Let's drop the subject. The issue has been addressed SM
Posted By: Think I work there, too on 2008-03-20
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I am pretty sure this subject has been addressed before, but don't think it got many responses, s
I'm asking again. If you work for an employer/company that do not require you to work 30-40 hours per week, but require you to meet the minimum line requirement within a certain time-frame or window, would you please give the name.
I would like to see this addressed as well
I do just fine with Extext working for another company, but I still wonder what was going on when I worked there. I felt like I worked so hard and got few pennies to show for it. Most companies do not pay for headers or footers but this goes beyond that.
VR should be addressed! sm
Some companies are offering up only 4 cpl for VR acute care. This is a disgrace! I will not work for 4 cpl, bottom line! I will be on my way to a new career path if this is the continued trend. I have invested literally thousands on my career, equipment, books, and miscellaneous over the last very many years in this field. If acute care is so easy to edit that it's only worth 4 cpl, then approach someone off the street to do it!
I agree with the USMLSU poll.
She addressed that in the post
I think she sounded right on with her opinion. She also has a great attitude. VR is going to stay and we need to embrace it or get another career.
Exactly. It was a problem and it is being addressed. (sm)
People are always looking for something bad. 
While I am not one you addressed this post to, I can tell you my job is
IC and with my own hospital client(s), and like I stated in my post, it is at a much higher line rate than 8 or 9 cpl.
Before having my own client(s), I can tell you that the ability to make a good average hourly wage is definitely here in the MT field. I am not sure what difficulties you are having, but I worked for a national for a period of time at 10 cpl (gross line) and make tremendous money.
It can be done. I think it depends on the company, platform, account, and line rate though.
Just because you do not believe it, does not make it untrue.
This question was addressed with Administrator. (SM)
Job listings are written by the companies posting the listing. We do not define how they make their own listings.
If you feel uncomfortable sending a resume to an unidentified company, then you should not. Perhaps an e-mail to them asking for identification first.
Goldbird
Comment not addressed to you but to "whoa"
Sorry - thought I posted directly as a response to dial it back jack! I was not commenting to you at all - we are on the same side!!
That is also being addressed, also found in the email from 6/19. nm
Again, this situation has been addressed and is not a problem anymore.
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I was sent a gift card by mistake- addressed to my supervisor
I emailed my supervisor and she said sh ewas expecting a gift card in the mail and to mail it to her. I called the company... they said it was a mistake.. So, I am wondering, did only management get giftcards, or did all employees but me get a gift card. I happily mailed the card to my supervisor. I also sent my notice of resignation to Probity.
Drop it already! ENOUGH! DONE! OVER! nm
NM
Is there a reason you cannot let this drop?
We are all tired of all the nonsense, but seems to me you are tyring to continue it!
Drop Hyphen
Thanks for setting me straight and thanks for your time in answering.
LLD
I think you can drag and drop it.
Isn't that working for you?
Did they also drop the rate?
If this is the case, then this is why. If not, and it is as you say, I would start sending out resumes and don't leave until you have another jobtained and even work both for a time if you can, to see if you like the place. Some management style is punishing, they feel this is the way to do it WHERE it should be the opposite, people will work their guts out if they just be nice and fair. Start looking for a better place. Their loss.
I had to drop my coverage -
I could not afford to pay the premiums as I had no work. I was basically working just to pay that.
Also, since they paid on a tier plan, I went from making over 11 cpl to making 6 CPL at the same time. That is why they do not mind overhiring - they get the same work done for much less money, so that means more money in their pockets.
You do realize what MQ is doing right now is exactly what Spheris does. I still think they may drop
SE but hope not but Spheris does not have IC or SE so if there is a plan in the works MQ may just have employees.
Hope that stays the same because it is apt to drop
as mine did. Lot of us outsourced from a major hospital and went from salary and incentive to less than 4 months later VR at 4 cents a line, still make that but on straight it is 8 (over 30 years experience) but I average about $18.75 an hour and that is because of my speed only. When pay and incentive though over 40 thou a year so quite a drop.
So, if your the lucky soul who gets 7.4 cpl and you drop below 98.9%, then you'd get 6.4 cpl..wow
You can drag and drop, but under the more button you
have to check the box that says remember player position. HTH.
Don't people who obtain the CMT normally drop the RMT sm
from the end of their name?
Comm Pg; request Help; use the drop-down box. nm
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Just wondering - why would an MTSO drop
Not disputing you or anything, I just wondered why they would do that. It seems it is dog-eat-dog in the MTSO industry and I can't understand why they would practically give an account to a competitor.
Just wondering, not disputing here.
I believe there is a Drop Chute program but
I don't know anything about it.
While we are on the subject...
I received an email last night from a company that I had sent my resume to back in February - this was just an invitation to take the test. I was polite, though, when I emailed her back to say that I had already started a new job.
OH, WELL, I TRIED TO PUT A SUBJECT
LINE IN THAT MADE SENSE, AND WHEN I DELETED SOMETHING, I COULD NOT SEE THAT TWO WORDS WERE INVERTED BEFORE POSTING IT! Sorry. Some transcriptionist, huh??? 
On subject
I think it was also stated in the posts about Jennifer that she was walked through the training several times and just did not understand it. She said herself she was not computer savvy. I think the responses to her were that she needed to be able to get it down relatively quickly and not need extensive hand holding as an IC, not that the MTSO wasn't willing to train her. The post by the trainer showed that they were willing to train her and did so. She apparently just could not grasp it.
my take on the subject sm.
After reading all the replies to fatcat's post, I agree with the general consensus - would NOT recommend the MT field to anyone at this point. Being an MT for 10 years, I've seen lots of changes, especially over the past 5 years, but I can't imagine the changes that the 20+ year veterans have seen, but really appreciate their posts and insight. WOW is all I can say. Yes, my pay has decreased over the years and there are definitely more ESLs than ever. I'm having to work longer hours and harder to make what I made years ago and I literally feel like I'm going backwards. What used to be a lucrative and enjoyable profession is no longer. Just plain SAD. I truly believe my experience is the only thing keeping me afloat at this point. If I was a new MT in today's day and age, I would throw in the towel and find something else. It's just not worth it. I'm hanging in like the rest of you, but it's a real shame what has happened to this profession.
The subject of having less MTs?
I have been doing VR for some years now. At first it was really, really good and now it has regressed. If it continues to be as much work now to correct, you will not lose MTs like this- if that is why VR was designed in the first place. Takes so much time with all the corrections, do not see where that much faster.
Since the subject came up
will someone please enlighten me........when I went to school in the past century, we were taught, I have a bicycle for SALE or I want to SELL my bicycle. When did it become proper to say, I have a bicycle for SELL. ?????? Did they change the rules while I was sleeping? I see ads all the time saying, For SELL. What the hey??? IMO it sounds retarded.
Yes. I bought a policy when I knew I would drop below
production levels. It has a higher deductible than my MQ insurance but it was the almost the exact same cost. I will never tie my health insurance to an MT job again. Too risky.
Thank you for posting. I've been waiting for the axe to drop
because I can't get up to speed. I was expecting to be able to do 250-300 lph there because I heard how great their platform was. I do love so many things about them compared to other places I've worked.
While the acct does make a difference, the drop in pay
will make it difficult for anyone who has been a speedy MT to make nearly the same amount of mone. It appears to me that their goal is to put all employees in the $30-35K per year range. That's not good enough for me.
I should have listened to the warnings last year on this board last year, but that's okay - I've learned my lesson and will be starting next week with someone else who give me a CHOICE as to whether I edit or not.
I would call or drop an email inquiring.
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Agree Completely. Will Clients Drop Us?
Those clients surely will drop the new entity first thing. Perhaps a new entity will evolve to cover those clients and will absorb those of us familiar with them?
What scares me is a drop in pay beginning today.
Certainly, not the training; certainly not being out of comfort zone. In all my years as an MT I have gone through many changes. What I don't like is being put in a position where I put a question mark next to my check for the next rent, and for the future... That is what I am scared of...
Doesn't it make sense to be frightened of a sudden drop in pay when you have no other income to depend on? If I were salaried I certainly would not be afraid of anything... I would enjoy learning something new... but this is like no safety net.
Also, my car loan as well as my landlord expect me to have the same or better income on my paystub... what am I supposed to tell them about a drop immediately in the same job? They would certainly be afraid if they knew this were happening.
subject to change..lol
I worked for a large national for an entire week, getting only one report per day, but one of them was really really bad. The patient had allergies listed and then the same medications listed in "medications." The family history had the father 2 different ages and dying of 2 different disorders, and it went on and on. I sent it to QA with a description of all of the obvious and potentially dangerous errors and was told "it is verbatim and not our problem." Scuse me...that could be somebody's grandma laying there about to be given a medication that could or could not be deadly due to an allergy!!
Back to the subject
Can I just ask for answers to my question? I have 19+ years experience in Internal Medicine and don't want to work for a large company. I just wanted to know if there are any small companies or MTSO's that might need help with an Internal Medicine account. Thank you!!
while we are on the subject of Spheris
I applied for a job with them 8 months ago. A recruiter called the next day and left a message on the machine. I had called the recruiter back and left a message on her machine saying that I had decided to stay with the hospital I was working for because they were talking about sending me back home. 8 months later they are still looking into it. I don't know whether to call Spheris back, I still have the recruiter's number or re-apply on-line. I am so new to this job hunting thing.
I have heard good and bad about Spheris. The clocking in and out thing wouldn't bother me. Do they require you to work weekends?
I just have ten words on the subject....
July sucked for the MT. It was so slow everywhere.
Different subject, but similar ...
I was disappointed that I could not make
tp's play out as - the patient's.
So now I type tpjs instead, and it plays out as - the patient's.
off subject - Extext
I use Extext and get paid for everything -- ADT, cc, headers, footers. It is not the software, it is whoever sets up the counts.
IMO, no off subject. Very true.
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Okay one more post on this subject.
Having to work just as hard to pay an insurance premium is not necessarily a good thing. I just hope TT offers a generous line count pay with increases along with their niceness, and I'm not talking about easy accounts where you can type more at 8 cpl and make more money. I'm talking about increases on a regular basis. Also, I agree with not making such a big deal about TT because everyone will flock and then all of a sudden the ones with the kushy schedule have no work because there is someone new to work when TT wants them to and not when you can work. Have a great day!
Okay should be !!! not ??? in my subject line there.
nm
So suggest something. You want another subject,
nm
Subject: Axolotl
I was reading a few posts down (probably now on next page). I find this all very, very disheartening to read. I am a fairly new employee to this company. I work my schedule, my line count is sort of fluctuating because I am on a learning curve with some things, although I have achieved the minimum on quite a few occasions, and it is my ultimate goal to eventually achieve it all the time; also my quality is high. I, personally have a high opinion of this company and find it extremely hard to believe some of the most recent posts, but then again, these people have been here longer than me and may know a few things I don't know as far as the way the company operates. This has all left me very confused about everything now, and I hope there is a fellow employee (hopefully one with more seniority than me) who can reassure me that this company, which I feel so highly about, is not the monster that people are trying to make it out to be. I know you shouldn't believe everything you read, but honestly, since I have been reading on this board for the past 4-5 months, I have heard nothing but praise about this company; that is why I decided to try to obtain an MT position with them, and then I hear this bad wrap, so I'm sure you all can understand my concern. This is the worst I have heard about them and it is quite a long thread too. Could this be the very new newbies who are already unhappy, or some old-timers telling it like it is....I dunno. Hopefully, someone can shed some light on the real thing about this company and how things are truly done.
Why are you still on here? Isn't the subject now moot
I am 1 of many posters, but I can tell you this is the last time I am wasting looking at your posts. You continue on and on. The original poster wrote exactly 3 times if I am correct. You may. She it seems worked day and night to get her work in, and seemed to just be striking up a conversation. It must have hit a nerve with you. I am curious as to why you keep this up... and why you need to constantly explain yourself. Well, good for the OP who got more work, and BTW she did not say she could not feed her kids, she said she had 40 bucks until the end of the week, which to me is a lot of money if you shop right. Good for the OP for trying to start a conversation about trying to keep the holidays bright despite the economic times, and good for the OP who in her last post to you seemed to be so well read and well versed she shot you down with a pen. For me, I am longwinded. All she had to say was she learned a lot about poverty of the soul. I tell you I won't soon forget this situation and if your blow-heartedness showed her brightness, then so be it. That is why you existed her. I assume you don't celebrate Grace coming into the world so you would not know what I meant when I said Merry Christmas to you anyway, because you probably should be thankful for Grace alot more than the OP.
I'm sure this subject has been exhausted BUT I have know sm
someone who is a CMA, 2 years of schooling with medical transcription courses and of course, no experience. She wants to get out of the clinical side of medical assisting. Where can I direct her as she wants to work from home? She doesn't have kids, but husband is military. I know she can do this, but not sure where to send her to get started.
I'm thinking possibly some of the bigger companies will look at her resume since she's never done this as a job before. Thanks for helping out. I appreciate any answer!
Since we're on this subject
I bought some headphones from transcriptiongear.com called Noisebuster. I absolutely love these things. You can still hear what's going on away from your desk but it's muffled. The reports I send to QA went down DRAMATICALLY since using these things because I can hear the dictation much more clear now. They do take AAA batteries, which need replaced about every 3 weeks. I went from sending about 5 reports a day to QA to 1 report every few days if that. I love these things! In case you're interested, the brand is Noisebuster Pro Tech NB-FX Noise Canceling. They're comfortable, too, cushioned around the ear lobe.
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