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
- Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare - Medicare Advantage
Medicaid health plans
- Mississippi Medicaid
- MS CAN - Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, MS TrueCare
- Medicaid MS CHIP - Molina MS CHIP and Magnolia Health Plan
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 (excludes UMMC Madison)
- 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 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 |