Moremen, Jacob R., M.D.

Moremen, Jacob R., M.D.

Specialties: Lung Cancers and Mesothelioma, General Thoracic Surgery, Gastrointestinal (GI) Cancers

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 Cancer Center and Research Institute - UMMC
350 W. Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213
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3 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: Surgery, Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery)
Internship:University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Medical Education:University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency:Medical Center of Central Georgia
Residency:Indiana University School of Medicine

Experience

Current Positions

Director, School of Medicine, UMMC01/2023 - Present
Chairman of Multispecialty Tumor Board, VAMC11/2018 - Present
Surgery Clinical Liaison Physician for Cancer Care Committee, VAMC11/2018 - Present
Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS 3921107/2016 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, American Board of Thoracic Surgery06/2018 - 12/2028
Certification, American Board of Surgery05/2014 - 12/2024
Licensure, MS Medical License06/2016 - 06/2020

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Inducted, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society2013
Looking to the Future Scholarship Recipient, Society of Thoracic Surgery2011
Most Improved ABSITE Score, MCCG Dept of Surgery2011
Most Outstanding Paper, MCCG Dept of Surgery2011
National Merit Scholarship, National Merit Scholarship Corporation1999