Related Links - Important Contacts
This is a list of helpful contacts for MHCA members.
- Federal Agencies
- State Agencies, Boards, & Commissions
- State-Level Organizations
- Mississippi Area Agencies on Aging
Federal Agencies
- Larry Clemonts
(Medicare General Survey and Certification Issues)
Atlanta Regional Office
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsythe Street, Suite 4T20
Atlanta Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: 404-562-7433
Fax: 404-562-7540
bblanton@cms.hhs.gov
www.cms.hhs.gov - Karen Powell RN
(Medicare Long Term Care Certification and Enforcement Issues)
Atlanta Regional Office
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsythe Street, Suite 4T20
Atlanta Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: 404-562-7472
Fax: 404-562-7540
karen.powell@cms.hhs.gov
www.cms.hhs.gov - Cathy Benoit
(Medicare HIPAA Issues)
Atlanta Regional Office
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center
61 Forsythe Street, Suite 4T20
Atlanta Georgia 30303-8909
Phone: 404-562-7305
Fax: 404-562-7350
cbenoit@cms.hhs.gov
www.cms.hhs.gov
State Agencies, Boards, & Commissions
- Dr. Mary Currier
State Health Officer
Mississippi State Department of Health
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700
Phone: 601-576-7634
Fax: 601-576-7931
www.msdh.state.ms.us - Vickey Maddox
Director, Office of Licensure
Mississippi State Department of Health
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700
Phone: 601-364-1100
Fax: 601-364-5504
vickey.maddox@msdh.state.ms.us
www.msdh.state.ms.us - Marilynn Winborne
Director, Division of Health Facilities Licensure & Certification
Mississippi State Department of Health
Post Office Box 1700
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1700
Phone: 601-364-1100
Fax: 601-364-5054
marilynn.winborne@msdh.state.ms.us
www.msdh.state.ms.us - Dr. Robert Robinson
Executive Director
Division of Medicaid
Office of the Governor
550 High Street, Suite 1000
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 601-359-6056
Fax: 601-359-6048
www.medicaid.ms.gov - Patricia Holton
Nurse Administrator, Institutional Long Term Care & Case Mix
Division of Medicaid
Office of the Governor
550 High Street, Suite 1000
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 601-359-5191
Fax: 601-359-1383
lmpah@medicaid.state.ms.us
www.medicaid.ms.gov - Evelyn Silas
Bureau Director of Long Term Care
Office of the Governor
550 High Street, Suite 1000
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 601-359-5191
Fax: 601-359-1383
lmehs@medicaid.state.ms.us
www.medicaid.ms.gov - Bureau Director of Reimbursement
Division of Medicaid
Office of the Governor
550 High Street, Suite 1000
Jackson, Mississippi 39201
Phone: 601-359-6132
Fax: 601-359-4193
www.medicaid.ms.gov - Jim Hood
Attorney General
State of Mississippi
Post Office Box 220
Jackson, Mississippi 30205-0220
Phone: 601-359-3692
Fax: 601-359-3441
msag05@ago.state.ms.us
www.ago.state.ms.us - Treasure Tyson
Director, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit
Attorney General's Office
Post Office Box 220
Jackson, Mississippi 39205-0220
Phone: 601-359-4220
Fax: 601-359-4214
Abuse Hotline: 800-852-8341
www.ago.state.ms.us - Anniece McLemore
State Ombudsman
Mississippi Department of Human Services
750 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Phone: 601-359-4927
Fax: 601-359-9664
amclemore@mdhs.state.ms.us
www.mdhs.state.ms.us - Carrie Rowden
Executive Director
Mississippi Board of Nursing Home Administrators
1755 Lelia Drive
Suite 305
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
Phone: 601-362-6914
Fax: 601-362-6925
crowden@bnha.state.ms.us
www.bnha.state.ms.us - Melinda Rush
Executive Director
Mississippi State Board of Nursing
1935 Lakeland Drive
Suite B
Jackson, Mississippi 39216-5014
Phone: 601-987-4188
Fax: 601-364-2352
mrush@msbn.state.ms.us
www.msbn.state.ms.us - Billy Dilworth
Executive Director
Mississippi State Board of Examiners for Social Workers & Marriage/Family Therapists
350 West Woodrow Wilson Avenue
Jackson Medical Mall, Suite 3635
Jackson, Mississippi 39213
Phone: 601-987-6806
Fax: 601-987-6808
bdilworth@swmft.state.ms.us
www.swmft.ms.gov/swmft/web.nsf - Frank Gammill
Executive Director
Mississippi Board of Pharmacy
204 Key Drive, Suite D
Madison, MS 39110
Phone: 601-605-5388
Fax: 601-605-9546
fgammill@mbp.state.ms.us
www.mbp.state.ms.us - Dr. H. Vann Craig
Executive Director
Mississippi Board of Medical Licensure
1867 Crane Ridge Drive Suite 200-B
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
Phone: 601-987-3079
Fax: 601-987-4159
mboard@msbml.state.ms.us
www.msbml.state.ms.us
State-Level Organizations
- Sherry Davis-Garner
Associate State Director
AARP Mississippi
6360 I-55 North Suite 160
Jackson, Mississippi 39211
Phone: 601-206-1851
Fax: 601-991-3342
msaarp@aarp.org
www.aarp.org/statepages/ms.html - Ricki Garrett
Executive Director
Mississippi Nurses Association
31 Woodgreen Place
Madison, Mississippi 39110
Phone: 601-898-0670
Fax: 601-898-0190
mna@msnurses.org
www.msnurses.org - Dr. James S. McIlwain
Executive Director
Information & Quality Healthcare
385B Highland Colony Parkway, Suite 504
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
Phone: 601-957-1575
Fax: 601-956-1713
jmcillwain.msquio@sdps.org
www.iqh.org - Janice Sandefur
Executive Director
Mississippi Chapter, National Association of Social Workers
P.O. Box 5599
Pearl, Mississippi 39288
Phone: 601-936-0557
Fax: 601-936-0559
Toll-Free: 1-800-543-7098
naswms@aol.com - Shelia Triggs
Executive Director
Mississippi Dietetics Association
2342 Park Place
Gulfport, MS 39507
shetri8@yahoo.com
www.eatrightmississippi.org - Charmain Kanosky
Executive Director
Mississippi State Medical Association
408 West Parkway Place
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
Phone: 601-853-6733
Fax: 601-853-6746
ckanosky@msmaonline.com
www.msmaonline.com - Sam Cameron
Executive Director
Mississippi Hospital Association
P.O. Box 1909
Madison, Mississippi 39130
Phone: 800-289-8884
Fax: 601-368-3200
scameron@mhanet.org
www.mhanet.org
Mississippi Area Agencies on Aging
Central MS Area Agency on Aging
- Karen Powell
Ombudsman
Madison County
Madison County Citizens Services Agency
Post Office Box 1358
152 Watford Parkway Drive
Canton, Mississippi 39046 - Melinda Williams
District Ombudsman
Hinds/Yazoo Counties
Post Office Box 4935
Jackson, Mississippi 39296
Phone: 601-981-1511
Fax: 601-981-1515
mwilliams@cmpdd.org - Raphael Sample
Ombudsman
Rankin County
1545 West Government Street, Suite C
Brandon, Mississippi 39042
Phone: 601-825-1309
Fax: 601-824-0036
eldsample@yahoo.com - Patricia Hunt
Ombudsman
Warren County
3204 Wisconsin Avenue
Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180
Phone: 601-638-7441
Fax: 601-661-8606
phunt@wave21an.com - Rosa Mack
Ombudsman
Simpson County
406 North Main Street
Mendenhall, Mississippi 39114
Phone: 601-847-4641
Fax: 601-847-1192 - Marilyn Jones
Ombudsman
Simpson County
406 North Main Street
Mendenhall, Mississippi 39114
Phone: 601-847-4641
Fax: 601-847-1192
jones0105@yahoo.com - Sherry Noble
Ombudsman
Copiah County
Post Office Box 448
Hazlehurst, Mississippi 39083
Phone: 601-894-4788
Fax: 601-894-6191
East Central Area Agency on Aging
- Doris Edwards
District Ombudsman
Kemper County
Post Office Box 499
Newton, Mississippi 39345
Phone: 601-683-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873
dedwardsmail@ecpdd.org - Faye Dubose
Ombudsman
Smith County
Post Office Box 114
Mize, Mississippi 39116
Phone: 601-733-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Dorothy Ann Davis
Ombudsman
Lauderdale County
8266 Okatibbee Dam Road
Collinsville, Mississippi 39325
Phone: 601-683-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Lawanna Kay Bishop
Ombudsman
Neshoba County
11461 Hwy 486
Philadelphia, Mississippi 39350
Phone: 601-683-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Peggy Thornton
Ombudsman
Jasper County
Post Office Box 731
Bay Springs, Mississippi 39422
Phone: 601-683-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Maudene Nash
Ombudsman
Leake County
273 Langdon Road
Carthage, Mississippi 39051
Phone: 601-683-2401
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Brenda Wragg
Ombudsman
Newton County
Post Office Box 499
Newton, Mississippi 39345
Phone: 601-683-2007
Fax: 601-683-7873 - Mary Morris
Ombudsman
Scott County
5732 Hwy. 35 North
Newton, Mississippi 39345
Phone: 601-469-1580
Fax: 601-683-7873
Northeast MS Area Agency on Aging
- Bessie Greer
District Ombudsman
Alcorn/Benton/Marshall/Prentiss/Tippah/Tishomingo Counties
Post Office Box 600
Booneville, Mississippi 38829
Phone: 662-728-6248
Fax: 662-728-7240
bessiegreer@bellsouth.net
South Delta Area Agency on Aging
- Nikesya Benson
District Ombudsman
Bolivar/Humphreys/Issaquena/Sharkey/Sunflower/Washington Counties
Post Office Box 1776
Greenville, Mississippi 38702
Phone: 662-378-3831
Fax: 662-332-9324
nm.benson@hotmail.com
Three Rivers Area Agency on Aging
- Patricia Henry
District Ombudsman
Calhoun/Chickasaw/Ittawamba/Lafayette/Lee/Monore/Pontotoc/Union Counties
Post Office Box 690
Pontotoc, Mississippi 38863
Phone: 662-489-2415
Fax: 662-489-6815
North Central Area Agency on Aging
- Mary Smith
District Ombudsman
Attala/Carroll/Grenada/Holmes/Leflore/Montgomery/Yalobusha Counties
711-B South Applegate
Winona, Mississippi 38967
Phone: 662-283-2675
Fax: 662-283-5875
ncaaomb@bellsouth.net - Patricia Ford
Ombudsman
711-B South Applegate
Winona, Mississippi 38967
Phone: 662-283-2675
Fax: 662-283-5875
Southwest MS Area Agency on Aging
- Jason Ford
Ombudsman
Adams/Amite/Claiborne/Franklin/Jefferson/Lawrence/Lincoln/Pike/Wilkinson Counties
2265 Highway 84 East
Meadville, Mississippi 39653
Phone: 601-384-5200
Fax: 601-384-5315
jason@swmpdd.com
Southern MS Area Agency on Aging
- Annette Wiley
Ombudsman
Forrest/George/Greene/Lamar/Pearl River/Perry Counties
9229 Highway 49
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Phone: 228-868-2311
Fax: 228-868-2550
annwiley8@gmail.com - Brenda Coker
Ombudsman
Covington/Jefferson Davis/Jones/Marion/Wayne Counties
9229 Highway 49
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Phone: 228-868-2311
Fax: 228-868-1855
brendacoker@bellsouth.net - Janet M. Kittinger
District Ombudsman
Hancock/Harrison/Jackson/Stone Counties
9229 Highway 49
Gulfport, Mississippi 39503
Phone: 228-868-2311
Fax: 228-868-2550
jankittinger@gmail.com
Golden Triangle Area Agency on Aging
- Martie Gibson
District Ombudsman
Choctaw/Clay/Lowndes/Noxubee/Oktibbeha/Webster/Winston Counties
Post Office Box 828
Starkville, Mississippi 39760-0828
Phone: 662-324-4650 ext. 112
Fax: 662-324-1911
mgibson@gtpdd.com
North Delta Area Agency on Aging
- Dorothy Fair
District Ombudsman
Coahoma/Desoto/Panola/Quitman/Tallahatchie/Tate/Tunica Counties
Post Office Box 1488
Batesville, Mississippi 38606
Phone: 662-561-4100 ext. 118
Fax: 662-561-4112
dorothyfair20@hotmail.com
