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Michael Ongele, MD

Anesthesiology · Washington

NPI 1710447057

Medicare standing
Clear
Enrolled, allowed to bill and order, not excluded
Plans that list them
Not verified
Not the same as out of network.
Office
1
Since medical school
7 years
Duke University School of Medicine, 2019

Offices

1 location · Medstar Medical Group II LLC · 3,726 clinicians in this group

Looking this up.

Hospitals listed: Medstar Washington Hospital Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.

Plan participation

Not verified

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California Medical Board record

Licence A183969 · Delinquent

Licence status: Delinquent · since 2023 · expires 2025-04-01 · Duke University School of Medicine.

License renewal fee has not been paid. No practice is permitted.

No disciplinary actions, convictions, malpractice judgments or citations in this record.

Hospitals they work in

1 hospital

These rate the hospital, not this clinician. Most measures at most hospitals are no different from the national rate.

  • Medstar Washington Hospital CenterWashington, DCAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Other · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of MedStar Health, which runs 10 hospitals in 2 statesPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 62% would definitely recommend it
    Overall rating: 3 of 5 starsBetter than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 0.71 (0.54 to 0.88), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rate: 0.68 (0 to 1.65) · 2,469 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative respiratory failure rate: 1.94 (0 to 4.79) · 2,589 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Postoperative sepsis rate: 1.71 (0 to 3.99) · 2,593 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.22, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.266, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — MRSA Bacteremia: 0.567, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — SSI - Colon Surgery: 0.373, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Medstar Washington Hospital Center

Behind the star rating — Deaths: 4 better, 4 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Safety: 3 better, 5 the same, 0 worse of 8 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 9 the same, 2 worse of 11 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.

Every scored measure at Medstar Washington Hospital Center
CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths0.71 (0.54 to 0.88)BetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths0.68 (0 to 1.65) · 2,469 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths1.94 (0 to 4.79) · 2,589 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths1.71 (0 to 3.99) · 2,593 casesBetterJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.22BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections0.266BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
MRSA BacteremiaInfections0.567BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections0.373BetterOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths1.29 (0.55 to 2.03) · 2,968 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths177.1 (151.44 to 202.76) · 435 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Death rate for CABG surgery patientsComplications and deaths2.4 · 551 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths6.3 · 110 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths10.4 · 381 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths7 · 800 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths12.1 · 342 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths9.8 · 488 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths3 · 5,377 casesNoneJul 2024 – Jun 2025
Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths0.13 (0 to 0.27) · 14,298 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths0.28 (0.11 to 0.44) · 15,943 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths4.18 (2.89 to 5.47) · 5,921 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths2.06 (1.12 to 3) · 5,366 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths1.54 (0.23 to 2.84) · 916 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths0.83 (0.5 to 1.15) · 13,288 casesNo differentJul 2022 – Jun 2024
Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths3.7 · 79 casesNoneApr 2023 – Mar 2025
Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections0.735No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
SSI - Abdominal HysterectomyInfections1.066No differentOct 2024 – Sep 2025
Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits14.7 · 628 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits19.6 · 1,305 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits22.8 · 635 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits4.7 · 1,052 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits-1.1 · 365 casesNoneJul 2022 – Jun 2025
Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits15.5 · 512 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits5.4 (3.8 to 7.3) · 356 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits10.9 (8.4 to 13.8) · 356 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024
Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits5.5 · 85 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for CABGUnplanned return visits10.5 · 352 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits19.2 · 219 casesNoneJul 2023 – Jun 2025
Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits14.1 (10.9 to 18.2) · 1,079 casesNo differentJan 2022 – Dec 2024
Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits1.2 (1 to 1.4) · 956 casesNo differentJan 2024 – Dec 2024

What patients said (2,420 patients answered, 14% of those asked)

Patient survey stars by topic at Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Cleanliness2
Nurse communication2
Doctor communication3
Communication about medicines2
Discharge information3
Overall hospital rating2
Quietness2
Recommend hospital3
Share of patients giving the best answer at Medstar Washington Hospital Center
Room was "always" clean60%
Nurses "always" communicated well72%
Doctors "always" communicated well77%
Staff "always" explained55%
Yes, staff "did" give patients this information84%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge81%
Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand71%
Doctors "always" listened carefully76%
Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect84%
Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high)61%
Staff "always" explained new medications70%
Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand68%
Nurses "always" listened carefully69%
Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect79%
"Always" quiet at night42%
"YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital62%
Staff "always" explained possible side effects39%
Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms86%

Original Medicare doctor bills

$24,139

Medicare paid this office $24,139 for 42 people.

This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.

Largest Original Medicare bills
Insertion of artery tube for blood sampling or infusion through skin27$995$37
Injection of anesthetic agent and/or steroid into rib nerve11$824$75
Ultrasonic guidance for blood vessel access20$234$12

Who their Medicare patients are

42 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 73 · Women 48% · Health risk score 2.48. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical anesthesiology clinician is at 1.54.

Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 75% · Heart failure 64% · Diabetes 60% · Chronic kidney disease 60% · Atrial fibrillation 50% · Stroke 31%.

The office billed $158,258, Medicare allowed $30,297 and paid $24,139; for 146 services of 30 kinds.

Original Medicare patients only. A risk score of 1.0 is the average Medicare patient; higher means sicker. Any count under 11 is hidden.

Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid

This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.

Opioids were 0% of their 19 Part D prescriptions in 2020. Too few prescriptions to judge: with under about 50 a year, a handful of patients can swing this share.

Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.

Money from drug and device companies

$84 in 2025

Industry payments by year
202523None$84
202411None$25

Paid work is consulting, speaking, honoraria and royalties, as opposed to meals and travel.

A payment is not proof that care is biased.

Payments by company
AbiomedNone$59
2 payments
  • Meals · 2025-11-21 · $27
  • Meals · 2025-07-16 · $32
Abbott LaboratoriesThoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit · 2025-12-24 · $25
See all 3 published payments
Every published payment
Abbott LaboratoriesMeals · 2025-12-24Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit$25
AbiomedMeals · 2025-11-21None$27
AbiomedMeals · 2025-07-16None$32
See earlier years (2024)

2024: $25

Payments by company in 2024
Abbott LaboratoriesThoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit$25
1 payment
  • Meals for Thoratec Heartmate 3 Lvas Implant Kit · 2024-12-24 · $25

Professional record

NPI
1710447057
Licence
CA A183969California A183969: Delinquent · expires 2025-04-01
Trained
Duke University School of Medicine, 2019 · 7 years ago
Gender
Male
More record details
Sole proprietor
Yes
Taxonomy
Federal specialty code 207L00000X (207L00000X); Student in a training program (390200000X)
Mailing address
512 San Benito Ave, Menlo Park, CA, 94025
NPI first listed
2019-03-22
NPI last updated
2024-01-31
NPI record certified
2023-06-25

This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.