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Thinking of ordering it - anyone use it with the BOS?

Guys, help me with something because obviously I'm missing a crucial piece of the QA puzzle somewhere.  How is it that QA folks who are PAID both more money than us and also sometimes on an hourly basis (and justifiablly so because of their presumed higher skill level) to fill in blanks GRIPE and COMPLAIN when they are called upon to do so?  I simply don't understand, especially when there are obvious issues with the dictation, i.e. bad sound file, low voice volume, ESL's, etc. (I'm not talking about a situation where an MT may not have given his/her best effort to the dictation [which I don't think at all is as prevalant as some of the prima donnas would have us believe]).  What did they think, that they were going to continue to do the same job as the rest of us but get paid a premium just because they are who they are? 

And I'm not at all speaking in reference to those QA folks who are a blessing to the industry in terms of their talent, the nature of their feedback, and their mentoring capacity.  I'm sure, though, that many of you recognize the kind that I am speaking of. 

A clue:  If you don't have the patience to fill in blanks and give constructive feedback, then please ... DO US ALL A FAVOR and stay an MT.  The majority of us give the best that we have to each and every one of our dictations, but sometimes we reach an impasse with a particular chart that requires only a second listen to put together a quality final product and get it back to the facility.  We don't need the stress of your nasty, superior attitude and sometimes not-at-all-helpful feedback. 

How do you go about getting private accounts?  Any MTs out there that have done this and are still doing it.  If so, how much can you charge per line for a private account that you obtained yourself.  I currently make 8 cents per line with an MTSO.  However, I have been hearing that if you have a private account with a doctors office you can actually charge a lot more, about 12 to 13 cents per line. 

Any tips on doing this.  I am currently an Independent Contractor and would like to expand my horizons.  Thanks for any advice.

addicted!

Just wondering if any MTs have experienced a ganglion on their foot from using their foot pedal for so long. (15 years for myself). I also have two small weird feeling bumps on my shin as well which I am assuming are also from the foot pedal maneuvering all day. I guess that bodes well with the carpal tunnel!

Thanks and have a great Christmas!

Any pros/cons that you have found? Have you compared it to any other line count programs, i.e., MPCount?  If so, how does is compare?

Thanks so much. 

I'm really really hoping that someone out there has done this before.  I am getting a bunch of tapes in, and I need to play them in a cassette transcriber, but I want to be able to upload them to my computer and have people help me transcribe them.

I have a wire thingamajig from Radio Shack, but I do not know what to do at this point. 

Or do you know of any places or types of businesses that will convert the tapes into CDs

Please email me and let me know. Thank you so much!!

ChartScript and ChartScript.net?  I have experience with ChartScript and my account is upgrading to the .net version.  I just wondered how one compares to the other, or how user friendly the .net version is.

Why is it then when a paycheck is due, all of a sudden you get calls about missing commas, filenaming structure, and then you are told your check will be late. I understand if errors are made that change the tone of the document, but filenaming - especially when you get no instructions because it is a new account to the company.  I actually got samples with letterhead - I process the work, and then they call me to say deduct amount for letterhead because it should not have been used.

And if I hear one more time about commas I will scream.

Anyone hear about the legal report with one less comma costing millions because instead of it being - the brother Charles, sister Maria, and brother Maxwell sharng in a settlement - it was transcribed as -brother Charles, sister Maria and brother Maxwell  - keeping the meaning of a settlement divided two ways instead of three.

I thought when I left my inhouse job, I might get a paycheck on time. After waiting 5 weeks for the first one, I now wait 4 weeks on average for every one following.  yea I know I can stop and go to another place, but gosh darn it if it wouldn't be fair to pay us on time. God forbid we missed a TAT.

I've often thought that it takes a "certain" personality to do MT.  I'm an INFP, and I think that MTing is a perfect fit for me.  What type are you?

You can take the test here:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp

download or open a .gid file.  (A file with .gid at the end.)  Instead of saying open or save, it says find or save.  When I hit find it sends me to a search page with websties that give info for not unloading .gid files.  It said something about downloading some "regcure," which cleans your registry.  It cost $30 to do it.  Do you thing errors on my registry is causing this to not downloard, or is it I simply don't have the right software or something.  When I hit save it says does not recognize this file.  Basically it couldn't downloard.  Does anyone have any knowledge of this?  I am at a loss. 

I worked as a hospital employee, then IC for quite a few years. Everytime I asked about employee openings, there were none. I would always be out of work for 2-3 months in the beginning of the year.  I finally quit and got a job with a national. The hospital couldn't keep up on the work and asked me to come back and work weekends and days I did not have anything else to do (that's a joke!).

Now I understand they are going to hire another FT MT. I want to apply mainly because of the health benefits, as I am paying $600 a month now.

 I love working for the national but now my problem...I still feel loyalty to the hospital. I don't know what they are paying yet or what the hours would be and don't even know if she would hire me full time.

I know I should take into consideration the benefits, etc. and compare it with the national, but the work at the national company is so much nicer with regards to the doctors and program they use. The hospital has a lot more ESLs to contend with. The only problem with the national is that I have a hard time getting my production and a lot of days, I get really stressed out.

What is the going rate of a in house MT in PA?  I have 10 years acute care experience. What could I expect to be offered?  Thanks in advance for your help.

different worktypes and then the STUPID dictator can't even pick the right one to use EVEN THOUGH she just did the SAME ONE previous to this.  YOIUOIUOIU:OIUJOIU:OIUJ:OIU

now back to work

I've had it as of today. Because of low work, I have half my lines necessary for this week. I'm tired of working 7 days a week just to get my lines. I need to get out. I need to earm at least $2500 net a month to keep my head above water, and I'm certainly not making that lately.

I've been working from home in different jobs before MT'g, and don't want to go back into the cruel world with backstabbing employees again (been there, done that).  All I know is working at a computer since ྔ, at home, outside the home. Love the computer. I'm no youngster, either, so that cuts my chances at most jobs even if I would apply at outside jobs.

I'm not very artistic, so can't do into crafts. I can't sell either; been there, done that. The worse thing is I'm not very people-oriented lately. I'm almost agoraphobic since I had taken care of my mom.

I've worked in accounting, medical billing, inventory control, all outside the home while working part-time at home with a secretarial service typing manuscripts, and various other clientele, which I gave up because almost everyone has their own computer now and can do that work at their own place.

I've been throwing ideas around in my head for months now and the cons always seem to outweigh the pros.

Any suggestions?  Please don't flame, I'm serious. 

Hello,

I just got MagicJack and have a DAC transcribe station.  Everytime you depress the foot pedal when listening to a dictation a "1" will appearing in the MagicJack window as if it is trying to input another number to dial.  The dictation eventually cuts out after enough numbers appear to dial a phone number.  Has anyone had this problem or might known the solution? My foot pedal is plugged into the transcribe station.  Can I use a USB foot pedal and link to the dictation through the MagicJack window on your computer screen? 

Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.  

Read the following report that a co-worker of mine typed for a company I used to work for.   Our job was read office notes on a patient and summarize their history for the insurance company.  Our MDs would then agree or deny with the request (in this case a motorized scooter) that another MD made.   Is this hysterical or what?  I just ran across this on an old floppy disk from 2 years ago.  I eventually quit this job even though the pay was amazing because I couldn't deal with the incompentance any longer.  It drove me crazy. 

This coworker was my manager's "teacher's pet".  Of course, my manager didn't have a clue what one medical word meant.  LOL  My coworker had this job for over 5 years and didn't have a clue either.  I think if they would have outsourced to India they would have have had more accuracy. LOL

The following report was actually sent to the insurance company with the physican's recommendation.  

 The patient is a ____year old male with an inguinal hernia of the thoracic or lumbar spine.  The date of injury was noted as ______  The case manager noted a history of multiple abdominal surgeries, last being in _____ The physician noted that he had chronic intractable somatic pain and had been certified for a narcotic pump, which gave him some relief.

The ______ office note from Dr. X noted refilled of pain pump under fluoroscopy.  The physician noted that the claimant was having difficulty with different activities with family outside in his abdomen and pain in the legs.  He could not support his weight.  He had been having difficulty going beyond a 15-minute period.  The physician recommended a scooter and stated he was not able to return to work.

The company I work for is setting up a new bonus-type incentive program for QA audits - something like this:  99% accuracy and above (bigger bonus), 98% accuracy and above equals passing (smaller bonus). 

What we'd like to know is - other than enormous money suggestions ;-D - what would be a nice gift?  Remember, this is separate from a Christmas bonus-type thing, which would be bigger.  We do our audits every 4 weeks (per the clients), so it would be a smaller thing. 

Gift certs?  Realistic dollar amount ideas?  Paid time off?  Shoes (kidding - I'm a shoe freak - ha!)?  Any ideas welcome!!  And thank you!!   

Hi,

Are there any reputable schools ONLINE for medical transcription?

Also, are there any ONLINE schools that help you to get work after completing the courses so you can gain experience?

On average, how much does the average medical Transcriptionist make yearly?

Thank you very much!

Marie

Has anyone ever worked for OSI?  Any information on this company would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!

I am a newbie, have been doing this for a few months.  I work for this company, Sten-Tel.  They only send out QA'd reports every once in a while.  Their QA sucks.  One QA will say this and another will say that and all the time, it looks like you are the one making all the mistakes.  The QA supervisor does nothing but send you the corrected reports in an email and if you email her about something you are questioning, she does nothing about it.  I get an email from her today and all it states is "We need to have you out of editing by July 18.  Please review account specifics and thoroughly check your work before sending to QA."  What does that mean?  I do thoroughly check my work!  I sent her an email asking her to clarify what she is saying.  I mean, am I doing a sucky job or what?  I am confused.  I thought I was doing good.  How am I supposed to know when I don't hear anything from anybody?  Now I feel depressed.  I guess I am going to get fired.  I am not good at anything it seems like.  Are there any good companies to work for?

Warning to everyone if you have separate health disability and or sickness policies bought through insurance companies.  Please read your policies carefully and check with your insurance company BEFORE you need to submit any claims and especially find out how long it takes for the money to be sent to you.

Our disability insurance will pay a maximum of $900 a month. No problem even though it's only 1/3 of what he earns but it's better than nothing.  NO WHERE in the policy does it state we need to send tax returns in for the last year....yet yesterday received a letter that we must do that...plus they DO NOT PAY the first 30 days of disability. 

My husband was disabled from the beginning of June until 2 weeks ago, and really shouldn't be back to work yet, but it was necessary. The disability policy will pay a whole month, not 2. Over the years, I paid over $7,000 to this company for this coverage for a lousy $900? So now that we waited over a month for a check, we get this letter, and now it will be another month until he receives anything...again. And, to make matters worse, they do NOT pay the full amount if you have other coverage.  I just don't need to wait 3 months for one lousy sentence they could have put in their policy in the very beginning.

I called them and of course got a less-than-perfect English customer service rep (of course!)and told her I wanted to talk to someone higher up after I asked why for some of these requirements and she gave me the same canned answers as in the beginning of the conversation.  Do you think I'll get the call back? I doubt it. I will be calling again today.

Hubby was right. Insurance is a rip-off. You better believe I will be dropping quite a few policies after this is all over and may take a health savings plan instead if we survive this go-round. They just get you coming and going. Is there any company you can count on being above board, safe and reliable these days?

I'm a long-time IC, but new to applying to jobs from a forum like this and am hitting the employment trail! I've applied to jobs that I see on the Job Seekers forum just by submitting my resume on the board. When I visit their own websites, they often have pre-employment tests too. Do I go ahead and take these tests or am I supposed to be "invited" to test for them, like I hear people talking about on these forums? I don't want to take the test if I'm not supposed to yet, but I figure if it's on their main website it must not be private.

Any advice for this new job hunter? Thanks.

xx

This guy who can't even speak English is being rewarded by MY COUNTRY'S MEDICAL SYSTEM for pigeon English.  Here's the ditty I just typed ( no I'm not going to clean up his jibberish)

*She had sex last with condoms last week but the condom did not broke out and no secretion around her vagina.  According to the patient she had before that one sex that was like 4 or 5 months ago.  She took a Monistat over the counter which helped her secretion but she still has a little bit of irritation and redness whenver she pee.*