Catherine C. Wells, DNP, ACNP

Catherine C. Wells, DNP, ACNP

Specialties: Nephrology

Gender: Female

Biography: Dr. Wells is a Nephrology Nurse Practitioner practicing in Mississippi for 19 years. She trained as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner at The University of Mississippi with additional Nephrology training via Vanderbilt University. She is certified as a Nephrology Nurse Practitioner. Dr. Wells earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice from the University of South Alabama in 2010.

Dr. Wells spent 3 years in a private Nephrology practice treating dialysis and CKD patients in 2003. In 2006, she joined the faculty of the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). At UMMC her clinical practice is General Nephrology and Renal Replacement Therapies. Her primary focus is developing safe patient care systems for Nephrology patients. She developed and leads the UMMC Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT) program.

Dr. Wells also teaches Nephrology locally and nationally. She is active with the National Kidney Foundation's (NKF) Public Policy Committee. She supports the research efforts of the Division of Nephrology.

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.

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: Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care
Graduate School:University of South Alabama School of Nursing
Graduate School:University of Mississippi School of Nursing

Experience

Current Positions

Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS09/2015 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Nephrology Nurse Practitioner, Nephrology Nurses Certification Commission2007 - Present
DEA, DEA w/ privileges for CS II-V2005 - Present
Certification, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center2003 - Present
Licensure, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse2003 - Present
Licensure, Registered Nurse1998 - 2003

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Fellow of the National Kidney Foundation, National Kidney Foundation2013
Health Care Provider of the Year, Mississippi Kidney Foundation2009