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A gum-chewing, lip-smacking, flatulent, yawning ESL cardiologist.

I know it depends on lots of things such as difficulty, typing speed, expanders, etc.  Just looking for how many hours people have worked to get to 2000 lines.

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to me today!  I can't stop grinning.  Awhile ago I told you about working for my brother-in-law doing IC work (transcribing educational lectures for him).  Well, he is an astute businessman, and like most people/places is concerned with the bottom dollar.  Before I started, he asked me for a proposal stating how much I would charge and how a line is defined, etc.  Wanting to be fair (and still trying to give him a good bang for his buck since he's my BIL), I decided to charge him 0.12 per line.  He agreed to those terms, and I started working. 

Well, I just sent him my first invoice yesterday.  He wrote me back and said that he mailed the check today and that because it was out of my area of expertise and I went the extra mile for him that he was raising my pay to 0.16 per line!!!  Woohoo! Who am I to complain?!  LOL  This totally made my day! 

Granted, I know he's my BIL and probably just being nice, but it was very appreciated nonetheless!

Chickadee

Looking for some info about Gainseville GA in Hall County. What kind of community? Nice place to live, etc... Thanks!

To answer post below, BF would love me to rent from him and stay here, but the idea is to get away from him,

I do not love him, he has a violent nature has wrecked things and has a history of wrecking things, is VERY short-tempered,

does not like my 16 y/o-has called her a bi**h-has said she needs to get off her fat a** and do something even though she babysits HIS kids so HE can do stuff, MAKES his supper when I'm working plus goes to school and does her homework.... He has said I should use the brain in my head and realize she needs to exercise and make her exercise more. Oh, and has called me a B**ch too, can't forget that part. Obviously is ALWAYS negative toward her, NEVER anything positive.

He whines and complains constantly. He complains and whines when dinner is not made. He complains over household chores not being done but of course he is unwilling to help because he is busy with work and this and that..and is TIRED! but whines when laundry isn't done etc, including his of course. He whines because he is so tired from work and so sore (he does construction). Doesn't matter that I went to bed a 3am and was up at 9 to take care of kids, etc, etc, have 3 PT jobs, etc etc.

He has a "do as I say but not what I do" motto with everything. He thinks he is the best looking, the best at EVERYTHING, the best in bed....OH Ya, that too. His ego is huge obviously. And of course, he says I could do worse. Oh Ya?

And obviously doesn't respect me. Sits on the couch with dirty clothes, walks on clean floors with dirty shoes, says bottoms aren't dirty, says back of his clothes aren't dirty...constantly does that...even had dirt clumps fall off his shoes and baby would pick them up wanting to eat them...that didn't even stop him. Doesn't pick up after himself, leaves garbage in kitchen with the basket 1 foot away and leaves wrappers...CANT stand that. I have 3 kids to pick up after, I don't need another that is 39 years old.

Okay, nuf' said about why I don't want to rent from BF? And I don't want to hear that it is a man thing and ALL men are like that cause I am sick of that excuse and ALL men AREN'T like that. I was not put on this earth to be a maid to someone who is supposed to love and care for me. Can't and won't do it.

Plus, got an email from supervisor at hospital today, she was wanting to know what hours I can work for fulltime. Looks like it may happen before the 1st of the year. Yeah!

or suggestions.  Here is the scoop.  I was employed fulltime with an in-house transcription department (where I was the supervisor) for 14 years.  I covered the insurance for my husband and I.  In August 2007, the facility decided to outsource all of transcription and four of us lost our jobs.  I have been on COBRA since then to finish out my deductible etc.  My husband got on with Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield.  We are paying over $800.00 a month for insurance for the both of us, whereas I was paying less than $200.00

I have been an IC now since February of 2008 and love it.  Here is the problem.  My COBRA runs out the end of February 2009, and being an IC, I of course do not have benefits.  I have been checking around.  I would like to get on my husband's policy before my COBRA runs out.  However, they say they will not give me health insurance because I need to lose 70 pounds.  I have been working really hard at this and have only lost 20 pounds.  I am worried that I will not have the 70 pounds off by the time my COBRA runs out.  Any ideas as to who would insure me, with my current weight?  Being able to afford it is not an issue.  I just cannot find any insurance company that will insure me due to my weight. 

Here's the kick in the ass$$, my husband is a very heavy smoker (3 packs a day), and he told Anthem this.  He gets insured  I don't get it.  Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.  Time is running out here.

In the middle of transcribing an ER report, my keyboard/computer (??? not sure which), caused a problem where no matter what I did it would only do upper case...my caps lock was not on (no light indicating it was on) and sticky key function didn't work to get rid of it.  I finally had to exit out of platform and then waited a few minutes and when I logged back on everything was fine.  Has anyone ever had this happen to them.  I am using ExText  If you have had this happen to you, what did you do to get out of it?

Thanks for your help.

rather than wrapping them all into one so you have to use your crummy 10 days PTO to cover vacation, illness, and times of low work?  Doesn't leave any vacation time. 

I have finally convinced my docs to go digital!  I am looking at using the DocShuttle program.  Has/is anyone using this and if so, how do you like it? 

I also need to find an FTP server.  Does anyone know if this is included with DocShuttle or do I need to find my own?  There are so many out there - could really use some suggestions in this aspect as well.

Thanks for your help!

Shell 

I have just started a position for a company, and they require that I hold general liability insurance, but am a little lost as far as how to obtain that!  Just wondering if anyone had any pointers for me. 

Thank you in advance! :-)

Okay, so I'm a diehard - word perfect 5.1 for DOS is still the best, as far as I am concerned.  I have been working for years off of a set of disks that have been copied from copies from copies, etc. 

After 2 computer crashes in the last 2 years, I realize how important it is to have a good original set of disks for this program, just on the outside chance that the next time I need to reload them, they decide not to work (heaven forbid). 

Anyway, if anyone has a set of WP 5.1 DOS disks for sale (preferably cheap), please e-mail me with the cost, etc. 

Thanks. 

I was thinking about going ahead and testing up with my company so I can get me one of those wonderful raises... the only thing is that if I fail then they will performance manage me.... so I wanted to ask around and see how long everyone went before they got a raise.

I started out at 6 cents a line 2 years ago and really was hoping they could give me just a tad bit more.  A lot of the people on my account are getting 8-10 cents, but have been working a few more years then me.

THANKS BUNCHES!

typing neurobehavioral tests for my neurologist doc. Part of it is a question regarding knowing the name of the current president.  The patient's answer just slayed me.....

Question: Do you know the name of the current President?

Answer:  "Bambo"

Now that's one for the books!!

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!!!! 

Kathy, thank your for e-mailing me.  I am unable to respond to you through the e-mail though.   Could you please contact me again with your e-mail address? 

Went to the Urology Clinic this morning.  The doctors are dictating on a C-phone to a transcription service and they are transcribing the reports and sending them back to the office for me to QA.  I download the files, check them, print and save.  My questions is how can I have them route these files to  my home computer.    Wouldn't the transcription service have to send the files to me so that I can access the site on online with a user name and password?  Can I do this through AOL or do I need to use Internet Explorer.  Anything else I would need?  Just need some input, because this current Editor may not come back and I may be taking on their actual transcription also.  Big Company.  Don't want to loose this one.  Any ideas would be appreciated. 

I am brand new to this speciality and I am actually really liking it... but I am having trouble finding certain equipment... I was wondering if any of you have any favorite books or websites that have hard to find surgical tools/equipment?

I saw that Stedman's has one out--is that any good?

Thanks for any info!!

Hi everyone - new to this board and fairly new to at-home transcription, although I've been a Transcriptionist for more years than I care to count.

I have a couple of computer questions - 1) Is there any way to convert files that are normally received by C-phone into wav, mp3 or other voice files? And 2) Is there any way to set up your computer so that your headphone is separate from your speakers? In other words, so that you don't have to unplug your headphones when you want to listen to music?

Thanks in advance!

Is there anyplace selling new laptop/notebooks with XP instead of Vista?

Thanks

Three of my grandkids were here to spend a week with us.  They are ages 9, 6, and 4.  I had forgotten how earnest they are at that age, how sweet & sincere.  They argued over who got to help me open the gate to our driveway when we went out (we live in the boonies).  We ended up taking turns.

A conversation with the 6 y/o:  "Grandma? This is funny, right? You know James? In my class? He brought Cheetos and I brought Fritos.  Get it? Cheetos & Fritos? That's funny, right?"

I am trying to enjoy them as much as I can before they get to that teenage, who-wants-to-go-to-grandma's phase. 

BO's "stimulus" (StealFromUs is more like it!) will disseminate tons of taxpayer dollars so that doctors will go completely electronic in their recordkeeping (including transcription, not just billing), and the company of George Bush's first cousin, Jonathan Bush (CEO of Athenahealth), is cashing in.  Of course, Bush is ecstatic about what Obama is doing (both parties answer to the same puppetmasters, after all, so at the end of the day Bush and Obama aren't too far apart when it comes to the big picture anyway).

 

So some of you who are so mesmerized with BO, please explain how gutting our profession will "create jobs."      

 

This simultaneously destroys our livelihood while ensuring another transfer of wealth from the taxpayers to the elites/their cronies.  So what else is new?!

 

Don't forget that Obama is Cheney's cousin, so they are all more "connected" than you think.

  

VIDEO ("Obama Turning Doctors Digital):

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=13295106&ch=4226720&src=news 

 

Athenahealth's home page:

http://www.athenahealth.com/

 

Details:

http://www.athenahealth.com/our-services/athenaClinicals.php