How to Answer: Speech therapy can cost your patient a lot of money, do you worry about the cost for the patient when doing your job?
Advice and answer examples written specifically for a Speech Pathology job interview.
1. Speech therapy can cost your patient a lot of money, do you worry about the cost for the patient when doing your job?
How to Answer
This is always, and should be a concern, but not a dictator of how you deliver patient care. There is cost associated with any treatment or service, and while in medicine especially this can many times be extraordinary, this is not a motivator or reason not to treat a patient as you were trained to do.
Written by Heather Douglass
Entry Level
"Knowing that the behind the scenes issues in healthcare change on a regular basis when it comes to government intervention, a good healthcare worker must keep up to speed on the changes for their patients. With that said, my job is to first provide the best care possible to my patients. If a patient or family member ever had a question or a concern with their insurance coverage and my services, I would try to help out as best as I could or refer them to someone in billing to talk further."
Written by Ryan Brunner
Answer Example
"As a therapist, I not only treat the patient but work alongside the family. I'll help them research their healthcare plan to ensure that treatment is covered or help them file the appropriate paperwork to get reimbursed."
Written by Heather Douglass
Experienced
"I do not worry about the cost of the therapy for the patient when trying to conduct my therapy with them. I do, however, make myself available to them should questions ever arise. With the changes recently to the ACA, my current employer handles these questions up front with potential clients in our billing department. This alleviates most concerns from the patients or their family when they are with me."
Written by Ryan Brunner