Kimberly S. Rickard, DNP, CNM, WHNP
Specialties: Women's Health, Obstetrics, Gynecology
Gender: Female
Biography: Kimberly Rickard is a board-certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife. She is a native of Meridian, Mississippi and completed her BSN at Mississippi University for Women and MSN in Nursing Education at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Her desire to continue to improve access to care and health equity led her to complete her MSN in Nurse Midwifery and DNP at Frontier Nursing University. She has more that 25 years of experience in labor and delivery, women's health and obstetrics. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American College of Nurse Midwives, the Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. She is committed to providing patients with high quality, compassionate care while effectively educating both patients and trainees on the normality of women's health across the lifespan.
My Approach to Healthcare
The origin of the term midwife is Old English meaning "with woman." My approach to healthcare is in partnership with women and their families, utilizing informed consent and shared decision-making. I believe the best care is achieved when we honor normalcy, individualize care, and appropriately use interventions and technology guided by the best available evidence.
Practice Locations
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Grants Ferry - UMMC
1010 Lakeland Place, Flowood, MS 39232 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: | Midwife, Nurse Practitioner, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health |
Experience
Current Positions
| DNP, CNM, WHNP-BC, School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, MS 39216-4505 | 06/2023 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Perinatal Mental Health Certified, Postpartum Support International | 09/2023 - Present |
| Certification, Certified Nurse Midwife, American Midwifery Certification Board | |
| Certification, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, National Certification Corporation | |
| Licensure, Certified Nurse Midwife, MIssissippi Board of Nursing | |
| Licensure, Nurse Practitioner, Mississippi Board of Nursing | |
| Licensure, Compact RN, Mississippi Board of Nursing | |
| DEA, Current DEA | 03/2021 - Present |
| Certification, Inpatient Obstetrics, National Certification Corporation | 06/1998 - Present |
| Certification, Fetal Monitoring Instructor, Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses | |
| Certification, Basic Life Support (BLS), American Heart Association | |
| Certification, Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), American Heart Association | |
| Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Emerging Leader, Association of Women's Health Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses | 2014 |
| Nurse Team of the year 2019, Mississippi Nurses Association | |
| Nurse Visionary Award 2020, Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto | |
| Champion of the week January 2021, Cheer/Champs |