Jason J. Parham, MD
Specialties: Infectious Diseases
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Pavilion - UMMC
2500 N. State St., Jackson, MS 39216 View Location |
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Jackson Medical Mall - UMMC Clinics
350 Woodrow Wilson Drive, Jackson, MS 39213 View Location |
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: | 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 Center | 09/2022 - Present |
| Professor, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2021 - Present |
| Executive Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine | 07/2019 - Present |
| Associate Professor, School of Population Health, John D. Bower School of Population Health | 08/2017 - Present |
| Director, Division of Infectious Diseases, School of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 07/2017 - Present |
| Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, University of Mississippi Medical Center | 10/2011 - Present |
| Faculty, AIDS Education Training Center | 07/2004 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Re-certification, American Board of Internal Medicine | 2014 - 12/2024 |
| Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine | 2004 - 12/2014 |
| Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine | 2002 - 12/2012 |
| Licensure, Mississippi State Board License | 07/2001 - 06/2016 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Community Hero, Mississippi Clarion Ledger | 2020 |
| Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, IDSA | 2019 |
| Phi Kappa Phi, University of Massachusetts Amherst | 2008 |
| Norman C. Nelson Scholarship, University of Mississippi School of Medicine | 1995 |
| Cum laude graduate, with honors, Mississippi College | 1991 |
| National Merit Finalist | 1987 |
| Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities |