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Yeah Mary picky pants.

Posted By: !!!!! on 2006-10-05
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Made yourself look a little foolish eh?


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What is so picky about them? I don't think wanting accuracy is picky...
It is professional...
Actually, it's a GI Joe tattoo with Britney pants.

You can have her fancy pants Mercades...

I just want a session or two with your masseuse with the sausage!  I know I sure appreciate reading your lighthearted post in all this tension!


   


Sometimes people need a kick in the pants.
Wallowing in self pity does not pay the bills. She can take a few days to hate the world but she's going to have to find a way to make ends meet.
and who died and made YOU the pants kicker???
such arrogance!tsk.
To Mary K
As far as I know this is still the USA and you do have the right to freedom of speech. No one can make you feel any way. You can choose to feel victorious and strong for having spoken your mind. You did a very courageous thing to speak your truth and I for one support you. You are a brave and ethical woman. I see no bravery or ethics on the part of Heartland. Or maybe we should rename them HeartLESS?
To Mary (sm)
Yes they are in the same area you mentioned. If you have been with a national in the past, this is different as everything has to come directly from the hospital and if they take extra time, there isn't a lot KS can do..I'd suggest contacting (can't say names here) but the director of client services, she is great!, and if there is anything that can be done to speed up the process, she'll find a way. By the way, I LOVE this account when its working! Good luck! sincerely,
KSMT
Good for you Mary! sm
I will keep an eye out. I hope that our voices are finally heard in this company. We've been anonymous for so long!
Mary...email me if you can...sm
hgmama610@aim.com

Let's put our heads together on this fight.
To Mary who responded by e-mail (sm)
Thank you.  I tried to send a brief message back to you at your e-mail address twice but it came back.  Thanks for the info. 
Very picky

She didn't know what she wanted, would gripe about everything under the sun, and would send 20 emails a day asking the status of work that wasn't due until the next day.  They were usually in all caps in a screaming tone. 


Pay was .06 per actual line which was ok I guess, but definitely not worth the hassle of her constant emails and nitpicking.  Hope this helps you some.


Maybe I am just too picky...
I see Cbay in Annapolois (their spelling not mine) is advertising and one of the things they want is nero-ophthalmology.  What's that?  Hmmm.. .
Picky, picky
I have transcribed and done QA for Medquist for 20 years.  I went part-time with Transolutions for a little extra cash and it was the most frustrating experience I have ever had.  As stated previously, you receive about 9 binders of stuff to read through. The apex system was okay, but way too much to do on the patient information page.  You have to copy every physician mentioned in the report plus fill in many fields on the ADT taking away tons of time actually transcribing.  QA is absolutely ridiculous.  In the short period of time I worked for them the issue was grammar, mainly commas.  They take off for everything, reducing your accuracy percentage way down, I am talking in the 70s just because of punctuation errors.  I was astonished with my paychecks which never got any better.  I think they are also on line counts with no spaces included as it took forever to get anywhere.  I hated it and would never recommend Transolutions to anyone. 
what do you mean by picky?

I didn't think they tested, just on QA for 2 weeks.


how can i find mary K article that everyone is talkign about?
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I'm sure Anne, Sue and Mary are very offended by your comments...NOT!
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mary, is there a very high amount of ESLs? nm
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Good to talk to you today, Mary :)
As some were wondering, I can say I talked to the company.  Very professional and very nice.  Work sounds great and they are organized.  I will let others speculate about the line rate  
I think you are right. If she truly wanted to thank Mary, a private email would be sm

more appropriate.  As for enlightening us, what did she share other than they are nice and organized?  Woohoo ... that won't butter my bread.  Nothing about pay, which they are appaerntly is so pathetically low, they are  too embarrassed to admit to on here.


No thanks.  As the saying goes, I just got rid of my cow, so I don't need your bull. 


I think you are right. If she truly wanted to thank Mary, a private email would be sm

more appropriate.  As for enlightening us, what did she share other than they are nice and organized?  Woohoo ... that won't butter my bread.  Nothing about pay, which appaerntly is so pathetically low, they are  too embarrassed to admit to on here.


No thanks.  As the saying goes, I just got rid of my cow, so I don't need your bull. 


Yes, exactly. The picky nothing stuff
I have been reviewed now for 5 months; been in the "Exceeds Standards" percentage; and that is ridiculous anyway, 98-100%, etc.

I have been an MT for 25 years. Why am I being graded. We obviously do not know what we are doing. I thought I finished grade school along time ago.
Yes, picky and wrong about their QA. nm

If you're asking if QA at DSG is picky... (sm)
Yes, they are, because we have high standards and like to keep our accounts happy. If you're asking how hard it is to actually do QA on QASAR, I have no idea. I am an MT with DSG. I hope this answers your question from an MT point of view.
To Mary K - I totally agree...I thought you wrote a

great letter and I hope you get some response to it on a national level..the public needs to know about this as is concerns THEIR medical records!  I applaud your efforts and hope something comes from it!



not picky about punching in right when you are scheduled,
just so you get your work done.  Also, remember the time clock and punching in out keeps track of your lines per hour which the more lines per hour the more you are paid.  Its not bad at all!!!
2006 posts said QA is VERY picky here. Pay was 6-9 cpl. Under
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AAMT standardization, not picky

I work from home for a hospital.  I have also worked for regionals/nationals, clinics, pathology, etc.  I work for a hospital that has the JCAHO accreditation which means that every department is compliant, not just clinical.  I'm proud of the work we do in my transcription department.  We have VR and it's rarely on because we have a top team of professional MTs.  We all make a minimum of $20 an hour and most of us make more because, yes, we get paid per line.  We are a 400-bed facility and only require a team of 16 transcriptions (about 50/50 FT and PT MTs).  I believe this is because we have standards that we know we can refer to if there is ever a question.  It also makes it so we don't have many questions.  We type it the AAMT way.  It creates a professional and consistent-looking document.  No room for anyone to question:  Doctor, MT, manager, or even the Q&A department. No one.  Period. 

 

AAMT integrates JCAHO standards, as well.  AAMT isn't some persnickety transcriptionist who wants to have a say in what we all type.  The effort is there in order to create a standardization in the work we do.  I still believe we do an important job, regardless of the jobs that are sent off-shore.  Until they're all gone, this is how I make my living and I want to try to be as professional as possible.  I'll bring AAMT guidelines to whatever job I hold and I doubt very much that my work will be called into question.  

 

JMHO

Thank you miss picky....jeesh!!!
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I think what happens when companies want that little QA submission and are really picky is
that you tend to relisten to all your reports and end up making much less money because you become paranoid about the whole thing.  That is what is happening to me at the place I am working.  They are so picky to the point of being ridiculous.  AND, it is very stressful and not fun.
Nasty team leader, nit-picky QA, sm
mounds of account specifics and company instructions and I mean 7 binders each 3 inches thick , constant busy signals dialing in to get work, slow PC-company supplied, slow tech support, impossible to make line rate. Dock you big time for errors.
Following basic grammar is nit-picky? Maybe I misunderstood.

lmao!! yeah maybe I'm the recruiter...suggesting that my co-worker is the problem. yeah that make
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Jewish Hospital & St. Mary's in Kentucky has an In-House, days MT spot
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Not when you have so many accounts and no work. How do you like the picky nothing stuff they deduct
off for the 98% QA. I have never seen such BS in my life. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Has no bearing on what an MT can or cannot do. It is all designed to get rid of more QA people and to make sure no one makes the bonus. No doubt about that. Has anyone tried to discuss this with them or is that impossible.
response to bounced checks and "too picky"

Please, do not let those untrue postings affect your decision to work for The MT Group.


This is Melanie (the one who posted the job for The MT Group).  The MT Group was started in 1996, and we have NEVER EVER EVER EVER bounced someone's check nor shorted the check.  We ask all of our ICs to turn in their line counts at the end of every pay period.  If they do not match what we have, I contact the IC so that we can compare.  Very rarely do I need to go that far.  When I put in our job post that we are honest and fair, I was being honest.  I was very discouraged to read that posting. 


As far as pickiness about spaces.  It is common knowledge that there should be two spaces after a period, and yes, we do expect that.  I can't help but think that the person who posted that reply just had a big problem with using two spaces.


And moodiness??  Who was moody?  The transcriptionist?


 


I have worked for a company that is SO picky and you have to do so much demographic work
before you ever get to the report. Then you have to switch screens, take out an underscore in 2 places, change the worktype in 3 places if the doc doesn't put it in right, IM someone to look up the name for letters (which is about half my worktype), change screens again to get the billing number, paste it in, and THEN you can start the report. Ahhhhhhh!

All for 1 cent more per line than the reports I do for another place that all I have to do is enter a MRN and I'm there, in the report, and no medications, no demographics. Now one of these days I am going to be brave and just switch altogether to this company.
I left, too. Incredibly picky account rules. No $$.
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Digital Dictation Services - MARY GLEASON, Stiff on Payment, BEWARE
This is a sole proprietor, who will let you try out for a couple weeks, and then stiff on payment.  She is all nicey nice in the beginning but look out, she will rip you off big time. Do not work for unless you like working for nothing.
P&G forced my sister to stop selling Mary Kay in her spare time...gotta SM!
This was years ago way before P&G even owned Revlon. It's not like my sister wore a white coat and created cosmetic formulas. She was a RECEPTIONIST!!! The Suits at P&G told her to make a choice because they didn't need an employee working for the competition...Give me a break!

BTW, the ONLY reason my sister even sold the MK was so she could get it 1/2 price.

Whatever you do on YOUR time is YOUR business!! (As long as no laws are being broken or ppl getting hurt)IMO
Years ago posts said they were extremely picky & hard to work for. Haven't
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Yeah, yeah, I spelled health wrong -
I am very angry right now and my fingers are taking it out on the keyboard.
Jewish is the main hospital, St. Mary's is another hospital under their management. (nm)
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Yeah, yeah, AND enjoy!

Yeah - n,
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Yeah! Take That!
I like OSi too!!!
Yeah let's go there.
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yeah right.
come on, every time some MT posts this type of problem, there is always the same response back from KS.  Like you don't think they have sent email after email and call after call trying to get things taken care of or get help?  Please.  You don't think that we have the number and haven't called a million times?  This is all just for show.
Yeah, sure!!! Like we believe you!
TS
Yeah????!!!!!!!!!

I also am very happy with my employment at OSi.  I think it is a great company, one that listens to the needs of their employees and does their best to accomodate.  It is pitiful to read how so many bash OSi and other companies on this board and you don't even work for them.  If you have in the past and have found employment elsewhere, move on and knock off the infernal complaints.  If you are employed with the company you are complaining about, then find a new job.  We don't need or want your constant bantering.  And if you are still employed here, that tells us you obviously aren't good enough to get a job elsewhere.


Yeah. RUN, RUN, RUN,
There are much better jobs out there.
yeah but
I would be typing all night.