VR/ASR/MT pay rates & line counts
Posted By: Nope, Not Me on 2009-03-07
In Reply to: Does anyone really make a good living doing VR??? sm - passing through
I've found that editing ASR reports takes me as long as typing them straight would have. Yet getting 60% of the pay rate for those lines makes that a LOSING proposition! I'm wondering if others are just letting the many ASR errors slide through uncorrected as a way of keeping their line rates up? I can't bring myself to do that, but the pay cut is killing my self-esteem.
Is there ANYBODY out here who will admit to being able to make the same amount of money per hour on ASR as on MT?
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Yes to old reports! Their ExText has all the regular functions except line counts are done on line
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Line counts - the lower the line count requirements
the harder the account and problems with trying to get production off the platform the company uses.
line rates
When I started I was told line rates are based on years of experience and what account you work on. When you are hired they give you a pay matrix so it is easy to see exactly what you are making. They also pay a shift differential after 6PM and have an incentive plan that is paid at 12,000 per pay (2 weeks).
Line rates
Why do all these companies keep dropping their line rates? The cost of living sure isn't falling.
Line rates
Because they can get away with it. As an experienced MT, at this point I will go work doing something else before I will take less, but I am frustrated that there are so many out there who are willing to sell themselves short. I also will happily learn voice recognition or do QA but not at my expense. I keep wondering what the fallout in this profession will be.
Line Rates
Hi
Could anyone tell me what to expect for a decent line rate... I never see any ads for more than about 8-9c per line? Thanks. Lou
TRS ....line rates...etc.
Dear TRS-er --
I worked for TRS for a few months back in 2000 and had a very good experience with them, had to leave for unrelated reasons. I cannot remember what they paid me per line, but I now have over 20 years of MT experience. I am looking for 10 cents a line. Do you think they will pay me that figure, or more? And what if I take the CMT test (have not taken it yet), how much more will I get?
Also, do they ever run out of work for more than say a few hours?
Thanks for your answers...hope to chat more with you very soon, as I want to leave my present company very soon. 
Thanks.
Linda  
line rates
We have different line rates for different accounts, ranging from 9 to 10 cents per line without spaces but include headers and footers and 8 cents per line with spaces. Our MTs who transcribe on both platforms say their pay is the same day in and day out..
Line rates
experience and what account/schedule you work, that is what their recruiter told me. Plus they have 2 levels of incentive. I have them in the top 2 choices and will make my decision this weekend, but they seem to have work and offer a nice overall package. I would rather work for a smaller national that one of the big ones.
LINE RATES
There are companies that do base pay on experience and they are well over 0.85 or 0.825. You just need to find them.
line rates
Best I can figure, 8 for 55 is equal to 8.8 at 65.
I have not seen line rates go up! Seems to me
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VR line rates
I've been doing QA for a long time, but like everything else, the pay has gone down, down, down. Does anyone know of companies paying better than 4 cpl for VR. Or companies paying 10 cpl for transcribing? Getting desperate. Thanks for any info!
PS: Please remember to vote for the candidate you believe will get us out of this outsourcing mess that has lowered our wages.
line rates
Higher than where I came from, 8.1 cpl for ERs that are gravy to type. I get 9-10K lines per week. They have started new accounts this year and we also just got a nice MT Week gift card in the mail. I think they are a great company and they keep me in work.
Line rates?
How is their starting line rate? Do they ever give raises?
pay per line rates
The company that bid on the contract and won it sets the rate. If they bid it at 7 cpl and 11 cpl, you are not going to make more than 3/4 and 7/8 cpl. There are a lot of costs involved with hiring MTs. Its not cheap. Getting MTs set up in payroll, getting IDs, shipping equipment, etc costs money. Unfortunately, many MTs accept a position and then turn around and quit. I have seen and experienced it first hand. MTSOs and larger companies cannot afford to pay high rates. They often lose money, especially early on with a new contract.
just saying. take it for what it is worth.
per line rates
What are people getting paid per line that work for MTSO's?
line rates
The line rate for the oncology account varies depending on your oncology experience. I have found the platform to be very user friendly so I think it depends on your ability to adapt to new things. Be prepared to be very busy, to learn templates and have good quality. A good account requiring concentration and a sound knowledge of oncology.
Say No To Low Line Rates!
I did it twice. Just told them I would not even consider working for what they offered. If everybody said that to every low offer maybe the line rates would come up. Then again, could recruiters be getting bonuses for finding people deseprate enough to work for 6 cents a line? Sorry state of affairs, is it not?
Sorry, but line rates have dipped in the SM
past 5 years. If you can negotiate with any of these companies and get 11 cpl, more power to you. I have found it difficult to get them to give 9 or 10 cpl myself.
There's also the issue of plenty of work. Usually, if you are in the 8 cpl-range, there is no problem landing with a company who can keep you busy all the time (but you'll be on a number of different accounts-I can guarantee that). BUT....there are also plenty of companies talked about on these boards that run out of work frequently, their accounts are overflow (feast or famine), etc.
Why do you accept line rates like this? nm
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Voice Rec. line rates?
I'm considering taking a job doing Voice Recognition editing, but what is the average line rate I can expect for this type of work? I see some ads for editing, but none of them include the pay rate. I have 5+ years of experience as an MT. Thanks!
There are better line rates out there, just have to look and not accept less sm
I currently work for 2 different companies.
My FT employee-status job I make 9.5 cpl, I started at 8.5 cpl and after 6 years worked my way up to 9.5 cpl. I also get an incentive if I type a certain amount over the minimum.
My PT IC job I started at 9 cpl (lower line rate but better system to work on - so lines come easy) Been there 3 months.
There are jobs out there. I have 9.5 years experience and don't know why people who have been in the business for 25 years or more are getting low offers. Perhaps your education isn't what you thought it was. If you have a solid background of A&P, pharmacology, college composition, and a strong work ethic, you should make more than 6-7 cpl. Honestly, you can't get a good education taking a home-based MT course, you need to go to a real college with real teachers and do an internship before you graduate. A good education can almost double your money after 5 years in the industry compared to those who didn't get the training or classes they needed to understand the stuff they type.
why do you all say they have higher line rates? sm
I applied there thinking they would offer me something competetive and I was offered 8 cpl for 6 years' experience. Not on your life.
I turned them down flat.
Higher line rates
When I was with MQ, I was making 9.75 cents a line, but I accepted a position with another company for 8.5 cents a line. The lines are easier to come by with this company, so it equaled out anyway. By the way, have 20 years experience. These companies only pay so much. What do you get per line?
Higher line rates
Yes, worked for the company MQ bought up for about 3 years before that. I left because I was not making money at MQ anymore, was working harder for less money with the cesspool and all, was making about 500.00 less a month. I am back where I was with MQ before all the changes financially, and really like the company I am with. I read on here that MQ was offering 12 cpl (I think) for people to come back. I got a few phone calls, but never called them back.
Axolotl line rates
Could you share a ballpark cpl for someone with 20+ years experience? TIA
MDI-FL is advertising top line rates. Anyone know what amount that is? nm
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If they keep offering those pathetic line rates
LOL.
RE: Editing at extremely low line rates
If you get a discount on the coffee, I'm in....LOL
Editing at extremely low line rates.
What are the standard rates for Quality Assurance Editing these days? Well, that depends on what you are editing. If you are editing TRAINED Voice Recognition files expect to make less per line, maybe a couple of cents per line. For UNTRAINED Voice Recognition files, you should be earning at least 3 cpl or better. Editing relatively clean reports that require very little change should earn you up to about 4 cpl. Editing transcribed reports by new grad MTs or offshore MTs should earn you 5 to 6 cpl. I really don't think I'm far off base here, but I am certain that if you take a job editing transcribed reports done by offshore MTs, you should not accept anything less than 5 cpl, otherwise you are doing yourself a disservice even if you are trying to break into Editing. Feel free to respond.
Some things to consider that factor into line rates. sm
There are two sides to this. The larger companies like MQ, Spheris, Transcend, Keystrokes, et AL have a lot more accounts and more volume so they make their money on volume and can pay more. They also have more overhead than smaller MTSOs and need payroll people, recruiters, benefits people, etc.
But here is what no one considers: If I pay someone 0.09 per line, I have to pay taxes and unemployment on them. My portion is 15% between SS and unemployment. Benefits such as PTO and the portion I pay for insurance and 401K (there is a fee to the employer to have someone run it at the company that you have your 401K with), etc cost me approximately 22% more. So actually, 9cpl + 37% = 12.3cpl. Add the cost of doing payroll, bank fees, liability insurance, etc. and there is not a whole lot left over. Most hospitals will not pay more than 13cpl, some 14cpl. My break-even is 13.2 cpl. This is normal; I talk to many MTSOs at MTIA meetings and on my own. The big ones above are the only ones that make a lot of money, but their companies produce a lot of lines every month.
Do I make good money? Yes, but I put in a lot of time getting accounts and keeping them happy, doing the juggling act to keep my employees busy on good accounts. Payroll takes time, recruiting takes time, sales take time PLUS a lot of accounts take a lot of day-to-day work.
I am not complaining about being an MTSO, I just want you to know that there are two sides to everything and the industry changes prevent us from paying more than 7 to 9 cpl. Factor in offshore driving our costs down and those companies that undercut everyone, and small MTSOs may go the way of 8-Track Tapes.
I see the industry going to just 10 companies or so and hopefully they can stay in business too with speech recognition, offshore and everything else that comes along.
Focus - what are their average line rates??
You hear good, bad, so-so and ugly about them. One thing you never see is what exactly are they paying. I hate to waste my time talking, applying, or testing with anyone who doesn't disclose their pay rates. I have extensive EXText experience, including the EXSpeech Turbo (which is awesome I might add). I know that VR doesn't always pay as well as it should, but if it's a productive platform and I don't have to type 50-blue-million ESL guys, I don't expect to make 8 cpl. However, just exactly what can you expect. If I have to edit or transcribe quality work that doesn't require you to go back and fix every other report, or if I'm not sending tons of reports to the QA person to figure out my blanks, I expect to be able to make good money for my experience. Is anyone willing to share what their pay rates are? If I can't average 22-25 an hour....not worth looking at.
MQ and Spheris line rates for SR/trans?
Can anyone tell me what editing/trans rates are for these companies? Are there any production incentives?
Spheris line rates & incentives
Some employees at Spheris are now being told that production and QA incentives will be eliminated. The line rate is variable, but in general, the very least you will accept. This used to be a wonderful company. Very little concern now for either employees, quality of work, or serving best interests of clients. Many are leaving.
Getting line counts up
I recently was hired for a national company, after having worked in-house for about 5 years in a physical therapy clinic. I'm still in the training status. Every day when I check my line count, I cannot believe it! It's in the 200-250 area. I know I'm slow, having to look up almost all drugs, many procedures, etc., and I'm adding to the expander program every day, but I don't see how I can get a lot faster. We don't get credit for header information and oftentimes this takes several minutes to look up, add to, correct.
Any suggestions/comments are welcome!
Line counts
Does anyone out there or has anyone out there worked for Transtech Medical Solutions and if so could you provide some input on their line counts and why there are 3 different platforms to figure your lines that give you 3 different figures and final line count is lower than those 3 platforms. Any info would be appreciated.
Thanks
LINE COUNTS
Be that as it may but have you have problems with your line count W?
line counts
I was given $10 guaranteed hourly for the first pay period, unless I did more than the 12,000 lines. That was a joke because I, like you, was, and still am, getting awful dictators. I did not make the 12,000 line requirement until 5 pay periods later. You will get there.....eventually. I can only dream what my line count would be if I had some decent dictators!
Line Counts
Line counts are pretty easy to get. I don't have any problem, but of course, the longer you are with any company/account, the easier line counts get. They require 150 lph, but they aren't sticklers about it, if you don't. (It took me a few months to get to 150, but then after that, 175-180 is about the norm). They let you pick your schedule. They are pretty flexible with that. I work a split shift and it works out great. They have excellent shift differentials. They use Shorthand as their Expander and if you're already using it, you can transfer it in. They have quality equipment. You don't spend a lot of time waiting. As far as demographics go, for the most part, it all pre-fills. Occasionally, you will get a patient you have to look up the name for, but it's easy and doesn't take long. It's an easy system to get used to, as well. You don't have to have 6 different windows open to do one thing. They have normals and examples easily available for different dictators, etc. Overall, it's definitely worth applying and taking the test. (The tests have caused problems for some folks - there's a written one and then 3 or 4 dictation samples).
Line counts
I sure did not have trouble getting between 250-350 lines per hour when I was with MDI at 11 cpl. I quit to take a radiology position that pays gross. The Bayscribe platform is very user friendly and I never had trouble with any of my accounts (2).
Line Counts
I average 250-300+ lph on my acute care account at MDI.
line counts
I most certainly did read it. I was stating that when I paste report into Word it does agree with the DQS line count, not that it does not agree.
Line counts
It really depends on how many characters you do in a day. For instance, if your total chars are 50,000 - then divide that by 65 csl and you get 769 lines total. And the same for a 72 csl - divided by 72 would be 694 lines total.
So the more chars you type the more lines it turns out to be. Figure 85,000 chars would get you 1,307 lines!
csmr-mt
Line counts
Again, I want to ask what can be done bout something... The way are lines are calculated by the MTs is to take 24 x the number of reports we have done in a day and that is just a guesstimate I am told. The owner has a line-counting program called Docu-Count and we do not have have access to that program. Again, when we get our paychecks.. it just shows the line count but we have no way of knowing exactly what our line count is compared to the what the owner comes up with. I have asked a person there at the office who helps with payroll and explained that my line counting program comes up a lot more than the one they use at the office and the response to me was I have to go. Does anyone besides me find this odd and know what I can do about it.. Im afraid to ask him for fear that I will lose my job and I need this job right now. TIA.
line counts
Well, that's good to know. Do you know if we are paid for the headings in the report? I think that might make the difference. I literally go from one IC job in the morning, making right at 300 lph, to struggling for 200 to 225 at Precyse. If we are paid for the headings (which we should be, because they don't appear out of thin air and they all take at least 3 keystrokes), then maybe I'm just too tired to pull off 300 lph at a second job. 
TT Line counts
Since the Ichart line counting program for TT has been having problems, I have noticed that my line counts have gone down. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I am starting to get worried about it.
TIA
line counts
anyone working for TTS having trouble with their line counts?
TTS line counts
An email was sent out to all about that earlier. It appears to be an ongoing issue with Dictaphone, and probably something they have no control over. I am sure they will get it straightened out soon, they can't afford not to.
Line counts
Let me ask you this then, to whose benefit is this equipment geared to - not to increase an MTs productivity, give me a break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Past audits have revealed some of the following billing discrepancies:
Inadequate Billing Detail.
No true MT line counting standards for billing.
Challenging Audit Trail and Process.
Special Characters Can Inflate Line Counts By 15%.
Invisible Characters Can Inflate Line Counts Up To 20-40%!
Poorly Designed Templates can lead to Excessive Line Counts.
Multi-page Reports can Drive Excessive Characters and/or hidden words.
Line Counts
Not too long ago there were numerous posts regarding Transtech and the line count situation. I was just wondering if any TransTech employees are still experiencing discrepancies with their line counts.
Thanks
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