Frida Falco, PA
Physician Assistant · Elmira
- 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
- 12 years
- Graduated 2014
Offices
1 location · Arnot Ogden Medical Center · 219 clinicians in this group
Hospitals listed: Arnot Ogden Medical Center. That is not proof they admit you there this week.
Plan participation
Not verified
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California Medical Board record
Licence G55725 · Cancelled
Licence status: Cancelled · since 1985 · Brown University Program in Medicine.
License has been voluntarily canceled, or the license has been expired for at least five years and has not been renewed. No practice is permitted.
Matched on the licence number without its letter prefix; check the name before relying on it.
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.
- Arnot Ogden Medical CenterElmira, NYAcute Care Hospital · Voluntary non-profit - Private · Has an emergency department · Birthing-friendlyPart of Arnot Health, which runs 3 hospitalsPatients rate it 2 of 5 · 58% would definitely recommend itOverall rating: 2 of 5 starsWorse than the national rate — CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events composite: 2.28 (1.85 to 2.7), Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Worse than the national rate — Pressure ulcer rate: 4.92 (3.96 to 5.88) · 2,114 cases, Jul 2022 – Jun 2024Better than the national rate — Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards): 0.177, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025Better than the national rate — Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff): 0.064, Oct 2024 – Sep 2025
See every measure and the patient survey for Arnot Ogden Medical Center
Behind the star rating — Deaths: 0 better, 7 the same, 0 worse of 7 measures. Safety: 2 better, 4 the same, 1 worse of 7 measures. Readmissions: 0 better, 8 the same, 2 worse of 10 measures. The star rating is worked out from an earlier period than the measures below, so the two can disagree.
| CMS Medicare PSI 90: Patient safety and adverse events compositeComplications and deaths | 2.28 (1.85 to 2.7) | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Pressure ulcer rateComplications and deaths | 4.92 (3.96 to 5.88) · 2,114 cases | Worse | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infections (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 0.177 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Clostridium Difficile (C.Diff)Infections | 0.064 | Better | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Abdominopelvic accidental puncture or laceration rateComplications and deaths | 0.99 (0 to 2.05) · 359 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate among surgical inpatients with serious treatable complicationsComplications and deaths | 195.03 (132.42 to 257.64) · 31 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Death rate for COPD patientsComplications and deaths | 8.3 · 125 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart attack patientsComplications and deaths | 11.6 · 113 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for heart failure patientsComplications and deaths | 15.2 · 171 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for pneumonia patientsComplications and deaths | 16.7 · 218 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Death rate for stroke patientsComplications and deaths | 13.7 · 153 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hybrid Hospital-Wide All-Cause Risk Standardized Mortality RateComplications and deaths | 5.2 · 1,823 cases | None | Jul 2024 – Jun 2025 |
| Iatrogenic pneumothorax rateComplications and deaths | 0.18 (0 to 0.4) · 3,165 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| In-hospital fall-associated fracture rateComplications and deaths | 0.33 (0.12 to 0.54) · 3,147 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Perioperative pulmonary embolism or deep vein thrombosis rateComplications and deaths | 3.4 (0.97 to 5.83) · 441 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative acute kidney injury requiring dialysis rateComplications and deaths | 1.64 (0 to 3.36) · 151 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma rateComplications and deaths | 2.17 (0.49 to 3.84) · 435 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative respiratory failure rateComplications and deaths | 10.33 (1.04 to 19.63) · 145 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative sepsis rateComplications and deaths | 5.75 (1.57 to 9.93) · 141 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Postoperative wound dehiscence rateComplications and deaths | 1.71 (0.2 to 3.22) · 57 cases | No different | Jul 2022 – Jun 2024 |
| Rate of complications for hip/knee replacement patientsComplications and deaths | 4.2 · 82 cases | None | Apr 2023 – Mar 2025 |
| Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection (ICU + select Wards)Infections | 1.555 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| MRSA BacteremiaInfections | 1.341 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| SSI - Colon SurgeryInfections | 1.431 | No different | Oct 2024 – Sep 2025 |
| Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 15.8 · 184 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Heart failure (HF) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 23.9 · 367 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart attack patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.5 · 95 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for heart failure patientsUnplanned return visits | 43.1 · 194 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Hospital return days for pneumonia patientsUnplanned return visits | 19.1 · 231 cases | None | Jul 2022 – Jun 2025 |
| Pneumonia (PN) 30-Day Readmission RateUnplanned return visits | 17.8 · 418 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of emergency department (ED) visits for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 6 (4 to 9.2) · 91 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of inpatient admissions for patients receiving outpatient chemotherapyUnplanned return visits | 11.3 (8 to 15.8) · 91 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
| Rate of readmission after hip/knee replacementUnplanned return visits | 5.8 · 76 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of readmission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patientsUnplanned return visits | 20.8 · 236 cases | None | Jul 2023 – Jun 2025 |
| Rate of unplanned hospital visits after colonoscopy (per 1,000 colonoscopies)Unplanned return visits | 13.7 (10.3 to 17.8) · 760 cases | No different | Jan 2022 – Dec 2024 |
| Ratio of unplanned hospital visits after hospital outpatient surgeryUnplanned return visits | 1 (0.7 to 1.4) · 331 cases | No different | Jan 2024 – Dec 2024 |
What patients said (654 patients answered, 24% of those asked)
| Cleanliness | 3 |
| Nurse communication | 2 |
| Doctor communication | 2 |
| Communication about medicines | 2 |
| Discharge information | 3 |
| Overall hospital rating | 2 |
| Quietness | 2 |
| Recommend hospital | 3 |
| Room was "always" clean | 66% |
| Nurses "always" communicated well | 73% |
| Doctors "always" communicated well | 70% |
| Staff "always" explained | 55% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients this information | 84% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about help after discharge | 84% |
| Doctors "always" explained things so they could understand | 64% |
| Doctors "always" listened carefully | 67% |
| Doctors "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 78% |
| Patients who gave a rating of "9" or "10" (high) | 60% |
| Staff "always" explained new medications | 67% |
| Nurses "always" explained things so they could understand | 69% |
| Nurses "always" listened carefully | 69% |
| Nurses "always" treated them with courtesy and respect | 81% |
| "Always" quiet at night | 46% |
| "YES", patients would definitely recommend the hospital | 58% |
| Staff "always" explained possible side effects | 42% |
| Yes, staff "did" give patients information about possible symptoms | 85% |
Original Medicare doctor bills
$7,354
Medicare paid this office $7,354 for 49 people.
This is what Medicare paid the clinician — not Medicare Advantage, and not the pharmacy.
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 18 | $1,357 | $50 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 12 | $1,287 | $76 |
Who their Medicare patients are
49 Original Medicare patients in 2024. Average age 70 · Women 57% · Also on Medicaid 47% · Health risk score 2.67. Sicker patients than 9 in 10 peers; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1.31.
Conditions among them: High blood pressure 75% · Coronary heart disease 59% · Diabetes 49% · Heart failure 49% · Depression 47% · Chronic kidney disease 45% · COPD 41% · Atrial fibrillation 41% · Cancer 22% · Stroke 22%.
The office billed $19,777, Medicare allowed $9,230 and paid $7,354; for 94 services of 10 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.
Year by year
| 2024 | 49 | 94 | 70 | 2.67 | $19,777 | $7,354 |
| 2023 | 31 | 75 | 73 | 2.81 | $18,749 | $5,452 |
| 2018 | 201 | 350 | 74 | 2.76 | $124,112 | $27,231 |
| 2017 | 256 | 473 | 73 | 2.44 | $149,832 | $40,130 |
| 2016 | 156 | 274 | 76 | 2.45 | $72,775 | $23,479 |
Original Medicare only. A service billed for fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden, so the lines can add up to less than the year's total.
See the services billed each year
2023: 1 service
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 16 | $1,622 | $48 |
2018: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 43 | $10,982 | $155 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 100 | $6,453 | $52 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 51 | $4,704 | $72 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 29 | $857 | $29 |
2017: 5 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 66 | $15,186 | $158 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 82 | $9,018 | $75 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 125 | $8,125 | $50 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 30 | $4,312 | $144 |
| Subsequent hospital care with straightforward or low level of medical decision making, per day at least 25 minutes | 18 | $615 | $28 |
2016: 4 services
| Critical care, first 30-74 minutes | 41 | $10,186 | $154 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 50 minutes | 50 | $5,148 | $73 |
| Subsequent hospital care with moderate levelof medical decision making at least 35 minutes | 75 | $4,679 | $50 |
| Initial hospital care with moderate level of medical decision making at least 75 minutes | 12 | $1,695 | $141 |
Drugs they prescribed that Part D paid
$4,377
Pharmacies billed $4,377 in 2024.
This is pharmacy cost, not the office bill, and not what patients paid.
Opioids were 0% of their Part D prescriptions (0 of 68) in 2024. At or below the middle of the specialty; the typical physician assistant clinician is at 1%.
59 generic and fewer than 11 brand-name prescriptions · $4,377 in drug cost.
Part D prescriptions only. The opioid rate is opioid prescriptions as a share of all this clinician's Part D prescriptions; surgeons and pain specialists run higher than others, so it is shown against the same specialty.
Year by year
| 2024 | 68 | 25 | 0% (0) | None | $4,377 |
| 2023 | 22 | None | 0% (0) | None | $1,996 |
Part D prescriptions only. A drug prescribed to fewer than 11 people in a year is hidden.
Checkups this office reported
Medicare did not publish checkup rates for this clinician.
- Medicare’s overall office score
- 81.3 / 100
- Scores the office’s reporting and systems. It is not a grade for how the doctor treats you.
Professional record
- NPI
- 1649689779
- Licence
- CA 55725California G55725: Cancelled
- Gender
- Female
More record details
- Sole proprietor
- No
- Taxonomy
- Physician assistant (363A00000X)
- Mailing address
- 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA, 94305
- NPI first listed
- 2014-08-02
- NPI last updated
- 2019-08-15
This is when the NPI record was last certified, not a medical board exam.
Extra NPI addresses: 14458 Melbourne Ave, Flushing, NY, 11367