part time

Full time [2008-12-03]
not even hitting 20,000 this year. very disaapointing.

I use IT with DQ all the time. It works great. [2008-12-03]
I don't even use the DQ autotext.

if nobody gets back to you, just start your part-time schedule -nm [2008-12-03]
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full-time or part-time? sm [2008-12-02]
as a full-time with benefits employee, last year i made $23,700.00 full-time this year up to 11/15, i have made 19,900. beginning the 16th, i went part-time. i'll probably make almost as much, hah! in 2005, i made $36,500.00 - that was working for a hospital, getting paid hourly. if you are young and can choose a different profession, do yourself a favor and do so.

Full time 2 years ago, part time now...sm [2008-12-02]
My decrease between last yerar and this is attributable to an increase in ASR. I am fading off into retirement.

I think it is high time they start [2008-11-30]
penalizing the ASR software/computer techs for the performance of ASR. I can't continue to spend as much or more time on ASR for less pay. In MQ Central, MQ states they are at 50% ASR now. 50% ASR and 50% straight typing will result in a lot of people hovering around minimum wage. I would rather be flipping burgers for minimum wage. One of the local burger chains here pays more than minimum wage plus gives benefits without holding your benefits hostage.

all work all the time [2008-11-29]
I'm PT flex in SA5 and have had work all along and lots this afternoon - I have no PTO, so do you think the work is assigned so PT flexers get it and FT have to use PTO? I alwsys suspect complicated motives, but...

Just FYI. DQS's time is totally off. Just another way to screw us sm [2008-11-27]
I started my shift around midnight tonight (12 a.m. EST) to get an early start, about 2 hours, and then be done for the day. Well, here it is, 1:30 a.m., and ALL of my 200+ lines I've typed since midnight is still being calculated for 11/26, which was yesterday, not today, the 27th. I am so disgusted. I checked my line count for the 27th and it shows ZERO lines, even though I've been typing since midnight. Ooh, I'm so mad I could spit fire......this sucks BIG time. I could have been sleeping instead of typing this crap....So I went to MQCentral and there is NOTHING that states that time holiday lines start...apparently it's not midnight. So, what time is it? 6 a.m???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

Out of work. 0840 Pacific time. [2008-11-26]

we should not have to use our pTO time either [2008-11-26]
they should pay us downtime. Its the same difference.

I do that ALL THE TIME!!! [2008-11-25]
:)

Nah, every time I work my heart out to increase production, I get a pay cut. [2008-11-24]
nm

Medquist has acknowleged that they send work overseas for quite some time now. [2008-11-24]

Time Off [2008-11-23]
I don't know about MQ, but wouldn't you think that if we have to follow the rules about asking for holidays off within a certain time frame, that the supervisors would have a time frame to respond? All the places I've worked before, all requests for leave had to be approved/disapproved before a certain time and posted. If this was not done, the supervisors were in deep trouble. I know this isn't any consolation and I'm living in the past but, that was how the real world outside of MQ worked.

time off [2008-11-23]
Wow, I always thought their response was pretty much pro forma: If I ask for time off, I'm assuming I'll get the time off, whether they say anything or not. I've never had a problem with that coming back to haunt me, but are some CCMs so different that they'd get you in trouble for it?

what is time fraud?? [2008-11-23]
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going full time [2008-11-23]
I am considering going to FT so I can get benefits...my husband does not get benefits through his job and our monthly premium is through the roof. Could someone tell me how much the health insurance costs (approximately) to cover 2 people?

it's when your purposefully put down the incorrect time on your time sheet [2008-11-23]
Because of the definition of fraud, though I think in some way it has to have a financial impact on the company. So if you put down more time than you worked, causing them to pay you OT, that would be fraud. Or if you put down less time than you worked, causing them to pay you a bigger bonus, that might be fraud - however, since there is a pool a money where that is coming from that isn't really changed, i'm not really sure. Anyway, I think the bosses just like to use the word fraud when they really don't know what they are actually talking about.

Don't you have to clock into e-time? [2008-11-23]
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worst thing is they did this at the holiday time. [2008-11-22]

I've worked almost every weekend OT to help out, and now when I want time off, no answer? WTF NM [2008-11-21]
nm,

You know it is just a matter of time...sm [2008-11-21]
MQ will probably implement this Dec 1, 2009. Hopefully I

most of the time [2008-11-21]
when its regular non-ESL dictators, I can usually speed it up most of the way and have done so for years, but now more and more of the dictators I've been getting on ASR on the new primary and the bouncing around, have been ESL docs, so more errors, and have to slow it down to regular speed just to understand what the doc is saying....so if the speed thing has worked for me before all these changes recently on my old primaries, but on my best days I've done about 350 lines/hr on ASR, again, back when most were non-ESL persons and I swear the ASR is making more and more errors.

Don't waste your time writing to AHDI [2008-11-20]
Get a lawyer instead.

I am part-time but used to make about [2008-11-20]
1200 a day and now I'm in the 800 range. The bills keep comin' though.

Anybody else get a call from the IR yet asking for [2008-12-04]
extra time today and through the weekend? I wasn't even able to get a whole shift in Monday, work has been basically caught up Tuesday and Wednesday, and right now I am doing stuff that was dictated this morning. What are they thinking?

I think [2008-12-04]
it's that they know a lot of doctors wait and cram in their dictation at the end of the week or the person at the facility who transfers the work out waits until the end of the week to send it all out so they can retrieve it on Monday (at least that's what they did where I used to work inhouse). Plus with the holiday last week many places were closed and cram a lot of appointments into the week after a closing to try to keep patients on schedule. Now with that said I primarily work on hospital work and don't understand why I have been out of work for my team all week and the holiday when everyone knows that holidays are the biggest time for ERs, etc. due to everyone being too busy to go to their regular PCP. By the way, I didn't get this notification but assumed it would be coming from here through the next couple weeks.

You know... [2008-12-04]
The sad part about this post isn't that you don't hospitals have the ability to send or not send whatever they want, the sad part is you come on with this attitude that you know absolutely everything...and in reality you know nothing.

Seriously, [2008-12-04]
Either you are just looking to pick a fight and create chaos around here or are seriously a control freak. You can't possibly know how every single hospital works its dictation. Why would others have a reason to lie about their past experiences and what they know about how inhouse transcription worked for them, etc. Get a grip and find something better to do with your time than create an argument out of thin air. We are all just chatting, except you.

FYI--fact [2008-12-04]
No all dictators dictate directly into the system. A lot of them have what they call walk-abouts that they dictate into and can be downloaded into the system at any time. I have a dictator that dictates up to 3-4 days on his walk-about and they dumps that all in the system in one day. I do not believe they do it to tick us off it is just their way of dictating and part of their practice. Another dictator on my account dictates all his full physical exams on the weekend from the previous week (clinic work). It is just what he does. Work does not come in consistently. Doctors as well do get busy and get behind on dictation and need to catch up, again dumping work in the system when they have time to catch up on their dictation.

Good Grief! [2008-12-04]
I think you read wayyy too much into my post. I am not saying they do anything to pi$$ me off, I do not mind being called for extra hours on the weekends or working when the demand is there. Some of us (I think the OP) like to just understand where things are coming from. And yes, I really HAVE worked in house for a hospital (several large, nationally known entities) for quite some time. No, not all hospitals work the same, I was speaking from MY experience. So please, before shooting off like that, consider asking a few questions or trying to understand where the other poster is coming from. Not everyone is out to get someone or point a finger. Some are just here to offer an opinion and some alternative advice to help others...even if it is just to help understand why things may be the way they are. Yes, it does help some get through the day to try to understand.

Yep, same here. [2008-12-04]
I have talked to my CCM at length to discuss changes in my shift to accomodate the needs of the clients. One in particular sends her work out to MQ at 5pm and mostly on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Therefore, there is always more work in the evenings and there is always more work on the weekends. They aren't going to get in to send work out on Monday if there are only 10 reports. It's a waste of their time. Money is the name of the game, hence our salaries at MQ.

Stuff I DO know [2008-12-04]
I personally haven't been called by the IR lately but I do know I've been scrounging for work unlike any time I can ever remember and I've worked for MQ and it's predecessor for 28 years. I also know that by late afternoon, my primary work pool is available, but is absolutely sucked dry overnight. My sister, who works for MQ in another region with other hospitals is in the same boat. So forgive me if I'm a little paranoid that something weird is going on. MQ never tells us anything up front, they basically just blow smoke at us and assume that we're stupid.

because the IR does not know [2008-12-04]
anything about any work pools or what tier you work on (it is very possible for there to be backlogs in tiers other than what you get). They are a call center whose calling is activated by your CCM, who simply tells them how many hours they need and then they just start calling. My point is that it seems as if a vast majority of people who post on here have absolutely no business or common sense and suffer from chronic victimization mentality. The world is not out to get you and neither is MQ. We need to realize that EVERYTHING that MQ does is generated by trying to get and keep customers; there is no evil empire and no one spends any time wondering how they can next screw you. Business does not work that way.

I don't recall saying I felt like anyone was "out to [2008-12-04]
get me. I was, once again, simply curious as to why they would call and ask for extra hours when no extra work is available. I'm guessing they do know my tier level. It wouldn't make much business sense to schedule people for overtime who are not able to do the work needed. I do not have a victim mentality. I am smart enough to know, however, that the IR calling when no extra work is available is ludicrous and unnecessary. Your attitude in your answers makes you appear that you think you are somehow superior to other MTs who have questions. We all havequestions fromtime to time.Even if we just want to vent, this is the place to do it.Have a good day!

The last few weeks they were calling me [2008-12-04]
regularly, and one day he called and asked if I was planning to do my scheduled hours that day. I was WORKING at the time he called. What's with that?

I'm not quite sure to whom you are responding or why [2008-12-04]
your reply is so condescending. I, too, am an MT who does what is required and a lot of what is asked. I just was trying to figure out why when work is still somewhat low, the IR would call and ask for extra time when I haven't even been able to get my regularly scheduled hours this week. I realize that changes come with any job. I enjoy being able to work at home with very little expense to myself. I realize this job is somewhat feast or famine and understand that it is up to me during the feast times to prepare for the famine. I have worked in a hospital setting before and know the work is cyclic. That still does not explain why the IR is calling asking for extra help when no extra work is available.

According to my PS some hospitals do dump [2008-12-04]
dictation at the end of the week or whenever they want. We get emails about this all the time.

Here we go again . . . [2008-12-04]
Yes, that is how it works - the MQ management conspires with the doctors and administration of the hospitals specifically to annoy you and sirupte your schedule. Get a grip - doctors dicate whenever the heck they want to, they dictate directly into the system so there is no THEY that are holding work just to pi$$ you off, and if you really had ever worked in a hospital you would know how cylical the work is and always has been. And no, I am not management, just an MT with 35 years of experience who does her job as asked by MQ, is not freaking out by every single little change and can remember to be grateful that I can earn full-time wages and have absolutely NO work expenses, thereby incerasing my take-home pay by 25% over those who slog to an office or, in our case, some dungeon in a hospital.

Left and loving it, sm [2008-12-04]
Got an IC job working days, Tues through Sat, but only 4 hours on Sat. No ASR and only do 2 accts, possibly 3. They don't want you doing accounts you are not familiar with. Still work at MQ part-time flex. Pay at new job is a little less, but with no ASR I am making more and happier and no strict schedules and no ETIME!!!!!!! So glad I am no longer full time with MQ, I don't trust them and have no respect for the company and refuse to do anything more than is required.

Warning. . . [2008-12-03]
It suddenly seems all the rage for someMTs (and you know who you are) to transcribe mg as milligrams. This is seen as blatant line padding. .and out of all the accounts I QA, there may be ONE that requires this expansion. Please note that in every single case I warn the MT once, put the name on a list, and the next timeIadvise the MT's supervisor and my own.Cut it out.

I appreciate that [2008-12-03]
I've seen this editor's name quite a bit and have never had a problem (quite the opposite in my mind) until he/she wrote that snarky comment. It seems to me that MQ would be able to weed out those who don't bother to find the info and take appropriate action. On the last one I had, the doc was Indian but still not hard to understand for the most part. Let's face it: it's hard to determine the difference between many sound-alikes (B, V, D, etc.). And I try all those combinations as well! Thanks for the vent. It's been a bad dictation shift, speaking of big-time accents. I cringed at how many blanks I had to leave, but it still seems better than putting the wrong number, etc. I hate when that happens. Hopefully, QA knows that. I've noticed that they leave many of them blank, too. So it's not us, it's the docs!

giving notice [2008-12-03]
it is so nice that you heard from your person. I put my notice in on November 25th, 2008 and I have still not heard from my supervisor. She called me today on my PTOs and never mentioned a thing. I gave her until the 10th of December and then I will either be going flexible part-time or I will have to quit. I guess if she is not going to answer me then it will be quitting time. I had a great supervisor beforebut unfortunately and very mysteriously disappeared. One day she was there and the nextday I was told we had a new supervisor. I was told she no longer worked for MQ.

You might want to have a talk with ASR as well - sm [2008-12-03]
On quite a few jobs ASR types out milligrams instead of putting mg. If someone is flying though attempting to get a decent line count, it could be left by mistake and the only one padding the line count is the program. While I'm here, what is the rule of thumb for when the doc says time seen is 1500 hours. If you put *time seen* as a header and then put is 1500 hours, half the time QA takes out the *is*. Just an example, as it happens after several headings. That is not padding, it's just putting what the doc said.

Warning?? [2008-12-03]
QA wonders why MTs get ticked off? Nice tone in that message!! ASR does insert milligrams. If I'm editing 644 lines an hour, I don't have time to correct it. You're warning us? You cut it out!

Excuse me, Ms. Cranky Pants [2008-12-03]
Jeeze louise, settle down! If you had taken the time to read some of the other posts in this section before shooting from the lip, you'd see I had no idea about ASR. There were several others who put it *ever so* much morenicely than you. Having read many of yourprevious comments on this board,I won't even take offense.

Hey, no problem...ASR is just evil! - sm [2008-12-03]
LOL, I personally do change milligrams to mg...it's the inconsistency of ASR that drives me nuts...one report can have it listed both ways. I counted four different interpretations of Ativan in one report the other night, none of them right. Thanks for your reply on the *is* thing. I won't worry about it, but part of me wants to yell give me my 2 characters back, that's tomorrow lunch!

yet [2008-12-03]
they do nothing to change it. I remember my former mgr saying that they talk to the docs and facilities about such problems. Yeah, right. In what world? Certainly not mine! All I'm saying is that QA should be able to know the difference between a report with tons of blanks due to poor audio or just, plain crappy dictation that they wouldn't make such comments. So while they strip away our wages, they do nothing to make our jobs easier. And how about those low-talkers? They get on there and whisper EVERY time! Everyone knows it, but nothing is ever done about it. In my past experience working in-house, most of the time the docs didn't realize what we were getting on our end. It's like they're afraid to tell them or something! Apparently they (the suits) think the docs walk on water or something. It just frosts me to no end how it continues, and it costs me $ because of it!

Paycut??? [2008-12-03]
Thanks for the help,,It's time to have a heart to heart with my manager to see what the future is...We don't outsource at all which is why they keep getting underbid and losing work. I firmly believe outsourcing is a violation of the Homeland Security Act,, I make more than MQ offered me even after taking a paycut and you guys keep talking about other paycuts...Plus have flexible schedules...

this thread is hilarious!!!! [2008-12-03]
and i haven't even read all the posts, just the titles. you guys start my day off with a smile. and for the QA person, some client profiles actually say to spell it out. and asr spells it out all the time. now, go find something else to be cranky about. or better yet, go have some tasty eggnog