
Overview
Lauren Ropp, ARNP is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner who joined the Des Moines Pediatric and Adolescent team officially in October of 2021. You may have seen her before this time as she started helping out back in 2019, took some time off to be with family, but is now back as a permanent part of the team.
She received her undergrad at Des Moines Area Community College and began work as a registered nurse working with pediatric patients at Blank Children’s Hospital in 2013. After years of experience in the hospital setting, she went on to work in a clinical setting specializing in pediatrics while she completed her Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner degree in 2019 from Walden University in Minneapolis, MN.
Lauren loves caring for all ages, but the pediatric population has always been her passion to care for. She loves seeing patients as newborns and watching them grow through the years and assisting them with their healthcare needs along the way.
She lives in Grimes with her husband and 4 boys. She enjoys camping, spending time with family and friends, and cheering for the Cyclones!.
Her top area of expertise is Herpangina.
Insurance
Accepted insurance can change. Please verify directly with the provider.
Accepted insurance plans:
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- HMO
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- PPO
Accepted plan types not found. Please verify directly with the provider.
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- INDEMNITY
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- PPO
- OTHER MEDICAID
- STATE MEDICAID
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
- OTHER COMMERCIAL
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- HMO
- POS
Locations
2785 N Ankeny Blvd, Suite 28, Ankeny, IA 50023
2301 Beaver Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
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