take / your questions

Take these questions to the visit.

Keep this list open or copy the questions into your own notes. Add anything you want to discuss about your health and your budget.

Ask about the person and the assessment.

Get the assessor's complete name and professional role. Keep the answer beside these questions.

Doctor licence details and penalties imposed by state medical boards are available in those boards' public records.a

• Who will assess me, and how do I check their state licence?
• What do you need to know about my health and other medicines?
• What is the route for sending later questions to my clinician?
• What happens if the visit needs a test or an examination?
• What happens if the clinician does not recommend medicine?

Ask about the medicine and the pharmacy.

Request written details of the precise medicine name, its form, pill or shot, and the pharmacy's name.

The maker of a compounded medicine may be unknown to patients using online care, FDA notes.b

• What is the exact medicine, and what condition is it meant to treat?
• Does this product have approval as a finished medicine, or is it prepared to order?
• If you prepare it to order, which of my needs would it meet?
• What are the names of the preparing and sending pharmacies?
• Who explains the product instructions and storage to me?

Ask about the bill and ongoing care.

Request the full written charge and renewal terms. Keep the answers with the treatment name.

Ask your insurance plan which costs it would cover and what approval it needs beforehand.

• What is included in the total charge, and what is paid separately?
• What does the next bill look like after an introductory offer?
• What am I charged if my plan refuses cover?
• How do I cancel, and which charges can be refunded?
• Who can I reach after the visit, and how do I reach them?
• Which problems call for urgent help rather than a message?