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Would do it slightly differently

Posted By: Me on 2009-08-19
In Reply to: Advice - gourdpainter

If you say NOTHING about rates it's off-putting for a potential client who just wants to know up front if they can afford you.

Instead offer some type of range - with the disclaimer that service is customized and rates are too...

You could say as low as for example - you can explain when they contact you what the parameters are for the lowest rate.

You do need a good accountant and if you will require contracts, you need an attorney as well.


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I look at it differently.
I figure if you don't hear about a company it's because they have work. The only ones who post here are the ones without a lot of work.

I work for a company that you never hear about because they have loads of work and they don't over hire. They very rarely advertise because they don't have a big turnover of MTs. I don't know anything about the company you're asking about. That could be a good thing!
Are they calculated differently or

is it just getting used to the system?


I would have handled this is little differently
at least to start. I would send an e-mail to the sup, cc the other QAers, and ask for clarification of the procedure to follow when things come up and an unscheduled break is needed, weather is bad, etc. The sup would likely respond to all. Then you would have her direction to quote if you get another IM like this. I doubt you would, though, surely they would realize you aren't going to play along with them anymore once they see your e-mail.
others felt differently - NM

It is done differently based on the account so

I'm not much help there.  Your lead should be able to provide that information. 


Your place was run differently than mine, then.
Right off the bat, it made perfect sense to use one's hospital position to obtain clinic accounts. We knew the work, we knew the dictators, we lived local. As to the medical director displaying favoritism, I guess it would depend on how it was done. Ours was always very above-board about how the word was put out. Ours wasn't really a small hospital, either. It was a regional trauma center. But I guess there are some places that want to find ethical lapses even when none exist.
It's a slightly old article -
.
slightly OT, but can you explain what you mean
I am curious because all I ever do is Ctrl-I (admittedly I am really new to ExText myself) and I don't really understand what you mean by the iChart.

TIA!
a slightly different perspective...

My story:  I started a week ago with sneezing.  At first, I thought it was allergies because we took DH's truck for a long drive (the one he takes the dog to the shop in).  But after 2 doses of Benadryl and 6 hours later, still sneezing.  The sneezing started up again the next day and by the third day I was coughing.  The coughing got worse as the week went on and it got to the point where I was gagging on the mucus.  I self-medicated with OTC stuff -- Robitussin, Mucinex, etc.  By Sunday, I was on the couch the entire day.  My body hurt, my ears hurt, I had chills, still coughing and sneezing.  Finally on Monday, I called my doc and made an appt for that afternoon.


My doc did a thorough exam on me and told me that what I had was more than likely viral and that antibiotics would do me no good (I'm old school, I say give me the Z-pack and send me on my way), but not this newbie.  He gave me an inhaler.  We have 3 of those in my house already and told me to continue with my OTC stuff.  I paid my copay and left.


Needless to say, the next time I get sick, I'll wait until I'm dead to go to the doctor's because I'm sure it's just a virus and we can't really treat a virus.  Maybe that's the prob with the workload.  People aren't going to their doctors because the doctors aren't doing much to help.  Save your money and wait it out.


Slightly off the topic, but another MDI-MD question...SM
As far as them now requiring 700 lines/day, or 3500 lines/week, if you aren't scheduling yourself the 5 days to work one week if you needed a day off, how do you make up your lines to get your weekly requirement? How many days off can you really end up taking without feeling like you are jeopardizing anything? What if you took 1 day each month, would that be excessive?
It might differ slightly in each state but - sm

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:


1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).


2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 


3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)


4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)


5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).


* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.


It might differ slightly in each state but - sm

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:


1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).


2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 


3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)


4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)


5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).


* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.


It might differ slightly in each state but - sm

I did happen to review a chart of the 50 states and did not run across anything where they required a set weekly amount.  In my state in the NE, to qualify, you must:


1. Have worked a total of at least 20 weeks within the last 56 weeks (year).


2. The total $ amount you earned during the past year is added up and averaged by the number of weeks you worked. (i.e., if you worked for 30 weeks this past year and earned a total of $15,000, you averaged $500 per week). 


3.  This weekly average is divided by 2 ($500 divided by 2 = $250.)


4.  Any week in which you earned $80 or less is thrown out - so as not to unfairly lower your average. (May be $90 or $95 now, as this was taken from 2005 data.)  For example, if you started your job, say, on a Friday and earned $80 for that day, that would not be counted.)


5.  Your weekly benefit amount is roughly $250.00 for 26-39 weeks (depending length of recession).


* They will always use the separation criteria from your LAST job as reason to deny or grant benefits - whether 1 day or 1 year.  For example, you may quit a job after years of employment, then work at a temp for for a week - get laid off of that temp job after that time for lack of work - you're in luck, since they'll use criteria from that last job for your UE claim.


Sten-Tel is a tranny franchise. Different owners, all run differently, different pay, but still
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I guess I see things differently, as I do not know what all of the hoopla is about not paying OT. sm

And Keystrokes is not the only company that doesn't pay OT.  Transtech doesn't pay for it either, although they encouraged it when I was there.  I was actually chastised once for putting down my real hours on my time sheet, telling me that I know better.  However, it didn't bother me then and doesn't bother me now as I am just grateful to be able to work as much as I want to get the line count that I want/need.  It is not slave labor -- no one forces me to work the extra hours.  I do so of my own free will. 


I have had some health issues and other things, and my line count with Keystrokes has been awful, yet they have been patient and caring, and I am grateful to be working for them.   I realize I will probably get flamed, but that's okay.  My opinion is just as valid as anyone else's, and I decided to speak up in favor of a company that has been good to me. 


Do they still dock pay for slightly lower than normal

expected QA scores, and use stars and apples as QA scores or do they come in real numbers now?


In the past I always opted for a slightly lower
line count in order to produce the highest-quality work. But that was before our cpl was chopped last year. If I did MT for a hobby, I would probably still spend that extra time proofing everything. But I've got to make a living at this, and when pay dips as low as it is now, and I'm already working far in excess of 8 hr per day, the only option left in order to survive is to just crank 'em out, and *hope* they're correct. My guess is QA is pretty much in the same boat, if they're paid on production and not by the hour.
If MQ has no jobs thus no money, how much worse can Amphion be with slightly lower pay?
:)