Does Mississippi Medicaid cover Ozempic or Wegovy or Rybelsus for weight loss?

Covered, prior authorization. Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months

Does Mississippi Medicaid cover Mounjaro or Zepbound for weight loss?

Covered, prior authorization. Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months

Does Mississippi Medicaid cover Saxenda or Victoza for weight loss?

Covered, prior authorization. Saxenda preferred, generic liraglutide non-preferred. Manual prior authorization

Medicaid coverage

Mississippi: what Medicaid covers

Mississippi runs an "antiobesity select agents" class covering Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and Foundayo. Every agent needs a manual prior authorization, and authorization has to be renewed after 12 months.

Checked against the primary source August 25, 2026

What Medicaid in Mississippi covers, and the criteria that apply.
Drug	Position	Criteria
Semaglutide	Prior authorization	Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months
Tirzepatide	Prior authorization	Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months
Liraglutide	Prior authorization	Saxenda preferred, generic liraglutide non-preferred. Manual prior authorization

Semaglutide Prior authorization

Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months
Tirzepatide Prior authorization

Preferred. Manual prior authorization, quantity limits, reauthorization at 12 months
Liraglutide Prior authorization

Saxenda preferred, generic liraglutide non-preferred. Manual prior authorization

If the answer is no. Around 45% of initial prior authorizations for these drugs are refused, and 35 to 45% of first-level appeals are overturned. A refusal is not the end of the process, and the cash-pay routes are priced on this site alongside it.

Sources

Every claim above is checked against the primary text, and the date is the day we last opened it.

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Mississippi Medicaid Universal Preferred Drug List
Mississippi Division of Medicaid Primary text read and checked Checked August 25, 2026