Parham, Jason J., M.D.

Parham, Jason J., M.D.

Specialties: Infectious Diseases

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

1 Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216
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2 Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213
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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, Infectious Disease
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Internship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Interim Director, Division of Digestive Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center09/2022 - Present
Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2021 - Present
Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine07/2019 - Present
Associate Professor, School of Population Health, John D. Bower School of Population Health08/2017 - Present
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2017 - Present
Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center10/2011 - Present
Faculty, AIDS Education Training Center07/2004 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Re-certification, American Board of Internal Medicine2014 - 12/2024
Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine2004 - 12/2014
Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine2002 - 12/2012
Licensure, Mississippi State Board License07/2001 - 06/2016

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Community Hero, Mississippi Clarion Ledger2020
Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, IDSA2019
Phi Kappa Phi, University of Massachusetts Amherst2008
Norman C. Nelson Scholarship, University of Mississippi School of Medicine1995
Cum laude graduate, with honors, Mississippi College1991
National Merit Finalist1987
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities