Merkle, Eric J., M.D.
Specialties: Children's Primary Care
Gender: Male
Practice Locations
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Children’s of Mississippi - Batson Kids Clinic
421 S. Stadium 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.
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 |
| Internship: | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
| Medical Education: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Residency: | University of Tennessee-Memphis |
Experience
Current Positions
| Assistant Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 39216-4505 | 07/2020 - Present |
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Licensure | |
| DEA | |
| Certification, IRB Training | 04/2018 - Present |
| Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support | 04/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program | 05/2019 - Present |
| Certification, Nexplanon Insertion and Removal | 02/2020 - Present |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Gold Humanism Honor Society, Jeanette D. Pullen Chapter | 2016 |
| Max, Doris, and Jewel Blackmon Trust Fund Scholarship, Max, Doris, and Jewel Blackmon Trust Fund | 2013 |
| President's Scholar, Mississippi State University | 2008 |
| National Merit Scholar Scholarship, Mississippi State University | 2008 |