Family Practice Physician Mock Interview

Practice 20 Family Practice Physician interview questions covering clinical scenarios, patient management, and community care philosophy.

Question 15 of 20

How would you handle a problem in which Utilization Review wants you to discharge a patient who you feel isnâ€™t medically ready for discharge?

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Audra Kresinske

Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.

This scenario pits you against the hospital to come up with a solution for everyone's benefit. UR actions are usually based on dollar issues, protecting the hospital bottom line from insurance denials.

Audra Kresinske

Audra Kresinske is an educator with over 7 years experience teaching English and employment readiness skills.

"If I felt it would be dangerous to send a patient home, I would write a note of necessity for continued admission, on medical grounds, so UR could submit it for approval from a third-party payer. If the patient simply wanted to stay for his or her convenience, I would explain that he or she has satisfied criteria for discharge, but I would also offer home health follow-up, if the patient desired it and if it were allowed."

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20Family Practice Physician Interview Questions & Answers

1.Tell me a little about yourself.

2.What is it about this group/hospital that makes you want to be a part of it?

3.What can you bring to our group/hospital?

4.Do you have any current or previous lawsuits, including any settlements?

5.We have a policy of _______. Do you have a problem with that?

6.If youâ€™re not available, due to illness or vacation, for example, how will your patients be cared for?

7.Do you have any personal problems with our seeing or assigning you indigent or â€œcharityâ€ cases?

8.If you were to see a peer doing or saying something inappropriate, how would you respond?

9.What invasive procedures are you planning to do?

10.How do you feel about telemedicine?

11.Are you going to be doing obstetrics, and if so, are you willing to back up midwives doing deliveries?

12.Are there any substance abuse, domestic violence, or other background items that could impact the integrity of our hospital/group?

13.If youâ€™re on a rotational call for indigent patients or patients without a doctor, how would you feel about having to see a patient in the ED whom you had dismissed from your practice?

14.Would you be willing to accept whatever electronic medical record process is in use here?

15.How would you handle a problem in which Utilization Review wants you to discharge a patient who you feel isnâ€™t medically ready for discharge?

16.If you were to receive a communication from the Executive Committee about a practice issue of yours that it seems could have clinical repercussions, how would you address the members, when meeting with them?

17.How timely is your practice to sign off on chart entries and make all of your dictations current? Have you ever been suspended from a staff for failure to do these?

18.Would you be willing to serve on a committee investigating an issue concerning one of your colleagues?

19.What would be your response to hearing a code being called in the middle of the night, as youâ€™re getting ready to go home after attending a patient?