Managed Care · MS
Mississippi
Moderate opportunity · score 53
MA penetration is near the national average — selective contracting opportunities.
State MA penetration
44.4%
National rank #32 · National avg 47.8%
-3.42 pp vs national
288,915
MA beneficiaries (rolled up)
650,933
Medicare eligibles
82
Counties indexed
202
SNFs in state
MA beneficiaries · 2016–2022
YoY change: +144.4%
SNF utilization rate (MA enrollees)
Share of MA beneficiaries with a SNF stay each year (CMS MA GV PUF).
Most saturated counties
- 62.4%Holmes2,595 of 4,158 eligibles
- 60.9%Tunica1,192 of 1,956 eligibles
- 59.6%Claiborne1,190 of 1,997 eligibles
- 59.4%Hancock6,690 of 11,268 eligibles
- 58.2%Issaquena89 of 153 eligibles
- 57.9%Jefferson Davis1,625 of 2,808 eligibles
- 57.9%Quitman950 of 1,642 eligibles
- 57.3%Humphreys1,111 of 1,939 eligibles
- 56.6%Jefferson1,023 of 1,807 eligibles
- 56.5%George2,823 of 4,998 eligibles
Highest opportunity counties
- 22.3%Alcorn9,190 eligibles · 2,053 enrolled
- 22.6%Lafayette9,354 eligibles · 2,114 enrolled
- 25.7%Tishomingo5,190 eligibles · 1,332 enrolled
- 30.8%Itawamba5,532 eligibles · 1,704 enrolled
- 31.0%Prentiss5,546 eligibles · 1,721 enrolled
- 31.6%Carroll2,795 eligibles · 883 enrolled
- 32.0%Union6,720 eligibles · 2,154 enrolled
- 33.4%Webster2,825 eligibles · 942 enrolled
- 33.4%Madison22,627 eligibles · 7,545 enrolled
- 33.7%Tippah5,214 eligibles · 1,758 enrolled
Top MA payers in Mississippi
295,150 total MA enrolled- 1HUMANA INSURANCE COMPANY70,76224.0%
- 2CARE IMPROVEMENT PLUS SOUTH CENTRAL INSURANCE CO.43,85914.9%
- 3HUMANA MEDICAL PLAN, INC.36,23112.3%
- 4UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF WISCONSIN, INC.23,8338.1%
- 5HARMONY HEALTH PLAN, INC.22,6917.7%
- 6AETNA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY22,5237.6%
- 7EMPHESYS INSURANCE COMPANY16,7445.7%
- 8AETNA BETTER HEALTH, INC. (LA)15,0975.1%
- 9HEALTHSPRING LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.14,2784.8%
- 10DEVOTED HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF MISSISSIPPI8,6072.9%
- 11SIERRA HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, INC.6,2702.1%
- 12HUMANA WI HEALTH ORGANIZATION INSURANCE CORP5,4181.8%
- 13PATRIUS HEALTH, INC.4,6651.6%
- 14WELLCARE OF MISSISSIPPI, INC.1,4500.5%
- 15ANTHEM INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC.1,2380.4%
Top-rated SNFs in Mississippi
202 total- DIVERSICARE OF TYLERTOWNTYLERTOWN, MS · Walthall County · 60 beds5★
- ASHLAND HEALTH AND REHABILITATIONASHLAND, MS · Benton County · 60 beds5★
- BEDFORD CARE CENTER OF PETALPETAL, MS · Forrest County · 60 beds5★
- JEFFERSON DAVIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ECFPRENTISS, MS · Jefferson Davis County · 55 beds5★
- BEDFORD CARE CENTER OF NEWTONNEWTON, MS · Newton County · 60 beds5★
- WILKINSON COUNTY SENIOR CARECENTREVILLE, MS · Wilkinson County · 60 beds5★
- GLEN OAKS NURSING CENTERLUCEDALE, MS · George County · 45 beds5★
- MERIT HEALTH WESLEYHATTIESBURG, MS · Forrest County · 25 beds5★
- TREND HEALTH AND REHAB OF BROOKHAVENBROOKHAVEN, MS · Lincoln County · 60 beds5★
- TIPPAH COUNTY NURSING HOMERIPLEY, MS · Tippah County · 40 beds5★
Source: CMS MA State/County Penetration (Aug 2025). Secondary metrics from CMS Medicare Advantage Geographic Variation PUF (2016–2022). Penetration is computed by rolling up county-level CMS-published MA enrolled / Medicare eligibles. Trend chart spans 2016–2022.