Frank Skurpski, MD

Working part-time to manage a panel of patients who are admitted to the LTC Facilities or the Rehab facilities at Demay Living Center and Clifton Springs Hospital.

• Medical Director of multiple Skilled Nursing Facilities in the Upstate New York Region that provide Sub-Acute Rehab and Long Term Care.
• Supervise and provide clinical support for Advanced Practice Providers and Physicians within our network of facilities.
• Collaborated with facility administrators to implement best practices for efficient operations management across the region that have helped to decrease readmission rates and improve the quality of care.
• Enhanced regional medical performance by providing strategic leadership to multiple healthcare facilities, while recruiting and developing new medical directors for the buildings.
• Streamlined administrative processes by implementing standardized procedures across all facilities within the region to help with timely nurse-provider communication.

• Helped to meet the needs of an ever-changing medically complex Health System, by developing a Medical Short-Stay Unit from a Simple Observation Unit.
• Enhanced operational performance by identifying areas of improvement and implementing change management strategies.
• Led quality improvement initiatives resulting in enhanced clinical service delivery across departments.
• Streamlined healthcare processes for increased efficiency and better patient outcomes.

• Assisted in Level of Care Determination, Denials & Appeals Management, Coding Documentation Improvement, and Provider Education.

• Physician Advisor in Utilization Management.
• Worked to enhance compliance, increase efficiency, and improve financial outcomes for hospitals across the country.

• Precepted RIT Physician Assistant Students.
• Created Observation Elective and eventual Medicine Core Rotation in the Observation Unit for RIT's PA program.

• Oversaw the inoculation, fermentation and extraction processes involved in antibiotic manufacturing.