Charles R. Elam, IV

Nurse Anesthesiologist

A license+E62d registered nurse with advanced specialty education in anesthesia who, in collaboration with appropriate health care professionals, provides preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care to patients and assists in management and resuscitation of critical patients in intensive care, coronary care, and emergency situations. Nurse anesthetists are certified following successful completion of credentials and state licensure review and a national examination directed by the Council on Certification of Nurse Anesthetists. (2) A registered nurse who is qualified by special training to administer anesthesia in collaboration with a physician or dentist and who can assist in the care of patients who are in critical condition.

• Aetna [Aetna Health of Iowa Inc.]

• Bright Health Insurance Company

• Cigna Healthcare [Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company]

• Coventry Health Care [Coventry Health & Life Insurance Company]

• Humana [Humana Insurance Co.]

• Medicaid

• Medica Insurance Company

• Medicare

• TriCare

• UnitedHealthcare Plan of the River Valley, Inc.

• Wellmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Iowa [Wellmark Inc.]