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I need a shoulder to cry on as I feel I'm -
Posted By: getting depressed
1. I can't make my lines and lose my FT status.
2. My self-employed husband goes for open heart surgery. Thankfully, he's doing good, but the insurance only paid 1/4 of the hospital and doctor bills, even though it states up to $100,000 per event. They refused to pay the ambulance, didn't pay the doctors at all, and only paid the hospital 1/4 of what they charged. Why bother to pay for health insurance if they're going to renege (sic) on their agreement?
3. My credit rating has gone from excellent to fair since I am the only one working. I can't pay all the bills now until my husband goes back to work and then we have to wait 5 weeks for a paycheck from him. In the meantime, his truck payment, 2 mortgages 1st & 2nd, truck insurance, etc. must be paid to the tune of $3500 a month. I don't make that much a month plus I need another $500 for utilities and $1000 for life, health, disability insurance.
4. His brakes failed on his pickup when he was coming down our hill. Thankfully, he has the knowledge as a big truck driver, so he was not injured.
5. I decided to sell some extra things I have around here to make some money to help. I screwed it up and now am afraid to try again. Yet I have a houseful of "trinkets" to sell. I'm even thinking about selling some of our antique furniture, but am afraid I'll get ripped off.
This has not been a good year. I am trying not to break down in front of hubby, but I'm having a hard time keeping back the tears today. .
I just saw a transcription company advertise -
Posted By: free transcription, 1 week, no limit. CRAZY!!! n
cpl pay vs per minute -
Posted By: MT34+
What is the opinion here on pay by line versus pay by the minute? Pros vs cons and why? I can figure out for myself that, for example if you are paid 10 cents a line for a 65 cpl and they say nothing but one sentence for 10 minutes and you listen to shuffling of papers you would be much better off by the minute. I am just curious here what the opinion is and why which one is better. After all these years of being an MT I know companies are always trying to figure out how to make money for them without passing on the rewards to the MT.
mixing Elavil and Wellbutrin -
Posted By: ...Does anyone know....SM
if it's okay to take these 2 meds at the same time? I am taking Wellbutrin SR 200 mg twice daily, now neuro doc wants me to start taking Elavil for migraine prophylaxis. They are both anti-depressants. He knows I'm taking Wellbutrin so surely he wouldn't prescribe something for me that could potentially be a dangerous combination, but it still scares me. I did a brief online search and couldn't find any contraindications......???
Loss of American Jobs Poem -
Posted By: Not the author
You may not think this is very grand.
But it is written so even a President can understand!
Where are our jobs?
Where have they gone?
Are they over here or over there?
Are they behind a chair?
They are not over here.
They are not over there.
They are not behind a chair.
Are they on a train or a boat or a plane?
Are they in England, France or Spain?
They are not on a train or boat or plane.
They are not in England, France or Spain!
HOORAY! HOORAY!
They are in Bombay!
Where people work for little pay!
In China and in Mexico too!
Where it costs ten cents to make a shoe!
Corporations say they have the need
To cut budgets and save money, indeed!
Though most of us would call it greed!
Corporations pay our Congress well
So Congress will do whatever they tell.
GATT and NAFTA so no tariffs there will be!
So corporations can import and export anything for free!
They have sold us out (the American worker) its true.
Our government and corporations too!
So if you are feeling blue,
Because there is no job for you
And you are unemployed for another day,
There is something you can do.
Find a flag and wave HOORAY!
Since "patriotism" is the call of the day!
help on word board, pls! nm -
Posted By: ???
question about shorthand expander -
Posted By: newbie
I am trying to figure out which Expander to purchase and I feel so dumb. I shorthand expander something I download to my PC or is it more like a CD? Can I use it on more than one computer, i.e. home and work? I'm actually trying to find something that can sort of travel with me, like bringing my tool box along with me. Is that possible?
Thanks.
those of you that have independent health -
Posted By: dcc
insurance, what companies are the policies with? i've done the quote thing with a couple online services that quote several companies, but i've heard of very few of the companies that reply. does anyone have mega? or heard of nase?? or even which companies to avoid would be extremely appreciated. (i'm in indiana with 1 child).  TIA!!!!
PractiCount -
Posted By: Me
I am trying out the PractiCount before I purchase. For some reason, I cannot get the same line counts (Office 2003 and PractiCount). I use a 65 character count in Office and when I calculate in PractiCount it is about 48 characters. I have set my options at 65. Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks!
Contract question -
Posted By: linda
Subject: Contract question
A girl that was recently fired had in her contract that she would use a 65-character line, yet she was paid by the gross line. Does this make sense?
???going rates -
Posted By: sara
Help!!! just been offered an OB/GYN doctor account. What should I charge?
Editor versus Transcriptionist -
Posted By: anonymous
Just curious... does an Editor make more than a Transcriptionist or about the same?
Do you ever find yourself talking to your monitor -
Posted By: Nanna23
when you have these ESL's or Tigger (hoppity hop, bouncy bounce) type of dictators? My kids tell me they've learned to ignore me when I'm working after they hear me say "come on now, you can say it" or slow your behind down, speak the dang language, etc etc!
Instant Text question -
Posted By: IndyMT
I have just downloaded Instant Text to use with Word. I would like to import my auto correct abbreviations into Instant Text. This might be a dumb question, but if I do that, will they only be able to be used with Instant Text. I currently am using Instant Text for short periods of time as to not slow down my production too much while still learning the ins and outs of the program. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks a bunch....
Voice Recog -
Posted By: Old MT
If anyone has a VRS would you let me know if it's worth the money and time? I had Dragon a year or two after it came out and was not too happy with it. I just wonder if there have been improvements. I probably won't use it for med trans but have an idea to use it for data entry which I also do. Thanks!
MTStars crossed the limit of 1.5 Million Page Views.. -
Posted By: MTStars Administration
We are proud to announce that MTStars has crossed the limit of 1.5 million page views for the month of March, 2007 delivering 2.8 Gigs/day (average) content to our visitors.
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Misc. Details:
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Member Count: 9094. All are active & receive our bi-weekly newsletter on regular basis. (Bouncing and dead addresses are removed by Yahoo! automatically)*.
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New members: 11 / day (average)*
Unsubscriptions: 4/ day (average)*
Current Documents on MTStars Site: 250,000 (approx).
Archived Messages: 68,000
Message posting per day: 500 / day (average, both topics & follow-ups)*
Alerts Sent: 2,000 in Emails/day..
Average Job Posting: 12 jobs/day (both Job Bank & Seekers board).
Average increase in postings per month: 21 %*.
Resume Bank: 2700 resumes (US MTs Only)
Average resumes added: 8/day.
Employers requested & granted access to view resumes: 55*.
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Depression? Brings our jobs home -
Posted By: Kathleen Keane
I personally think we are headed for a depression. I believe in our gung-ho desire to improve our trade partners (invest in our country so we could continue to export our debt) we mistakenly sent our jobs overseas. Now, facing high unemployment, we need our jobs back. Therefore, I am asking that you contact your local congresspeople and request that our jobs be brought back from foreign countries, thus increasing domestic production and increasing the number of jobs. This is the perfect time to do this. In order to come out of a depression, we have to increase production. We cannot export all production and having to produce. Believe me, now is the time to request our jobs be brought back to the U.S. The alternative is extremely bleak, and your elected officials know it.
shortcuts for microsoft word 2003 -
Posted By: mtgirl
Hi,
Does anyone know how to create shortcuts or word expansions in microsoft word? Thanks so much!!!
Dumb dictation -
Posted By: Mom-CMT
Review of systems was not obtainable from the baby, obviously, due to the baby's age of one month. Review was obtained from parents. DUH!!!!
Now I am angry -
Posted By: whatthe heck?
Just did a ESL report. The patient was a white American female as dictated by the doctor, and he "could not get an accurate history due to the language barrier".
This just irritates me.
Too many comas? -
Posted By: Texas
The patient has been advised to consider either a cystectomy, or, if he desires, a bladder preservation chemoradiation treatment protocol.
Appropriate charges for hospital SR editing? SM -
Posted By: MTSOinCA
As a service owner providing transcription services (medical records, not pathology or radiology) to a large hospital, I was informed recently that the hospital is moving to speech recognition over the next couple of years. I foresee this to be a giant fiasco in general, but my specific question is this… I am wondering about my charges to the hospital and how they will/should be affected? I know the “powers that be” will expect me to lower my per line rate for SR editing (they currently pay 16 cpl for transcription), but I don’t have any idea what is appropriate. Has anyone had experience with such a scenario? Any input will be greatly appreciated.
ok guys, 9 jobs in the system, we need your help DESPERATELY! -
Posted By: huh? annoying supervisor
four to five times a day we are in dire need of help with all but 10-20 jobs on the system. Did someone overdo the coffee or what.
Change 4 the better... -
Posted By: RadGuy
Personally I am elated about the demise of Sheri and Co. - they were the nutty as a fruitcake and banned people left and right (including me) if they dared to disagree with ANYTHING they said. This site had become the joke of the industry and I hope they fail miserably trying to get another site going. I'm staying right here and away from those two kooks!
care2.com -
Posted By: zyla
just came across this web site -- has a section for petitions, just scanning it quickly there was offshoring -- other interesting causes as well
Precyse. Good, bad, ugly? -
Posted By: Info would be appreciated
thanks!
Anybody know of any websites sm -
Posted By: Cardiology MT
for reference material for Cardiology? I do strictly cardiology right now and lots and lots of cardiac caths, TEEs, Echos, Holters, PTCAs, etc. Would be nice to have a website with just cardiology stuff.
anyone ever wonder -
Posted By: have to ask
why it is that doctors will spell out words such as Tylenol but then mumble through words like hemiepiphysiodesis and let you figure out what they are saying? I think half of them can't understand what they are saying either so they hope we will search for hours trying to figure it out
IC Question: How long do you keep your reports for your docs? -
Posted By: MTToo
ICs, I was curious to see how long do you keep your reports on your computer for the doctors? Is there a usual time limit?
Thank you!
working directly for rad office -
Posted By: rad transcription
If you took a position working from home directly for a small doctors' office (5 docs) with no ESL and you supplied your own computer and internet, what is the lowest line rate you would accept? There is a good chance they may provide benefits too, including medical insurance. This would be for radiology only with mammos, x-rays, CTs, diagnostics, ultrasounds and no MRIs.
Thanks in advance for comments.
name removal -
Posted By: LH
How does one remove full name from posting??????
Hearing Loss -
Posted By: Kristy
Any long-time MTs out there noticed any hearing loss from this profession?
Laptops and foot pedals -
Posted By: Julia
I just discovered that the foot pedal I use with Bayscribe does not fit into my laptop! The foot pedal has a 9-pin connection and the laptop has mostly only USB portals. I don't want to buy a new foot pedal. Is there any sort of adapters or some other way to make this work?
Company ads -
Posted By: Lisa
What is with these transcription companies??? They put out ads saying you only need 1 year of experience! I have 2 years but when you go to the site and fill out the pre-employment testing stuff ( I get the message I do not have the required experience???) Clearly I have ads from 2 companies that claim that they need only 1 year!! What's the deal???????????? This business really stinks lately. We work for pennies a line as it is and no one will give even experienced MTs a deserving shot. Very discouraged!!!!!!
What does q.a.c. stand for? -
Posted By: Don't know
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What is a good inexpensive small home printer. -
Posted By: MQMT
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KINESIS ERGO KEYBOARD -
Posted By: Claudia Kirk
Kinesis Ergonomic Keyboard. Newest technology, a MTs dream. Feels like a cadillac when compared with other keyboards. Purchased 10/2006, excellent condition. Paid $350, will sell for $290--like new. Adaptation exercise book. Retired as MT. Follow this link to review benefits:
http://www.kinesis-org.com/benefits.htm.
Ah finally some peace!! I guess those -
Posted By: sm
people who kept calling and calling finally decided to give up. Not sure why or what happened, but when I emailed the phone company to tell them what had been happening, maybe they actually did trace it and the people decided to stop. Whatever the reason, I am sooo glad!! Now watch them call- lol!! They were calling 5 times a day. They only called once yesterday. Whew!!
Ok, I give up. My dad passed away -
Posted By: Just me
a year ago today and weird things have been happening since. On his birthday the coffee pot stopped working, which was a gift from him. On father's day, the washer stopped working, another gift from him. Today, the dryer decided it didn't like the new washing machine and decided to join its old counterpart in appliance heaven. That was another gift from him. All these items were less than 2 years old. Either he's a bad gift giver or he's messing with my head. Don't know whether to laugh or cry at all the crazy coincidences or call out ghostbusters. Why can't he break the stupid things like the lawnmower?
Doctor D'oh of my day today. (sm) -
Posted By: tnmt
A tiny vent!
What is up with them saying "myself" when "I" is not the subject? Does it just sound more officious then "me?"
I just had "Follow up at _____ Medical Associates with myself, Dr. _____, within one week." Again for the umpteenth time.
Granted, I had to learn the rules of reflexives from an older, wiser MT than myself, but some days I get a little sick of changing it.  LOL
Is a Celeron M (1.5 GHz) processor equal to a -
Posted By: Pentium 3? Can't tell by googling. nm
nm
Any good laptop deals around? -
Posted By: CMJ
Im looking for a laptop with wireless so that I can be mobile, any suggestions?
Herman Miller Mirra Chair help! -
Posted By: Sandy
Looking into buying one of these and would like to know how good it really is! Anyone out there with one who can help me? Can the arms come off easily as never use them when working? Do you need the loaded version with the tilt limiter? Any help would be appreciated.
Does anyone have recommendation of a good treadmill? My cheap one..sm -
Posted By: sore all over
just threw me off for the second time in about a month (the belt slips when going over 2.6 MPH). I have treadmill burns down both shins, one hand and an ugly bruise. I was not able to grab the "safety cord" in time to shut if off. I know good ones are quite expensive and have looked on Consumer Reports but would like to have personal recommendations if possible. TIA!
PLEASE tell me about your food pedal... -
Posted By: Lucy
My ByteScribe pedal is slowly but surely meeting its death. It was $180 when I bought it and is still $180. If anyone can recommend a different pedal that costs less, I would love to hear about it and how much you paid for it. Also, do you use ExpressScribe (sp?). I don't use it with my pedal because it came with its own software. Thanks!
Lucy
For extra cash I just started donating blood plasma SM -
Posted By: Mt2long
to BioLife, owned by Baxter. They pay about $50 a week for this (put on debit card). Does anyone else do this, and what other things like this is anyone aware of? It's not as gross as it sounds, just like giving blood, and they separate your plasma from the blood and give you your blood back.
Transcription For Funeral Homes -
Posted By: Kymee
Hi
Does anyone know for sure what type of medical transcription funeral homes would use? I don't think they would be autopsies, but someone told me they utilize this service.
Any advice is appreciated.
Thanks....Kymee
CMT study workshops or -
Posted By: Santa Paws
I am looking for some reputable websites for info regarding the CMT exam that also include study material. Any info would be greatly appreciated :)
Expansions for numbers/lab values -
Posted By: Okay, so I'm not a rocket scientist
Do you all use Expanders for numbers and lab values? - Ex.: 0-10 red cells, 10-20 white cells ... things of that nature. I have a few, but it seems there are so many different combinations of number items that I can't come up with a good system.
Any ideas appreciated. 
Credit card/income question. sm -
Posted By: GT
I got an offer from Capital One for a personal credit card. Credit not great, but I figured they checked it before sending offer since I have a business card and they check with CRA every month.
Anyway, they declined it. They said I didn't make too much. Said they would not put denial on credit report. Want to find out how do they know how much or little I made since that information is not reported. Do they go by FICO score? Just wondering if anyone else had this problem.
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