Lauren C. Tucker, MD
Specialties: Newborn Services
Gender: Female
Biography: Dr. Lauren Tucker is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. She currently serves as one of the Newborn Hospitalists in the Newborn Nursery and Intermediate Care Nursery at Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants. Her interests include Quality Improvement and medical education. She has been involved in quality improvement projects with the Department of Newborn Medicine and the Department of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Tucker received her medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center and completed her Pediatric Residency at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
Practice Locations
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Wiser Hospital for Women and Infants - UMMC
2500 N. State St., 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
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: | Pediatrics |
| Internship: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
| Medical Education: | Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Shreveport |
| Residency: | University of Mississippi Medical Center |
Experience
Specialty Certification Licensure
| Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program Instructor | 09/2019 - Present |
| Licensure, Louisiana Medical License, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners | 07/2017 - Present |
| Licensure, Texas Medical License, Texas Medical Board | 01/2017 - Present |
| Certification, Collaborative IRB Training | 09/2016 - Present |
| Certification, Pediatric Board Certification, American Board of Pediatrics | 11/2015 - Present |
| DEA, Drug Enforcement Agency | 07/2015 - Present |
| Licensure, Mississippi Medical License, Mississippi State Board of Medical Licensure | 05/2015 - Present |
| Certification, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Provider | 07/2012 - 07/2018 |
| Certification, Neonatal Resuscitation Program, Provider | 07/2012 - Present |
| Certification, Basic Life Support, Provider | 07/2012 - 07/2018 |
Honors, Awards, and Recognition
| Trailblazer Award, Office of Medical Education at UMMC | 2020 |
| "UMatter" Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Nursing Staff | 2014 |
| "UMatter" Award, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Nursing Staff | 2013 |
| Magna Cum Laude, Louisiana State University | 2008 |
| Tom W Dutton Service Award, Louisiana State University | 2007 |
| Chancellors Scholarship, Louisiana State University | 2006 |
| Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society, Alpha Lambda Delta | 2006 |
| Phi Eta Sigma Honors Society, Phi Eta Sigma | 2006 |
| Alpha Epsilon Delta, Louisiana State University | 2005 |
| Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society, Gamma Beta Phi | 2005 |
| National Society of Collegiate Scholars, National Society of Collegiate Scholars | 2005 |
| TOPS Scholarship, LOSFA | 2004 |