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Can that work?  I guess it would be subcontracting in a way.  Just wondering.

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Does anyone have any feedback on Health Information Partners (HIP)--good or bad?

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Any recent info re: AEGIS/People Support out of Burbank?  How is their platform, lots of ESL's, pay on time, etc???  Info. I found was over a year old.  Thanks in advance.... wandering...

Does anyone have experience on Wordscript, the CardioScribes platform?  If so, could you share your feedback on the platform and if it's pretty easy to make the required lines on it?

Thanks so much!!!

The company I work for recently enabled the Control-I function which I have read a lot about on here.  Can someone please tell me what the advantage of this is?  We don't count headers or footers, and the Cont.I function does, so what is the point?  I would just as soon use the I-Chart and wait for it to update.  I haven't been cheated yet! I don't get what all the uproar was about.

I am a former SPI employee and got a letter from the company who did our paychecks today saying an SPI employee had left a laptop on a plane that had our personal info such as SSI#, bank info, etc. and the laptop had not been recovered.  They are supposed to have a 1-year free deal with Equifax for a credit watch.  This is really scary to me. Was wondering if anyone else got this letter.

Thanks for any info!

80% cons, 20% pros.

but I'm a math retard.  If an SE made 10 cpl and an IC also made 10 cpl, and everything else were equal, then the SE is actually making more because half of the 15% social security tax is paid by the employer.  So the SE makes 7.5% more than the IC, correct?

Now here's where I'm a math retard.  If you take that 7.5% into account, what is the SE's *real* line rate?  Sure, it's still cpl but when you figure the employer is paying 7.5% of the taxes then does that make the line rate actually more like 10.75 cpl?  Or am I off on my math?

I was offered a position with Transtech today. The recruiter gave me a lot of info, but I completely drew a blank regarding any questions I had. I work for MQ now, and am looking to leave because I believe it is only going to get worse, and I can't take any more cuts in pay. So here goes:

1. Do they do ASR, and if so, what is their percentage of line rate (i.e., Medquist currently pays 70%).

2. Do they pay any shift differential?

3. Do they allow split shifts or 10 hour shifts for 4 days if 1 is a weekend day?

4. As far as line rate, they offered me 1.25 cents less a line than I am currently making, but their incentive program, from what I understood, seems pretty decent.

5. Are they easy to work with, QA, supervisors, etc.

Any and all information anyone can provide would be appreciated. This is a big decision I need to make by Monday, and am a little nervous, but think I would like to take the leap!

Does anybody know of a free line counting program I could download?  Also, is anybody familiar with wtd. lines vs. lines in a line counting program?  I assume wtd. means weighted, and what does it mean?  Thanks.

Does anyone have any information on Transolutions?  I remember a while back hearing that the platform was a little outdated.  Has that changed at all?  Any other opinions?

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After reading the boards about the new MQ plan I went to Qnet to see what I could find.  I haven't received the packet yet nor had I received a phone call (or so I thought).  I found a section that stated I received a phone call on Sept 15th and that I had received paperwork.  I wondered what the heck was going on.  Checked my caller ID and sure enough on Sept 15th there was an 800 number (after typing it in Google I found out it was Medquist).  After talking with my husband at dinner about the new plan and the phone call he finally (after 2 weeks) tells me that they called and HE told them that I got a paper in the mail.  They never called ME back or asked that I call them with questions.  So you might want to ask your husband or kids if they talked to someone. 

I would like to know if anyone has any suggestions regarding their testing.  I took their test a few years ago and passed the multiple choice but not the transcription.  There was so much static and distortion on the voice files I couldn't hear well and even though I left proper blanks, I didn't pass.  Does anyone have any ideas as to why they don't provide better voice files and how I can overcome this?  Thanks to all for any suggestions.

Bet there will be no holiday pay for a lot of us since we have to have 32 hours in addition to the holiday to qualify for holiday pay. (WMX).  We will be all sitting and scrapping for the work.  Hope those new accounts come on soon and just swamp us with work. 

Holiday weeks are usually feast and famine but I just had to gripe.  Excuse me now.  Have a good holiday all.

Just wondering if anyone else out there has had the same experience with Terranova.  Tested, told I passed and offered a job at one rate and sent info on job benefits.  Then received second message saying you are hired as IC (I didn't want IC), so declined job.  Next message from them says misunderstanding, hired as employee at a different (lower rate).  To top it all off, the English in the message sounds stilted, as if being written by a foreign-speaking person.  Possibly because they are Canadian based??  Just curious if anyone else has had similar experience.  Feel free to email me if you'd rather.