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
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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: | 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, MS | 09/2015 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Nephrology Nurse Practitioner, Nephrology Nurses Certification Commission | 2007 - Present |
| DEA, DEA w/ privileges for CS II-V | 2005 - Present |
| Certification, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, American Nurses Credentialing Center | 2003 - Present |
| Licensure, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse | 2003 - Present |
| Licensure, Registered Nurse | 1998 - 2003 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Fellow of the National Kidney Foundation, National Kidney Foundation | 2013 |
| Health Care Provider of the Year, Mississippi Kidney Foundation | 2009 |