Audrey Ertel
- Medicare services, 2024
- 188
- Medicare patients, 2024
- 154
- Part D claims, 2024
- 127
- Publications
- 26
- MIPS score, 2024
- 93
- Practice address
- 1360 Dolwick Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018
- Practice phone
- Call (859) 344-5555
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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Primary practice
Virtual Health Center - Dolwick
Urgent Care Center · Erlanger, Kentucky
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Audrey Ertel is a general surgeon in Erlanger, Kentucky
Audrey Ertel practices at Virtual Health Center - Dolwick in Erlanger, Kentucky.
Audrey Ertel's NPI, 1417213547, was assigned on April 3, 2012. Audrey Ertel graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2012. Audrey Ertel holds Kentucky license 52529.
- NPI
- 1417213547NPI Registry (opens in a new tab)
- Medicare PAC ID
- 8022258953
- NPI enumeration date
- April 3, 2012
- NPI status
- Active
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
- Practice phone
- (859) 344-5555
- Professional email
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- Personal email
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- Mobile number
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- Sex
- Female
- Estimated age
- 40
- Medical school graduation
- 2012
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS)
Audrey Ertel practices at Virtual Health Center - Dolwick in Erlanger, Kentucky
Audrey Ertel's primary practice is Virtual Health Center - Dolwick, at 1360 Dolwick Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018. The practice phone is (859) 344-5555.
- Virtual Health Center - Dolwick1360 Dolwick Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018Phone(859) 344-5555
Source: Dmand AI Affiliation Data
Audrey Ertel is affiliated with 4 sites of care and 1 medical group
Audrey Ertel's primary practice is Virtual Health Center - Dolwick in Erlanger, Kentucky. Audrey Ertel is also affiliated with St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Hospital. The medical group on file is St. Elizabeth Physicians. Dmand AI also links Audrey Ertel to 2 more hospitals, each named with a free account. Audrey Ertel's employer is on file too: an urgent care center.
Sources: Dmand AI Affiliation Data; and Dmand AI Org Hierarchy Data
Dmand AI tracks the EHR system at Audrey Ertel's practice
Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Audrey Ertel practices, 4 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.
| Site | EHR vendor and product |
|---|---|
| Virtual Health Center - Dolwick | Available with a free account |
| +3 more affiliated sites | Available with a free account |
Source: Dmand AI Technology Install Data
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Audrey Ertel is one of 383 general surgeons in Kentucky
Surgery is Audrey Ertel's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Audrey Ertel is licensed in Kentucky.
Specialties and state licenses
- Surgery, KentuckyPrimary
General surgeons near Audrey Ertel
Counts of general surgeons with a Dmand AI profile, by place and practice. Each opens the list.
Sources: NPPES NPI Registry (CMS); Dmand AI Professional Profile Data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Audrey Ertel billed Medicare for 188 services in 2024
CMS data shows 188 Medicare services from Audrey Ertel across 5 procedure codes in 2024, for 154 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $15,915 for them.
Audrey Ertel's Medicare services by type, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Office and hospital visits
- 2023: 1602024: 18818%
- Surgery
- 2023: 172024: 0100%
Where Audrey Ertel's Medicare services took place, 2024
- In an office11461%
- In a facility7439%
Audrey Ertel compared with the Kentucky median for general surgeons, 2024
- Audrey Ertel
- Kentucky median
- Medicare services
- 188vs 2027% below
- Medicare patients
- 154vs 147Close to median
- Part D claims
- 77vs 837% below
Medians across 373 general surgeons in Kentucky with Dmand AI profiles that report each measure.
Audrey Ertel's most billed Medicare procedure codes, 2024
CMS publishes codes billed for 11 or more Medicare patients. Each label is the code family; CPT descriptions are licensed by the AMA.
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Sources: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS), 2024 data; and Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks
Audrey Ertel treated 154 Medicare patients in 2024, average age 74
CMS counts 154 Medicare patients who saw Audrey Ertel in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 70 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. 14% are also on Medicaid. Their average risk score is 1.65, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.
Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Audrey Ertel's median patient age at 60, with 59% women.
Audrey Ertel's Medicare patients by age, 2024
Audrey Ertel's Medicare patients by sex, 2024
- Women8354%
- Men7146%
Chronic conditions among Audrey Ertel's Medicare patients, 2024
- High blood pressure75%
- High cholesterol75%
- Arthritis60%
- Anxiety40%
- Chronic kidney disease40%
- Mood disorders40%
- Ischemic heart disease38%
- Depression37%
Share of Medicare patients with each condition. A patient can have several.
Audrey Ertel's patients across all payers
Dmand AI patient panel data covers Medicare, Medicaid and commercial patients.
Patient panel by age, all payers
Median age 60
Patient panel by sex, all payers
- Women59%
- Men41%
Sources: Dmand AI Patient Panel Data; and Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Audrey Ertel wrote 127 Medicare Part D claims in 2024
In 2024, Audrey Ertel wrote 127 Medicare Part D claims for 89 patients. 99% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 77 of them, across 2 drugs with 11 or more claims each, at $205 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 49 claims across 1 drug.
Audrey Ertel's Part D claims by kind of drug, 2024
- Generic126 claims99%
- Brand-name and other1 claims1%
Audrey Ertel's most prescribed drugs by claims, 2024
CMS names a drug when it has 11 or more claims. Share is of the claims for drugs CMS names.
Drug classes CMS tracks in Audrey Ertel's Part D claims, 2024
- Opioids65%83 of 127 claims
- Antibiotics15%19 of 127 claims
Share of all Part D claims for each drug class CMS reports on. Classes with no claims are left out.
Part D claims for drugs CMS names, 2023 to 2024
- 2023
- 2024
- Claims for drugs CMS names
- 2023: 492024: 7757%
Drugs named by CMS: 2 in 2024, 1 in 2023.
Sources: Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS), 2024 data, released May 6, 2026; and Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS), 2024 data
Audrey Ertel scored 93 out of 100 in Medicare's MIPS program for 2024
CMS publishes a Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) score of 93 out of 100 for Audrey Ertel for performance year 2024, reported through an alternative payment model (APM). Audrey Ertel accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS counts 11 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Audrey Ertel, more than 72% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.
- Accepts Medicare assignment
- Yes
Audrey Ertel's MIPS scores, performance year 2024
- 93of 100Final score
- 86of 100Quality
- 100of 100Promoting Interoperability
- 40of 100Improvement Activities
Each score is out of 100. The final score weighs the categories CMS scored for this clinician.
Where Audrey Ertel ranks in Medicare procedure volume
- Removal of tissue
- 63rd percentile12 procedures
- Hernia repair (minimally invasive)
- 72nd percentile11 procedures
CMS ranks each clinician against every clinician it reports for the same procedure category.
Colonoscopy: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Melanoma (skin cancer) excision: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)
Sources: Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS); Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS), 2024 data, released September 10, 2026; and Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS)
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Audrey Ertel has 26 publications on record
Dmand AI links 26 papers to Audrey Ertel, published from 2015 to 2019. 2016 was the busiest year, with 12. The most frequent topics are Liver Transplantation, Hospital Costs and Hospitals. Audrey Ertel has published most often in Surgery. Audrey Ertel's most frequent co-authors are Shimul A. Shah, MD, Daniel Erik Abbott, MD and Richard Hoehn, MD.
Audrey Ertel's papers by year, 2015 to 2019
Topics Audrey Ertel writes about most
- Liver Transplantation
- Hospital Costs
- Hospitals
- Carcinoma, Hepatocellular
- End Stage Liver Disease
- Hospital Mortality
- Liver Neoplasms
- Postoperative Complications
Audrey Ertel's most frequent co-authors
- Shimul A. Shah, MD24 shared papers
- Daniel Erik Abbott, MD19 shared papers
- Richard Hoehn, MD17 shared papers
Recent publications by Audrey Ertel
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Sources: PubMed (National Library of Medicine); and Dmand AI Research Linkage
Audrey Ertel received $5,373 in industry payments from 2016 to 2024
CMS Open Payments shows 13 general payments to Audrey Ertel from 5 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 76% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $5,259.
General payments to Audrey Ertel by program year, 2016 to 2024
General payments to Audrey Ertel by kind, 2016 to 2024
- Education$4,07376%
- Travel and lodging$1,01419%
- Food and beverage$2865%
Companies that paid Audrey Ertel the most, 2016 to 2024
Share is of all general payments to this clinician.
Source: Open Payments (CMS), 2025 data, released July 7, 2026
Audrey Ertel graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University
Audrey Ertel graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2012.
- Medical school
Source: Dmand AI Professional Profile Data
Sources for Audrey Ertel's profile data
| Data on this page | Source |
|---|---|
| NPI, name, sex, specialty and licenses | NPPES NPI Registry (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| Practice locations and phone | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
| Primary practice, affiliations and health system | Dmand AI Affiliation DataDmand AI Org Hierarchy Data |
| Medicare services and procedure codes | Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider and Service (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| State medians for the same specialty | Dmand AI Peer Benchmarks |
| Medicare patients and the all-payer patient panel | Dmand AI Patient Panel DataMedicare Physician & Other Practitioners - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Part D prescribing | Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider and Drug (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Medicare Part D Prescribers - by Provider (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| MIPS scores, telehealth, assignment and procedure percentiles | Doctors and Clinicians National Downloadable File (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Clinician Public Reporting: Overall MIPS Performance (CMS) (opens in a new tab)Doctors and Clinicians Utilization Data (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Publications, topics and co-authors | PubMed (National Library of Medicine) (opens in a new tab)Dmand AI Research Linkage |
| Industry payments | Open Payments (CMS) (opens in a new tab) |
| Training, board certification and memberships | Dmand AI Professional Profile Data |
| EHR at each practice site | Dmand AI Technology Install Data |
| Similar physicians | Dmand AI Affiliation Data |
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What is Audrey Ertel's NPI number?
Audrey Ertel's NPI number is 1417213547. It was assigned on April 3, 2012, and it is active in the NPI Registry.
What does Audrey Ertel specialize in?
Audrey Ertel is a general surgeon in Erlanger, Kentucky. The primary specialty in the NPI Registry is Surgery Physician (taxonomy code 208600000X).
Where does Audrey Ertel practice?
Audrey Ertel practices at 1360 Dolwick Drive, Erlanger, KY 41018. Audrey Ertel's primary practice is Virtual Health Center - Dolwick in Erlanger, Kentucky. Dmand AI also links Audrey Ertel to 2 hospitals.
What is Audrey Ertel's office phone number?
The practice phone on file for Audrey Ertel is (859) 344-5555.
What is Audrey Ertel's medical license number?
Audrey Ertel holds Kentucky license 52529.
Which hospitals is Audrey Ertel affiliated with?
Audrey Ertel is affiliated with St. Elizabeth Healthcare Edgewood Hospital. Dmand AI links Audrey Ertel to 2 more hospitals.
What medical group is Audrey Ertel part of?
Audrey Ertel is linked to St. Elizabeth Physicians.
Does Audrey Ertel accept Medicare?
Yes. CMS data shows Audrey Ertel billed Medicare for 188 services in 2024, and Audrey Ertel accepts Medicare assignment.
What is Audrey Ertel's MIPS score?
Audrey Ertel's MIPS final score for performance year 2024 is 93 out of 100, reported through an alternative payment model (APM).
How many Medicare patients does Audrey Ertel see?
CMS counts 154 Medicare patients who saw Audrey Ertel in 2024, with an average age of 74.
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What services does Audrey Ertel bill to Medicare?
In 2024, Audrey Ertel's most billed Medicare services were office visit, new patient (99204), hospital inpatient care (99231) and hospital inpatient care (99222).
Where did Audrey Ertel go to medical school?
Audrey Ertel graduated from Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in 2012.
What drugs does Audrey Ertel prescribe most?
In 2024 Medicare Part D data, Audrey Ertel's most prescribed drugs by claims were Oxycodone HCl and Tramadol HCl.
Has Audrey Ertel received payments from drug or device companies?
CMS Open Payments shows $5,373 in general payments to Audrey Ertel from 5 companies from 2016 to 2024. The largest total came from Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
How long has Audrey Ertel been practicing?
Audrey Ertel graduated from medical school in 2012, 14 years ago.
Does Audrey Ertel do research?
Dmand AI links 26 publications to Audrey Ertel, published from 2015 to 2019.
Who does Audrey Ertel publish with?
Audrey Ertel's most frequent co-authors are Shimul A. Shah, MD (24 shared papers), Daniel Erik Abbott, MD (19 shared papers) and Richard Hoehn, MD (17 shared papers).
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