Brumfield, Emily K., M.S.N., ACNP

Brumfield, Emily K., M.S.N., ACNP

Gender: Female

Biography: Emily Kea Brumfield is a certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner who has been working in Neurology as a nurse practitioner for 14 years. She began her medical career as a nurse in 2001, when she graduated from UMMC School of Nursing with a Bachelor of Nursing. Emily worked in the UMMC Adult Emergency Department, and in Critical Care prior to completing her Master of Nursing at UMMC. She has specialized in several different subspecialties throughout her NP career. Emily has worked as an Endovascular Neuroradiology NP; in which, a large part of her job was Research Coordinator on SAMMPRIS and several humanitarian devices such as intracranial stents, aneurysm coils, and AVM treatments. She has also specialized in Stroke, serving as Stroke Nurse Practitioner in the inpatient and outpatient settings. She currently works in the outpatient setting. She specializes in treating patients with Epilepsy, but also treats general Neurology patients. She was recently invited to and attended The Kiffin Penry Epilepsy Mini Fellowship for APPs. Emily has held several leadership positions across her career. She served as Chair of the UMMC Advanced Practice Provider Committee, has been an active member of The Mississippi Healthcare Alliance, and the Stroke and Joint Coordinator for Merit Health Hospitals in the greater Jackson, MS area. She is currently a member of the American Academy of Neurology, Mississippi Nursing Association, and American Epilepsy Society. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with her family, golfing, running, and making bath bombs.

Practice Locations

1 Merit Health Madison - UMMC
163 River Oaks Drive, Canton, MS 39046
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2 Riverchase - UMMC
2550 Flowood Drive, Flowood, MS 39232
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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.

Medicare health insurance plans

  • Humana Medicare Advantage
  • Medicare - Fee For Service
  • Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
  • Shared Health Mississippi
  • United Healthcare (except DSNP)
  • Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • Wellcare - Medicare Advantage

Medicaid health plans

  • Mississippi Medicaid
  • MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
  • Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and United Healthcare

Dental plans

  • Always Care
  • Medicaid
  • MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, United Healthcare
  • Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan

Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans

  • Always Care - Dental & Vision
  • Avesis (Molina)
  • Aetna Health Management
  • Ambetter - Magnolia Health Plan
  • American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
  • Cenpatico - Behavioral Health
  • Cigna PPO and Behavioral Health (excludes transplants)
  • Corvel Healthcare Corp
  • 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
  • Hattiesburg Clinic Professional Association - MPCN
  • Interlink Health Services - Transplant Services
  • LifeTrac - Transplant Services
  • Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
  • Mississippi Health Partners (MHP) - Family Medicine Only
  • Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
  • Mississippi State Hospital
  • 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 Services
  • OptumHealth VA CCN 
  • PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare - PPO Commercial, CHIP, MSCAN, Behavioral Health
  • Vantage Health Plan - Commercial, PPACA Plan and Medicare Advantage Plan
  • Veterans Administration

Education

Board Certification: Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Nursing