Jessica B. Perkins, MD

Jessica B. Perkins, MD

Specialties: Children's Allergy/Immunology

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

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: Allergy & Immunology, Pediatrics
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

Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2023 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics10/2016 - 10/2026
Certification, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology11/2019 - 11/2029
Certification, USMLE - Step 3: Passed, USMLE03/2015 - Present
Certification, USMLE - Step 2 CS: Passed, USMLE07/2012 - Present
Certification, USMLE - Step 2 CK: Passed, USMLE06/2012 - Present
Certification, USMLE - Step 1: Passed, USMLE2011 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Most Promising Faculty of the Year, Outstanding Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics2023
Children's Leadership Program, Department of Pediatrics2021
U Matter Award, UMMC2013
Robert M. Hearin Scholarship, UMMC2009
President's List, Mississippi State University2008
Dean's List, Mississippi State University2007
Dean's List, Mississippi State University2006
President's List, Mississippi State University2006
Dean's List, Mississippi State University2005
Alumni Leadership Scholarship, Mississippi State University Central Mississippi2005