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You are misinformed. I just called them and they DO pay for autopopulated demographics. What

Posted By: KittyKat on 2006-07-24
In Reply to: Reply to question - Olive Oyl

they don't pay for is header and footer.


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They pay for spaces and they pay for autopopulated info, such
as patient demographic information. They also pay for all normals that you use. They do not pay for the header and/or footer that is hard coded in the template. This comes straight from the owner.
I think they did, but you didn't get paid for anything that autopopulated. They use ExText. nm
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not misinformed at all
George is not going to admit that they offshore work?????  He is not a very honest man apparently.  Believe me, he offshores work on ALL accounts that he can..it means more money in his pocket!!
Sorry to say, but you are misinformed.

If you are that misinformed about how many people
you're just as misinformed about why they left, and you haven't got a clue.  Just because you're a 'long time Transcender' doesn't mean you've got the inside information about every single problem every single person has/had.  You may think you know it all, but you don't.
George says we are misinformed and
intelligent people will go directly to the source to learn the truth.
George says we are misinformed......
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George says we are misinformed.....
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George says we are misinformed.....
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You are sadly misinformed. sm
AAMT is certifying OFFSHORE MTs and allowing them to join the organization, thus, the name AMERICAN needs to be removed from the name.  Anyone in this industry who does not understand and acknowledge the negative impacting offshoring has had on our profession has their head in the sand. 
ins after 1 year??? misinformed! 90 days
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You are misinformed. Sufi is most definitely NOT an Indian term. SM

Sufism or tasawwuf, as it is called in Arabic, is generally understood by scholars and Sufis to be the inner, mystical, or psycho-spiritual dimension of Islam. Today, however, many Muslims and non-Muslims believe that Sufism is outside the sphere of Islam. Nevertheless, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, one of the foremost scholars of Islam, in his article The Interior Life in Islam contends that Sufism is simply the name for the inner or esoteric dimension of Islam.


RE demographics
Sometimes the MR # is already there, but I always have to type in the name and date of visit as well as the DOB and MR # if the doc dictates it. Sometimes he spells the patient's name. If not I type it to the best of my ability and move on. We get paid for all demographics.
I would take it to mean too many demographics. Maybe
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So how much demographics?
 Heck if it is only 1 number I'd say that's good.  Try the MDI-MD Lanier account I used to do.  You had to type in ALL the numbers and dates from both Lanier screens and pick the docs (on a list at least).  On a consultation you also had to fill in requesting physician, date, type of consultation and consulting physician.  And if they dictate it on all reports room numbers too.  Not to mention the accounts are 85% ESL. 
What is demographics?
I don't know what it means when you say demographics when speaking about working for a National.  What is that?
DEMOGRAPHICS
Do any of you remember the days when the sup or clerk would edit the Lanier dictation as the dictation came in, listen, edit and then you received it?  
100 QA DEMOGRAPHICS

demographics, etc.
Someone also recently told me that NONE of the normals are paid any more!! and have you noticed that their clocks do not correspond to real time?? That's how they decide FT/PT, whether you get insurance, PTO, etc...
Demographics a nightmare!
She seemed nice, pay was on time, but the time put into searching for patient demographics was ridiculous.  If they ever changed that, wouldn't be too bad.
I agree with demographics.
Wayyyy too much. I lasted longer than Miss Willy, worked there about 9 months, and it was like drowning. They kept adding more accounts and more demographics, and it was a miracle if you could get your line count.
About this demographics issue...
I don't understand...there's one number we must fill in on the DI, unless the MRN doesn't pull up the patient name, which is rare. It takes all of 2 seconds to put in the visit number, so to complain about that is just ridiculous. AND, we are VERY lucky to have so much work,while other companies can't even provide enough to keep their MTs making the minimum required lines...I, for one, Love Amphion...going on 2 years with them and am very happy. But hey, if there is a mass exodus, just means more work for me...and I only work 7 hours a day, make well above the minimum requirements...maybe you all just can't handle the perfection that it takes to be an Amphion employee...
What about the demographics at Keystrokes?
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Demographics are paid for.
You are paid for the demographics - you should clarify that.   I always check demographics - are you relying on the physicians to key it in correctly?  I think to take pride in our work, we do have to check demographics, even though 95% of the time they should be correct.  If you are not getting matches most of the time, it could be a technical problem
I'd have to agree with you on the demographics.
I really hate not being paid for the headers and footers, especially when I spend so much time checking on the demographic info. It wouldn't be a problem if it were occasional, but on my particular account, it seems that the majority of reports have some sort of error or need more information. It's a lot of time spent following along behind lazy docs who can't enter numbers correctly. Maybe if I knew TT was holding the client's feet to the fire to get the docs to do things properly, I could at least have hope that someday all the demographics would come up correctly.

Oh! And copying and pasting repetitive cc information and looking for routing printers! I forgot that one! Add that to life's annoyances. Ugh.
SECOND WEEK 100%QA FOR DEMOGRAPHICS?..nm
SECOND WEEK 100%QA?
I am not talking demographics SM
I am talking errors, like transcribing incorrect medical words, incorrect values.  If the client is requiring that their work be free of medical and number errors, I don't call that being picky at all.
You have to check the demographics just
to insure you have the right patient, correct visit dates, etc. You can't do this job if you don't check demographics.
Demographics already filled
 Allegiant is a wonderful company to work for.  she ALWAYS pays on time with direct deposit.  All of her accounts are in the database and there are no patient lists used whatsoever.  I have used Emdat for 6 years and I am very happy with the amount of money I make. 
I use Ex-Text and don't have to type demographics
Maybe it depends on the account?
Does the demographics fill in on your account or do you ....

have to type them in?  I had an account that filled in and it was not too bad.  The account I have now must be searched out from the patient name to the type of document.  Really sucks because it is so terrilby time consuming.  Get a ESL saying the name and you can be looking at several minutes just to locate it.


I'm confused. Demographics autopopulate - ok, but what else does? (sm)
I'm confused now.  Are you talking about for example, DATE OF ADMISSION DATE OF DISCHARGE, SURGEON: etc. etc.  Isn't that a header.  Could you please elaborate?  Thanks
Time spent in demographics
Are there any company platforms out there where the demographics are already in place?  I could just scream sometimes trying to be a detective to get all the demographics in place only to have a one-liner follow.  Sigh... is it just me or are there others with the same frustration.  It's difficult to make rate when demographics have to be researched and the patient name sounds like Blavopvoskitapove.  Thanks for any clues on this. 
If you like typing tons of demographics...
Then Amphion is for you!!! Yes, their platform is horrible. Too much searching for doctors, account numbers, etc. Not enough work on one account so you have to learn up to 6 (which I did). All 6 will have vastly different rules/regs and you better know the difference because they hit you on QA. Sometimes in a week mandatory overtime and 2 days later no work. You will be asked to flex your time, meaning stuck to the computer to make up the time to get your line count.

I do have to say, the people are great. Also, they do not offshore!! And, like the person above stated, their pay is more because of all the extra DI screen info you have to put in. Wasn't worth my time and moved on to somewhere better.
More sophisticated MT services have demographics already in or
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Hey fellow MTs! Will someone please share which co's pay for demographics. Thanks! nm
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No, but the demographics are almost always already entered into the system for you.
I am sure it probably depends on your account as well, but all 5 of my accounts don't need demographics entered, except on a rare occasion when the dictator puts the wrong number in.
Does Keystrokes pay for demographics, headers,
Thanks!
Yeah, and do you have to fill out a bunch of demographics
and garbage without being paid for typing it all when it takes longer than typing the actual report?
If the company populates the demographics makes
HUGE difference.  I worked with two different companies with Emdat.  One wasn't too bad but the other didn't do anything with the demographics or even try to figure the system out to make it more MT friendly. Emdat still, after how much time, has not corrected the spell check either.  I finally quit.  I am now happily working in Word again and my line count is back up to normal.  Even after months in Emdat, my line count was down significantly.  I will not work on that platforn.  Good luck!
Almost no demographics to fill in on my account. Sound

quality could be better though.   Platform is very easy, everyone is very nice, pay is better than most, IC position 10 cpl/11 cpl weekends.   Small company that is growing.  They DON'T offshore. 


On my Amphion acct I had to fill in demographics
I lasted a few months because it was a losing battle. I had to quit when my husband was out of work after a MVA. Its okay to supplement income if you are happy with minimum wage.
Wondering....does Webmedx pay for demographics? The Q doesn't. NM
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Yeah, if you want to look up demographics that are impossible to understand, & get paid for
If you don't mind being nit-picked to death and QA'd into the ozone, go for it.
I believe Transnet is how ExText is connected. Easy to use. Most demographics are
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I have to do plenty of demographics. Did not realize I wasn't being paid for them. Am not surpris
It does depend on your acct,as you have said. nm.
They have called me twice and I have not yet called them back
Per your recommendation, I just might. Thank you.
I called and called and e-mailed my STM. When that got no

results I went over her head.  Got another account, but with 3 accounts still not enough work to get in more than 20 hours/week.  I worked a shift that was part 2nd/part 3rd.  Some days OT was offered, but then there wouldn't be work the next day. 


No one called you a joke, just called the post a joke because
we all know better, but you're entitled to your opinion.  You're the one insulting saying those of us who don't like SS probably couldn't cut it and that is the reason for our complaints.   You would be hard pressed to find anyone who ever worked for SS to agree with you about how wonderful they are.   They aren't getting new accounts, yet they always have an ad running - umm, let me think why that is. 
When I was called ...
I called Corporate back. I asked why were getting a call to verify we had received the letter. I was told that they wanted to verify the correct addresses for every employee, making sure each had received the letter, because our packets will be mailed out on 9/30 and are individualized as far as our base rates.

Personally, I would imagine that they have reviewed years of experience of MTs as well as the difficulty of accounts, as they have already stated, and come out with a tiered level of base rates -- the more experience you have the higher your rate as well as the more difficult the account you work on, the higher the pay...pay commensurate with experience and difficulty of work.
I bet if you called them they

would tell you.