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Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
Sutter Health provides care for more low-income patients in northern California than any of its competitors. Many of these patients are on the Medi-Cal program for low-income people. For your answer, talk about the fact that the care you provide for people is unbiased and that you treat all patients equally. Financial and insurance information should have no bounds on the care provided to individuals until it comes time for the patient to make decisions on care plans regarding their coverage. If you have familiarity working with government-funded healthcare programs, make sure to talk about the programs and the patients you saw under the program.

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"No matter who walks through my clinic doors, I treat all patients the same and provide the best care possible. With my current organization, we see patients that are enrolled in the Oregon Health Plan for low-income people. As part of the coordinated care organization network, we as providers can focus on the patients and not worry about the back end of insurance payments, deductibles, or co-pays for our patients."

Ryan Brunner has over ten years of experience recruiting, interviewing, and hiring candidates in the healthcare, public service, and private manufacturing/distribution industries.
"I believe all people should have access to equal healthcare services regardless of their socioeconomic or ethnic background. I am very familiar with the Medi-Cal program and currently work with patients that have coverage through the program. While I normally don't have access to patient insurance coverage information, I'll often get asked questions on coverage by people who have it. I am very informed about the program. I can answer patients' questions about their coverage and know where to look if I don't have the answer."

Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
The interviewer mainly wants to know about your experience working with lower-income patients. Unless you are interviewing for a position in billing, the interviewer isn't as concerned with what you know about government-funded healthcare but about how you interact with and treat patients with government-funded healthcare.

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