Herrington, Betty L., M.D.

Herrington, Betty L., M.D.

Specialties: Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Hematology/Oncology

Gender: Female

Practice Locations

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: Pediatrics, Pediatrics, Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Fellowship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship:Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Internship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Division Chief, School of Medicine, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology05/2023 - Present
Director, Children's of Mississippi Leadership Development Program, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2017 - Present
Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2016 - Present
Director, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Training Program, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2010 - Present
Director, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, University of Mississippi Medical Center07/2008 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Patient Advocacy Reporting System, Messenger Training, UMMC05/2017 - Present
Certification, Faculty Development, Developing Faculty Competencies in Assessment: A Course to Help Achieve the Goals of Competency Based Medical Education (CBME), Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education03/2015 - Present
Certification, Conflict of Interest Curriculum08/2014 - Present
Certification, Good Clinical Practices for Clinical Trials in Investigational Drugs08/2014 - Present
Re-certification, Board Re-Certification in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics07/2013 - 06/2018
Re-certification, Board Re-Certification by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics07/2013 - 06/2018
Certification, Women in Medicine and Science, Mid-Career Faculty Professional Development, Association of American Medical Colleges12/2013 - Present
Certification, Millsaps College Else School of Management, Business Advantage Program Certificate, Millsaps College12/2011 - Present
Certification, Certification, Education in Palliative Care and End of Life Care Oncology, National Cancer Institute2006 - Present
Certification, Board Certified in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics10/1993 - Present
DEA, Federal Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate, Federal Drug Enforcement Agency1991 - Present
Certification, Basic Life Support (continued re-certification), American Heart Association1990 - Present
Licensure, Mississippi Board of Registration in Medicine, Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure07/1990 - 06/2024
Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support (continued re-certification), American Heart Association1990 - Present
Certification, Board Certified in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, American Board of Pediatrics03/2009 - 03/2016
Certification, Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative-Program in the Protection of Human Research Subjects, University of Miami09/2013 - 08/2014
Re-certification, Board Re-certification in Pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics03/2007 - 03/2013
Certification, Instructor Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, American Heart Association2008 - 2009
Licensure, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine, Massachusetts Board of Medical Licensure2007 - 2008
DEA, Massachusetts Drug Enforcement Administration Certificate, Massachusetts Drug Enforcement Agency2007 - 2008

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Evans Award, Outstanding Performance in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics2023
Mentor of the Year, Outstanding Mentor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics2016
Carl G Evers Society Award for Medical Student Teaching2014
Alpha Omega Alpha, Resident of the Year
Batson Award, Outstanding Medical Student in Pediatrics
BBB, AED Academic Honoraries
Invited Role-Model Physician/Teacher, Gold Humanism Honor Society Induction Ceremony
Named to Best Doctors list
Named Top Percentile Performer in UMHC Patient Satisfaction Scores
New Faculty Award, Department of Pediatrics, University of
Patterson Award, Outstanding Resident in Pediatrics
Selected, America’s Top Pediatricians
Selected, Top Doctor, The Global Directory of WHO’S WHO