From the info they sent me, they require 98.9% accuracy, sm
Posted By: possibly looking on 2007-05-26
In Reply to: What is the word on Encompass out there? - interested party nm
and if you fall below that 2 times within a year, they dock you 1 cent per line. If it happens 3 times in a year, you're terminated. As I recall, pay scale was something like .074 cpl to 10 cpl (think the 10 cpl. The benefits seemed decent enough. I have never had anyone give me any warnings or whatever regarding my accuracy, but most companies require only 98%, and the thought that if you fell below almost 99% twice within a year they would dock your pay was enough to back me off.
Their test is rather easy, though, I must say. Good luck to you.
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that is not true! They do value accuracy sm
and attention to detail!
don't know how long you have been doing MT but there are folks who have accuracy, attention to detail and productivity also. If you have them all you will also be offered a betterline rate!
The accuracy is also important when they end up -
in court. This year I was a juror for an assault/'attempted murder' trial. I tried my best to get out of it, seeing as how my company doesn't pay for jury duty. But, when the attorneys were screening the potential jurors in the courtroom, asking among other things what they did for a living, you should've seen the judges face literally LIGHT UP when I told her I was an MT. I knew immediately she wasn't letting me off. The defendant's attorneys weren't going to let me go, either.
And later I could see why. While in deliberations, we were presented with a pile of medical reports that were at least telephone-books thick.
I was the only one that knew their way around those reports, so that was my job to read through them. I was grateful that the transcriber of these reports had been very accurate, with few blank spaces. The doctors in the key part of the reports, which had to do with the forensics of the stab wounds themselves, were accurate and to-the-point, and there was no confusing double-speak. That would've been even more important had a non-medical-language-understanding lay-person been assigned to read through the medical evidence.
As it turned out, these well-done medical records had evidence with regard to the placement of the stab wounds that proved without a doubt that these wounds were made in accidental self-defense, and not as the aggressor. This prevented an innocent woman who was being beaten by an abusive husband from going to jail.
So, the records we type every day, day in and day out, can have far-reaching consequences that we'll most likely never even know about, but which we should always be thinking of.
If you fall below 98.9% accuracy twice within a year, sm
they dock you 1 cpl. It is on page 10 of the information I received from the recruiter.
I did ask that, it would increase accuracy, productivity, TAT....sm
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Accuracy is demanded, and follow BOS to the letter.
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On the old typewriters, my mother could type over 100 WPM with 100% accuracy -
She was always very proud of the fact that she never had to use correction fluid or paper or ribbon or whatever they used back then. She had been typing so long and was such a perfectionist. I am not quite as accurate since I have the computer to do so much correcting for me, but I am still pretty darn fast, and then my daughter won every speed/accuracy keyboard competition the whole time she was in middle school.
It definitely can be done...
No, they kept me with all the layoffs, and my accuracy rate is upper 90s, so not worried about that
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Forgot to say that I value accuracy over speed...sure I could go fasther but at what price? NM
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I disagree. Accuracy of patient medical records should not be dependent on how smooth your life is
at the time. If you had quality issues, and they were being sent to you, which is a warning, then you should have been extra careful. Our clients deserve a perfect product regardless of what life is handing you at the moment.
What is so picky about them? I don't think wanting accuracy is picky...
It is professional...
they cannot require that of an IC.nm
What does FTP mean? Require for job. nm
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They require 40 from me anyway nm
nm
They only require you to do 3... nm
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I should add that they are going to require sm
at least 2500 lines per week as a minimum and do not have a lot of PT positions. It really depends where they have gaps in coverage.
How many lpd does Transhealth require for sm
employee status? 1200? Do they also require a 40 hour week commitment or just a line committment? Would prefer to have just a line commitment. TIA
Moderator: Can you require sm
ads to give a company name as well as IC, statutory or employee status?? Would make things much clearer and simpler. Thanks, MomMT
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It is becoming quite common for any employer, not just MT Services, to do a Credit Check now. Some companies think that if you cannot handle your finances (late payment, judgments, etc), you will not make a good employee or you might be tempted to try to cheat on something. Since past employers are reluctant to give any information besides dates of employment for fear of being sued, new employers had to find some other way to dig up the dirt, so to speak. Just the sign of our times. No one trusts anyone anymore. Nothing personal. Used to be you could just send in a copy of your ID (Driver's license, SS card, passport, etc), and now they want you to have it Notorized, but still get it back to them within the 72 hours required. Best advice -- find a job you like and try to stay there -- forever!! 
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Is there a way to talk directly to account supervisors?
does MDI require weekends? - nm
nm
I don't understand. They require 98%, and you are doing better than that,
but they are threatening to be removed from the account? I don't get it. What is it they want you to do differently?
Do any companies require less than 40 hpw for FT?
nm
Companies should require MTs to have sm
a complete reference library as most newbies rely expressly on Google or the word help boards. This is where US MT quality has hit the skids in very recent years. The new MTs don't want to bother researching so they can't possibly realize the serious mistakes they continue to make.
All companies who require OT have to pay for it (sm)
If a company has enough work for OT, by law the employee has to record it and the company has to pay it (if the employee has been approved to work the OT). Get everything in writing. For MTs, OT is usually the normal cpl rate x 1.5 for OT lines, which equates to the same as time and a half as mandated by federal laws.
All companies I know of go back and forth between no work and gobbs of OT. I don't know of any company that consistently is out of work or consistently requires OT. Feast of famine in this industry.
How much experience they require,
are they hiring, etc.
Does this mean Focus does not require
MTs to use company supplied computers? I thought I read on this site somewhere that they did, thus the concern. If they don't, that's great.
Thank you. Then TT has right to require set hours
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I think the companies that DO require
you to clock in and out are few.
What I said was that few companies do require it, so
most of them don't require it.
There are some companies who only require
35 hours. You might be able to get by with producing the minimal line counts though if it is a company that doesn't require you to clock in and out.
I am looking for a company that would not require
adding a lot of demographic information, mostly straight typing, not a lot of ESLs and would hire a newbie. I am inquiring for a friend who has graduated from a program and needing employment, so would expectnewbie pay. Any information would be very helpful. I am searching the boards, but would appreciate any up-to-date info. thanks.
As an IC, you should require little to no training.
Basically, ICs are expected to be able to hit the ground running. You are an independent contractor, not an employee. A company should be able to send you instructions on how things work with them and the IC should be able to read the instructions and figure it out. An IC is basically a business in of itself. When a hospital contracts with an MTSO, does the hospital spend hours and hours on the phone with the MTSO for training or vice versa? Nope. The information the hospital sends to the MTSO consists of technical information regarding transcription platform and hospital computer systems and samples. It is up to the MTSO to make it work! That is part of the contract and that is why the hospital is outsourcing, to get rid of the headache.
It's the same principle with ICs. You are contracting with an MTSO to provide a service. The MTSO provides you with the software, instructions, and samples you need and beyond that the IC should be able to get herself going.
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Cannot require you set hours, but also
do not have to give you work during the hours you want.
I believe most require you to have your own equipment
I used their equipment for the first few months, paid about $9-10 a pay period. I ended up buying my own. The good thing about using theirs is if there is a problem, they take care of it. I know MQ supplies equipment, but you do not want to go there.
does that require unlimited LD?
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Any MTs here who pass over job ads that require
I have never seen this discussed on the board and was wondering if it was just me? 
I cannot imagine having to sacrifice either every single Saturday or every single Sunday? My daughter is involved in various sports throughout the year that meet/play on Saturdays and we enjoy attending church together as a family on Sundays. How do you pick between your kid and God?? Have you noticed too that this rigid schedule seems to be more prevalent with the MTSOs that provide the better benefit packages...figure.
Whatever happened to the good ole days of weekend rotations? I don't think these particular MTSOs even realize what they are asking a person to give up. I know this business is 24/7, but weekend rotations make a huge difference! Of course the majority of these particular MTSOs seem to be the larger nationals ran by salary paid suits that clock out every Friday at 5:00. 
Please note that I realize that we are living one of the worst economic eras in history and if it meant feeding my kid or being off on weekends, this wouldn't be an issue. This has been going on for years.
Oh well, I guess if there are that many MTs willing to give up having a life, these MTSOs have no incentive to make any changes.
I would really be interested in seeing what everyone else thinks.
I think they require 98% - Which platform were you on? (NM)
NM
Plus they don't require you to be on instant
nm
Yes they can do require that. You can choose to go or
not as an IC but you also should be prepared to be without that job if you choose to stay home.
That's not legal, to require you to
work when there's no work and no pay. If they require you to sit there at your computer for them, then they have to pay you. They can't MAKE you do it for FREE. I wish these companies would get busted for all the stuff they put us through.
How many hours does MQ require for PT?
Is there a minimum line requirement plus minimum hour requirement per week? Thanks!
Do they require a weekend day?
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Does Medware require weekends?
Does Medware require you to work weekends?
I've LOVE 2 require that...
but most companies would laugh at me, I'm afraid. I'll just have 2 settle for my $25/hr. job at MQ...
A lot of companies only require line
nm
which companies that don't require a set schedule? nm
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