Harkins, Kimberly G., M.D.

Harkins, Kimberly G., M.D.

Specialties: Hypertension, Internal Medicine

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

1 UMMC LB Building
878 Lakeland Drive, LB Building, Jackson, MS 39216
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2 UMMC Colony Park South
326 Commerce Center Drive, Ridgeland, MS 39157
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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: Internal Medicine
Internship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi07/2011 - Present
Associate Director, Residency Training Program, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center2006 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Re-certification, The American Board of Internal Medicine, The American Board of Internal Medicine2009 - 2019
Certification, Specialist in Clinical Hypertension, American Society of Hypertension2005 - 2015
Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure06/2000 - 06/2011
Certification, The American Board of Internal Medicine, The American Board of Internal Medicine1999 - 2009

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Best Doctors in America2011
Best Doctors In America2003
Ottilie Schillig Memorial Scholarship, University of Mississippi School of Medicine1992
European School of European Medicine (ESIM), European School of Internal Medicine (ESIM, Alicante, Spain
American Board of Internal Medicine-Representative, American Board of Internal Medicine
Bristol Myers Squibb Recognition Award, American Society of Hypertension
Alpha Omega Alpha Resident of the Year, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Nelson Scholar (Valedictorian), Mississippi College
Perry Academic Award in Chemistry, Mississippi College