Dr. Monica K. Ertel, MD, PhD

Dr. Ertel practices at Colorado Endoscopy Centers in Longmont, Colorado.

Dr. Ertel's NPI, 1669869707, was assigned on April 15, 2015. Dr. Ertel graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2015. Dr. Ertel holds Colorado license 61982.

Dr. Ertel's primary practice is Colorado Endoscopy Centers, at 205 S Main St, Longmont, CO 80501 in Boulder County. The practice phone is (303) 532-2986.

Dr. Ertel's primary practice is Colorado Endoscopy Centers in Longmont, Colorado. Dr. Ertel is also affiliated with UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital. The medical group on file is University of Colorado Medicine (CU Medicine). Dmand AI also links Dr. Ertel to 1 more hospital, 2 medical groups and 1 group practice or clinic, each named with a free account.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Ertel practices, 3 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Glaucoma specialist is Dr. Ertel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 207WX0009X. Dr. Ertel is licensed in Colorado.

CMS data shows 2,150 Medicare services from Dr. Ertel across 18 procedure codes in 2024, for 654 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $158,855 for them.

CMS counts 654 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Ertel in 2024. The largest group is 75 to 84, with 282 patients. 68% of them have high cholesterol, and 62% have high blood pressure. 21% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.31, where 1.00 is the Medicare average.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Ertel's median patient age at 76, with 57% women.

In 2024, Dr. Ertel wrote 3,072 Medicare Part D claims for 697 patients. 61% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 2,970 of them, across 21 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $263,173 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 2,946 claims across 22 drugs.

Dr. Ertel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 173 procedures of cataract surgery by Dr. Ertel, more than 82% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Dmand AI links 20 papers to Dr. Ertel, published from 2019 to 2025. 2022 was the busiest year, with 5. The most frequent topics are Glaucoma, Intraocular Pressure and Phacoemulsification. Dr. Ertel has published most often in Ophthalmol Ther. Dr. Ertel's most frequent co-authors are Malik Y. Kahook, MD, Leonard K. Seibold, MD and Mina Blagoeva Pantcheva, MD.

CMS Open Payments shows 54 general payments to Dr. Ertel from 12 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2025. Food and beverage make up the largest share, 53% of the total. Abbvie Inc. paid the most, $3,662.

Dr. Ertel graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans in 2015.