medical Center2008