Ophthalmology Mock Interview

Master 25 Ophthalmology interview questions covering clinical cases, surgical expertise, and patient care scenarios.

Question 21 of 25

Do you accept Medicare assignment?

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Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.

This is really no business of theirs, unless there is a policy that you must be a 'participating doctor,' accepting Medicare assignment. If it's a group, this might be so; if it's a hospital, it only applies to those employed by the hospital, not independent staff. Nevertheless, a specialty geared toward the elderly, like ophthalmology is, probably requires you to accept assignment for financial reasons.

Ryan Brown

Ryan Brown created and launched MockQuestions in 2008.

"Yes, I am a participating doctor in accepting Medicare assignment.

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I accept Medicare but am a non-participating doctor for accepting assignment.

Alternatively,
I do not accept Medicare and have opted out. (This is likely incompatible with having a successful Ophthalmology practice.)"

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25Ophthalmology Interview Questions & Answers

1.Would you please tell me a little about yourself?

2.What is it about [ENTITY REPRESENTED BY INTERVIEWER] that makes you want to be a part of it?

3.What can you bring to [OUR ENTITY OR GROUP]?

4.Do you have any lawsuits currently or in the past, including any settlements?

5.Here we have a policy of [STIPULATED]. 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 our assigning you indigent or 'charity' 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 any chronic pain care?

12.Are there any substance abuse, domestic violence, or other background items that could impact the integrity of our hospital (or 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 feels could have clinical repercussions, how would you address the members when you went to the 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 with 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?

20.How is your attendance at general staff and department meetings?

21.Do you accept Medicare assignment?

22.Do you have any hesitation referring to a glaucoma specialist, subspecialist surgeon, or other ophthalmological subspecialty?

23.Medicare is increasingly basing reimbursement on 'best practices,' which is often nothing more than evidence-based medicine. Do you agree this is the best way to practice?

24.Do you have any personal feelings for or against optometrists?

25.If you are treating a patient who is experiencing a rocky course and you fear a likely lawsuit, would you still treat him/her if continuity of care were requested?