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VR pay scales

Posted By: Terry on 2009-09-13
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I am an Editscript MT, i cannot find a job paying more than 0.425 and .084 out there, what is wrong with this picture, do they want us to work for free??.  and now they dont pay for spaces?? not worth it...If someone out there pays more than that, please let me know as i am floundering and i edit more than 500 lines an hour..Help


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Regarding Pay Scales

What I have found with 2-3 companies is that the number of years you have been an MT really does not matter.  Your pay is based on your skill level.  This means the number of specialties you are qualified to do as far as office visits, tests, procedures, and surgical reports, and how long you have done each of those specialties.  The list of these was absolutely unbelievable.  I would not be dishonest about it either.  You may end up on one and expected to be an expert.  So if you have been an MT for 10-15 years, but have only done cardiology, or 1-2 other specialties, your skill level may not be as good as what they are looking for. Some companies have 3 different skill levels and some have 4.  I have been an MT over 30 years, but my skill level is only in the middle, which is 9 cpl.  I'm pretty comfortable with that.  The extra pay is not worth learning all the other specialties to me as long as I can stick with the one I am best at because at 2000 lines a day I can turn that 9 cpl into $45,000 to $48,000 per year, which I am okay with. 


Some of you may want to look at it this way -  if you are low on work or no work,  isn't it better to make 7-8 cpl on an account/specialty you do well ($35,000 or $40,000) rather than 9 cpl on an account where there is little or no work ($20,000 to whatever).  I would think about that before demanding the higher pay.  You have to have that SKILL level to demand higher pay, not any given number of years transcribing.  Doesn't matter if you have been an MT for 40 years.  The employers are getting picky and demanding themselves these days.  To all of you MTs who have been around a while, don't let your age discourage you.  Your experience is now what the companies are looking for if they are going to pay those higher wages.  There are alot of us out there.  It will be very easy for you to land a job.  Hope everyone finds work and pay that makes them happy.  Good luck.


I agree....those pay scales are way too low.
Most hospitals pay in the vicinity of $15.00 per hour to start, with an average production requirement of 1000 lines per day. This is not a union for medical transcriptionists, but a disguised industry group for MTSOs. Check out this line in the About Us section of their website: It is not to late; the time to speak is now. If you don't even know the difference between to and too, how are you going to convince healthcare administrators that transcriptionists deserve better pay?
Many hospitals around here have tiered production pay scales. SM
And they are also starting to let their employees go home and work, as well as their coders.  I would work for a hospital any day over a service.