NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist in Colorado

15 NPPES records list ophthalmic technician/technologist with a practice address in Colorado, 0.3 per 100,000 residents, the 2nd highest rate of 36. Denver and Colorado Springs have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI and the Colorado license search.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 156FX1100X · method

Denver has the most, 5

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist records in Colorado

  1. Cynthia BorgesLafayette, CO 800261255817276
  2. Sayed Turab ElhamDenver, CO 802041629898150
  3. Julie Haagenstad, COMTWindsor, CO 805501316519986
  4. Thia Hoffman, CERTIFIED OPHTH TECHArvada, CO 800031003403619
  5. Tanya Johnson, OAColorado Springs, CO 809071790995132
  6. Katherine Kucera, CMAColorado Springs, CO 809071164633731
  7. Nicole MaesDenver, CO 802051992306427
  8. Kindra Marko, COTLakewood, CO 802261003577933
  9. Joel Mendoza, COTDenver, CO 802051245992197
  10. Emily Moore, COTDenver, CO 802041649099649
  11. Nickole Nieto, COTBrighton, CO 806011639771298
  12. Rocio TerronesDenver, CO 802041083433056
  13. Regina Victoria, COTLafayette, CO 800261457800781
  14. Di Wei, C.O.M.TLone Tree, CO 801241225580285
  15. Deborah Wong, COAColorado Springs, CO 809071265642698

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1100X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Colorado ranks 2 of 36 per resident

  1. South Dakota0.4
  2. Colorado0.3
  3. Minnesota0.2
  4. Wyoming0.2
  5. 50 states and D.C.0.1

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 156FX1100X by practice state, file of Aug 9, 2026; records per 100,000 residents, 2023 Census estimates.

0.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 1.1% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Colorado0.0%
  2. United States1.1%

Ophthalmic Technician/Technologist records in Colorado, measured

  • In a Medicare file0 of 15 · 0.0% here, 1.1% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file0 · 0.0% here, 0.0% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more10 · 66.7% here, 62.6% nationally

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 156FX1100X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

15 NPPES records list ophthalmic technician/technologist (156FX1100X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Colorado: 0.3 per 100,000 residents against 0.1 nationally (50 states and D.C.). Denver has 5 of them (33%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. Georgia14
  2. Minnesota14
  3. Florida12
  4. California11

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. New York0.2

The largest states

  1. New York33
  2. Georgia14
  3. Minnesota14
  4. Florida12
  5. California11

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record is not a license.

Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.