Acusis/DRC people software change comments
Posted By: Curious on 2007-11-29
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For those who are using it: Is it better, worse, slower, faster, counts lines more in your favor or against? Pros and cons appreciated.
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You don't get paid for spaces...... Visual Black Character (VBC) is all you are paid. So tell me, better, worse, faster, counts lines more in your favor or against?
Any comments on the Acusis/DRC meeting?
Sometimes change can be a good thing, BUT...I have to say that I wasn't feeling too warm and fuzzy by the end of the call. What's with letting go of key people? Or maybe I haven't been with Acusis long enough to know that it happens all the time, just part of the business.
Also not feeling too thrilled about the change from KS to LPH. I thought I'd lucked out and found a company who understood the nitty gritty of production and paid fairly, but now they're switching to how everyone else does it. I'll wait and see how it shakes out (once they get it together and figure out the magic conversion formula) but why am I thinking it's going to be downhill from here? Or maybe it's just a mild case of paranoia...like MQ deja vu all over again.
Any comments on today's DRC/Acusis meeting? NM
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WebCorrect was their software, don't know if still is. Neg. comments
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Focus another software change?
what kind of software change are they doing now? I thought they were finished with it, but sounds as though they are going to install new software for MT's soon.
Not if you search for comments. Also need your own StartStop pedal & the software, but some pedals
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Comments from last year say they are "bad," hire only FT, might use Emdat software, and suppos
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Some people are afraid of change so are satisfied
If you say you do better, they'll deny it. Ssssshh, don't burst their bubble. They get grumpy when you do.
Up to date info on Zylomed? People change and companies do to...(sm)
I need current information from MT's that do or have worked for Zylomed (Naples, FL) in the last year. If you've had a bad experience with them 2 or 3 years ago, don't bother writing. People change and companies do too! I need the real skinny on what's happening now. I would really appreciate hearing from current employees! Thanks so much!
VERY unorganized, ancient software, rude people running that show NM
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Why so very few comments regarding Diskriter? Are comments by employees not permitted SM
on public forums. I have always been interested to see comments on this company, as they are constantly advertising and seem to have an attractive employee package. Unfortunately, never seeing comments on MT boards makes me extremely uneasy. I'm sure they could have stipulations in their contracts that prevent them from commenting, but even so I would expect to see good or bad comments even from ex-employees. Hmmm? Plus, if the anonymity is supposed to be in place on these boards, how can it hurt for employees to make a general comment, good or bad?
Maybe it was just directed to the people on specific accounts or a specific software platform. nm
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Nothing will change unless we make it change..SM
As long as we accept the exploitation that this MT profession has reduced us to, it will keep going on. The top of this is the outsourcing.... well, get your legislators involved....better yet, the MEDIA. How many patients know their private medical information is being outsourced to halfway around the world? The squeeky wheel gets the grease. Do the patients know that their info won't be sold by some unscrupulous MT (halfway around the globe) to insurance companies, etc., making all this Medical records privacy a joke. It's not just our T-shirts being made in other countries; it's our most personal, private medical information, of which the public is not being made aware of. Not to speak of undercutting out profession to the bare bone. Granted, most US MTs are willing to work below market wage just to have a job, especially in economically-deprived areas, where outside jobs are scarce, and kids need to be fed and mortgages need to be paid. MTSOs know this. I'll bet they'll be the first to lobby against any action against outsourcing. (Wouldn't you be...if you got people to work for pennies while you're raking in the big $$$'s ? Still, notwithstanding the outsourcing problem, we're still going along with all the BS...working for pennies, whatever the client wants, he gets... ever notice how all of the MTSO flak seems to be re. unpaid work...mostly, demographic issues we're not even paid for... bec. It has to be done.. Part of the job... The client put the wrong info but we have to correct it...all unpaid work. Just give me a job with nothing but straight transcription, w/o the unpaid/demo. flak..I'll take it even at the present, absurd pennies-per-line state of the profession.
Acusis
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acusis
So you're telling me that DRC got sold to Acusis? What phone call is everyone talking about?
Acusis
The hospital we were outsourced from now uses Acusis for about 80% of their transcription work. It is my understanding they are 100% Indian with no U.S. MTs. Also lots of quality issues. They send a ton of work back with blanks which the hospital then has to pay in-house MTs to review and fix. Go figure.
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Acusis dba DRC? nm
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Acusis/DRC
I too am worried and feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it probably will... Perhaps the customers are worried too and have started farming work out elsewhere to test the waters before they drop A/D altogether. One can only guess. All I can do is shake my head and say, what a shame -- DRC was the best -- what a shame.
Acusis??
I am in the process of testing with Acusis. Can anyone give me the good/bad and the ugly about this company.
TIA
ACUSIS US
consistently run out of work. I have my resume out. Been working there fore 6-1/2 years and now it is time to go with no work every week.
There is an Acusis
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Acusis
 Great company!!! It was great as DRC and still is as Acusis. The platform is the best, the pay is higher than most companies, and there is plenty of work. It does slow down around holidays (just like every other company...why doctors think they deserve a vacation I'll never understand :). I have never not gotten my Keystrokes in though...yes, they do pay per keystroke. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to work for a company who expects high quality work!!
Acusis/DRC
What a time to find out about the loss of their biggest client -- just before the holidays. How many will be out of work? 
Acusis/DRC
Appreciate the words of encouragement. Someone posted a note that Spheris got this account. Wonder if that is true. I too loved the account and am so very sorry this has happened. I almost feel like those doctors and NPs and patients are part of a very large extended family. Quite a few got married while I was on this account. Am very worried about loss of benefits though, especially now with a very sick husband. What will you do?
DRC/Acusis
haven't gotten a certified letter, but keep getting the no more files available message when I try to get work from my account for the past 2 days...This is certainly upsetting!
former DRC/ACusis
Yes, I did and I only started this week and love it. It is Landmark Transcription. They use Bayscribe, which is in itself is not the best (I found out there is something wrong with each/every platform) but the company is wonderful, the account I am on is a dream with only 1-2 ESLs. I have only been there a week and so far it has been absolutely terrific. I will let you know if and when things change.
Acusis
Does anyone have any current info on Acusis? How is the workload? How is the new platform?
Acusis
Does anybody work here or have knowledge about the company? At least as far as pay and/or benefits in comparison of some other companies?
Thanks!
Acusis
A friend of mine went there from Medquist and she absolutely loves it. Says she makes good money, is treated well and highly recommends it. I have no first-hand experience but I trust my friend.
Acusis PT
Part time employees must produce 600 lines per day, or 3000 per week. I'm pretty sure you have to be full time to receive health benefits, but I'm not sure about the 401K and PTO benefits.
Hope this helps!
Acusis
Anyone currently working for Acusis? I would really like to find out anything about them. TIA
Acusis? Anyone? sm
I saw someone just asked about this company and no one had anything to say. Is there anyone that works there? Good/bad info? Good dicators? How about insurance? Pay? Thanks!!!!
Acusis pay cut
I'm curious...I have read on here about Acusis cutting pay...Has this really happened to anyone and is it going to be done to all MTs working for Acusis? TIA
Acusis pay cut
Also heard same thing about pay cut from a friend of a friend, but would be very short-sighted on Acusis' part to risk losing good employees if goal is to expand their business, only answer can be is they don't care one bit about how they treat their employees, so no one would be safe, I would think.
Pay cut at Acusis
Yes, it is true. They have cut editor's pay by 0.03 cpl. I don't think the MTs have been cut yet, but don't think for 1 minute it's not going to happen. It will happen. Ohhh for the good ol' days....when life was great at DRC!!!
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, or the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, and the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis
Acusis has a program where you can buy a computer through them. If I recall correctly, it's around $900 and does not include a monitor; you have to make $100 payments per pay. In my opinion it's overpriced for the computer you get. I would also say the same for a lot of the computer places where they do no credit checks and you pay weekly; add up the costs, and you end up paying $1500 for a computer worth half that. If I were you, I'd probably try to find a way to check craigslist to pick up a second hand one. Another great place to try for electronics is Tiger Direct. I've seen laptops and CPUs for $300. These may not be as 'souped up', but they're more than adequate for the job we do.
That's why I'm an Ex-Acusis
I started bailing about a month ago and two weeks completed the process. My top tier account was equilibrated down a level, and so to minimize the equilibrating pay cut, I stayed at the top tier and took the account from Hades (I still lost almost 0.005 cpl, which does add up). Over the course of my tenure with them, the M-F 10-6 which they hired me for dried up, and I was putting in my weekend time and working 10-12 hours a day...not so much because there wasn't work (although that did arise on occasion), but because it took me that long to get through the dregs left for us.
So I bit the bullet and took a job that paid a 'mere' 8 cpl. However, I've found that I type more in 5 hours than I did in the 10+ I was giving Acusis. Unfortunately, the pit I dug myself hanging it Acusis has me so far behind I'm only a half-step ahead of the repo man and foreclosure, but I've got the time now to get a second job and hopefully, in about six months when I've hopefully got life on an even keel again, I can shed the PT job and exist quite nicely on my one, which fortuitously happens to be a non-offshorer.
Perhaps if the Axis of Evil (which looks like it's going to become a Rectangle of Revulsion with Transcend's admittance), has nothing but the dregs left to type the dregs, they'll figure out that it might not have been such a wise idea selling out those of us who have spent a lifetime speaking the American language and using our brains rather than just phonetics to really become medical language specialists.
Acusis
I have never worked for them but a woman I knew at MQ went with them when I went with MDI when the Q started to go south. She told me that the company does send work to India and in fact, has offices there. What the ownership is, I am not sure. I think the Indians have at least part-interest, but cannot say for sure; I seem to remember that is what she told me. My friend wanted me to come with her, but, like you, I would not work for a company that offshored, so went instead with MDI. (Fat lot of good that did me.)
or Acusis!
Any information about Acusis
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anyone work for Acusis?
I already know that they outsource. I am just looking for more information about this company.
Acusis bought out DRC . .nm
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RE Acusis Buy-Out, What About US-Only Clients?
Something does not add up here, because many of the bought-out company's current clients vehemently refuse to work with anyone who outsources. Won't they drop new company outright and have to look for a new MT provider?
Acusis bought DRC.
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How are the DRC/Acusis MTs holding up? Are you
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According to Acusis, that's what their new US-based
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Or maybe Spheris will buy Acusis -- you never know! nm
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Acusis/DRC Teleconference
Did anyone attend? I could not due to illness in family. Please e-mail me if you wish privately to let me know the bottom line. Verycurious if the loss of their big account was mentioned. Thanks.
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