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What type of insurance do they offer? Just me, SM

Posted By: Felicity on 2007-08-28
In Reply to: Been with SS for almost 3 years. sm - Crystal

so don't need family rate. Is is good? HMO? PPO? What company?

This is very important for me to know. I don't care about schedules, since I worked for woman in charge there before. I just need insurance. Thanks.


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F/U on All Type Professional Liability Insurance
Just sharing this as I have never run into this request from MTSO

 

This is an email from Professional Liability Insurance provided through Healthcare Providers Service Organization.   I goggled Professional Liability Insurance.

 

All Type wanted me to provide this (costly I am sure, insurance)

 

My reply back to email.

Thank you for the info -- (their text to me)  As a Medical Transcriptionist, if you were to add or omit something to what the dictator relays to you, and a claim or incident occurs because of error or omission, you can be named in a lawsuit.

 

My reply to them:

No way I would be party to this

 unless I had permanently stored audio (dictated) and MY original transcribed text.  Only way I could prove anything.  Once the report leaves me, it can be changed at will by what is called QA Quality Assurance staff or the dictator. Whoa!!! You think the doctor or QA will admit a change.  Don't think so. The medical transcriber will be the fall guy.

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