Kara C. Gibson, MA, CCC-SLP
Specialties: Children's Speech Language Pathology
Gender: Female
Biography: Kara Gibson has been with UMMC Ear, Nose and Throat since 2002. She specializes in pediatric speech-language disorders, cleft palates, and resonance disorders in pediatric patients. When she’s not at the hospital treating her patients with amazing care, she enjoys creating customized jewelry, playing with her dogs, and participating in local theater productions.
Practice Locations
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Lakeland Medical - UMMC
764 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39216 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
Behavioral health plans
- United Behavioral Health
- Cigna Behavioral Health
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
Education
| Graduate School: | University of Memphis |
| Undergraduate: | University of Memphis |
Experience
Current Positions
| Instructor and Speech Language Pathologist, School of Medicine, Department of Otolaryngology And Communicative Science | 11/1997 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure, Speech Language Pathologist, MS. State Board of Health | 11/1996 - 07/2014 |
| Certification, Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | 09/1997 - 12/2014 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Award for Continuing Education (ACE Award), American Speech-Language-Hearing Association | 2005 |