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He ought to add the MEDICAL TRANSCRIPTION companies

Posted By: to the mix, as well. nmsg on 2007-07-04
In Reply to: No, but can't wait to see it! - sm

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LOL - sounds like medical transcription in nutshell! nm
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Transcription dept. supervisor at a medical clinic.

Hayseed, you're the ERMA BOMBECK of medical transcription!
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Med transcription books
I was wondering if any one could recommend a good drug book.  Also, does anyone have any recommendations for a good surgical book?  Thanks!
Anything BUT transcription on the Gab board, please. NM
Goldbird
I know - and I really want out of transcription NOW - thus, the decisions! nm
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This has absolutely nothing to do with transcription, but I need opinions please...SM

My husband, my son, and my brother-in-law went hunting last weekend.  We have two quads and my BIL has his own quad.  They got home very late and all the quads were on my BIL's trailer and no one felt like unlaoding them, so my BIL took them home with him (they have two acres).  I got a call yesterday saying one of our quads was stolen.  I asked where did they have them?  My BIL took them off the trailer and put them right next to a small three-foot fence that butts up to a pretty major side street.  He stored his own in his garage.  In the past my BIL stored his quads on his back porch.  Apparently, the thieves lifted the small lighter one up and over the fence.  The other one was too heavy so they didn’t steal it.  We had insurance on the heavy one, but not the light one.  We paid $1,700 for it new about three months ago.  Right off before we got an apology or anything, my sister said they won't claim it on their homeowners.  They suggested we lie and say it was stolen here at our house and claim it on ours, but my husband and I do not feel comfortable at all with this and will not do it.


 


My question is what part in all of this does my BIL play for storing it where it could so easily be stolen?  I wouldn’t think anything about it if that is where they stored their own, but they don’t.  They won't use their homeowners so we are out $1,700.  Neither one of them apologized to me or anything until after I had spoken with my mother who then in turn called them and then they called me apologizing.  In other words, my mother told them to call and apologize. 


 


I can’t make them pay for it.  I know my husband is partially at fault for being too tired to unload them, but I’m just so frustrated regarding where my BIL stored them.  Yes, they have had their vehicle broken into on that side street and have had a trailer stolen from their driveway, so they should know better.  They also have two acres to store them and the other half of their yard is fenced with a five-foot fence.


 


I guess we are just out the money and the quad.  Unfortunately, we won't be able to replace it anytime soon.


 


Sorry to vent.


 


Re: At-Home Transcription Advice

Thanks for your reply! I'm looking to sign on PT with a company on here. I'll just get my computer upgraded and get a foot pedal, head phones, and some books from my clinic job. I'll get started and see where I go. . . By the way, is there a glossary on here someplace where I can look some terms like "Big 4 experience" and "Acute care" or "ELS experience". I just don't hear those terms where I work.  


a transcription teacher told me,
"Say you will, and then go to it, that's the only way to do it!" I wrote that in my Taber's 30+ years ago, and still like it :)
I passed around several transcription books -sm
at the beginning of a semester to a class at a business school for the 20+-year-old students to see various TX resources available and afterwards, one book was "missing". I was very surprised. Bottom line: The bookstore was out the book, and I hated the loss for the school. Actually the bookstore was probably out twice for the book if it was afterwards returned to the bookstore for resale by the student who stole it.
I have never in my transcription life heard of this
How interesting though. How did she find out exactly what the cause was, can it be picked up on xray? Mine has been here over a year now and terribly uncomfortable. I think I posted have tried numerous physicians of all specialities and no one has been able to tell me what is the problem. After a year of this pain I would like to have it gone. How did her surgery go, how long was the convalescent period, etc., etc. I find this tremendously interesting.
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Good Luck!


I think so many companies are just trying
to cover their but so they won't be sued. I once read on a stroller a tag that said do not collapse while child is in stroller. LOL
We tried one of these companies

and it was supposedly a "reputable" one, recommended highly by just about everyone.  Searched online, you name it.  Thought I did my homework pretty good.  Well, they were a rip off.  Thankfully I kept logs of everyone I talked to about what and when, etc.  They screwed up several of my accounts, didn't pay them for almost 3 months (even though they received payment) and none of my interest rates were adjusted.  I contacted one of the lawers for the cc company that was handling the collection at that point since my company failed to do so and they said that this was a very common thing and that they really did not like to deal with companies like that, would rather deal directly with the person. 


Good luck to you though, sounds like you actually found one that does some kind of work. 


Mortgage Companies
We have a good one, but it is funny when there is an error on their part they call your employer...  When they want to loan you some more money, they call your house! 
So you are saying you do not like insurance companies????
 Belly 
Insurance companies always get --
past medical records, no matter what insurance company you apply with. Once they get the records and the diagnosis is documented on your record, it is considered a preexisting condition.
Yep. OIl companies don't like the price low.

They cut production to get the prices up again. If we're not _____ by the oil nations, we're ____ by the American oil companies. G-R-E-E-D is the name of the game in the last few years.


Government tells us to cut our driving. Well, I hate to tell them but between a pickup and a car, we drove a total of  5,838 miles last year, and most of that mileage was 100 miles a day for DH to go to work. I get to the store once a month anymore, 2 mile round trip. The only thing I can cut down on is to walk to the store and back. Been there done that, but I'm no spring chicken and carrying 5 bags or more, well....you'd see a bag every 100 feet.


 


Mystery shopping companies
Mystery shopping...Has anyone done any work with reputable mystery/secret shopping companies???
no different than amer. companies offshoring.....sm

I don't see how it's any different that american companies are hiring illegals here versus american companies offshoring (which I detest) because the issue on either side is -- bottom line - the dollar -  and what American employers are willing to pay today...........and in either case, we are all losing our jobs to foreigners (whether they are legal, offshore, or illegal workers).


just my opinion.........


Really now. Do you think MT companies really care? I wear
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As an IC, I don't think they are allowed to have you on a set schedule. Other companies have
gotten in legal trouble because they were treating ICs as employees. With my IC job, I let them know when I can work and, if they need extra help, they will call and ask if I can do more, but they do not TELL me when to work.
I feel sorry for companies. With all the PC nowadays,
They'll be slapped for saying Christmas...they'll be slapped for not.

I agree -- people should be far more tolerant than they seem to be. I'm a Christian but would not be offended if anyone sayd Happy Kwanza or Hannakuh or Happy Allah Day or whatever!

However, in the interest of keeping politically correct and not being offensive to everyone, they resort to the measures you brought up.

I think we should make sure and not be as sensitive about the word Christmas not being used as those we are complaining about are to it being used. We don't want to be viewed as oversensitive, critical or ugly as they are.

As religion really is a personal choice, we should remember that keeping it alive in our personal lives is what is so important.

JMHO
Like if you diss AAMT, certain companies, -
management, etc. or even if you write some perfectly good words that aren't cusswords, you either get that "bad word" thing, or get booted out altogether.
Obviously your on the side of insurance companies
Maybe you should educate yourself on insurance company profits rising via higher premiums despite more claims being denied due to risk.  The problem is not the supposed risks, its the corporate greed.  No matter how much you pay for insurance, a sizable portion of it goes to salary someone to find (and legislate)loopholes so they won't have to pay anyone's claim.  Go ahead and buy into their propaganda that its other customers causing the problem, not their CEO's new mansion or their profit margin.  Then see how much they appreciate your loyalty next time you file a claim.
spyware? Sounds like what companies use
to shadow in to fix technical problems. Also, many services and hospitals have this ability to keep tabs on their work/workers. I had one use it to break in and type a message to me when they needed a stat.

but, sounds like your hubby needs to take up golf or something.
I agree with trying to negotiate with the CC companies

yourself first. That's what I did. We had a medical problem and we went from paying on time for years to 90 days behind in 3 months. We wound up living off the cards...which is an absolute no-no, but couldn't be helped, and wound up with $45,000 in CC debt.


 I called them all and they all have programs for hardship cases. They set up payments for you which are lower than what you would usually be paying and they lowered my interest rates again (in the good times, I was paying 9%) from 19% to  21% down to 9% again and one company even lowered my interest rate to 6%!


They automatically take the money from your account and you just have to remember to keep the money in there.  Payments are much lower since they lowered the interest rate and all the cards will be paid off in 4 years.


One company did close my account, but none of the others did. I haven't used a credit card for 2 years and most of the cards I had for 10 years.


Hope this helps and good luck. There is light at the end of the tunnel.


The credit card companies are going
to be do everything they can get away with in the next year because of the new rules that will go into effect in 2010. Keep an eye on your interest rates. I have a couple that went up for no apparent reason. I called them immediately. One company lowered my interest rate below what it had previously been. The other did not, and I paid it off and did not use it for a while. They sent me a notice a recently that my credit limit had been increased and the rate had been reduced (back to what it had been previously, of course).

The link below has a synopsis of the new rules that will take effect next year.
Those companies you listed at non profits

All of those companies you listed are non profits as described and accepted by the IRS.


I'm afraid you're going to be out of luck with your animal rescue lady, unless she reorganizes as a non profit, or makes you officially part of the company.


But, DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.  Check with your tax person, or if you can't reach her, find another tax person.  Call H&R Block.  There may be some loopholes that you can use to get the deduction.


 


sorry - Only helps the big formula companies make $.
Toddler nursing is a normal! The criticism of a 22 month old breastfeeding is just a reflection of people's anti-breastfeeding attitudes.
Not so much by unknowns but by my own credit card companies,
all foreign people, trying to sell me the credit protection. The last one called me for around 10 days straight (unknown # on the ID)until I finally answered! I told them all to put me on THEIR "do not call list" or I'd cancel the card. Seems to have worked. ;)
Sounds like offshore companies.....aren't
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millions called their cable/tv companies...

There are companies that specialize in refacing cabinets
Veneer is tricky stuff to work with. If none of it is chipped off, you might be able to glue it back down. But if it's chipped, there's not a whole lot you can do except use wood filler to fill in the gap and paint all the cabinets.
Actually I guess all the internet companies are going to be doing the same thing. nm
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Yes that angers me, but are your companies not categorizing it correctly? sm
My DH gets bonuses from time to time and they are tax free. I always thought gifts and bonuses were just that, nontaxable, not to mention the tax write off for the company contributing or did that change somewhere over the years?
I agree - insurance companies are in it for big bucks (sm)
Even if they made the obese pay extra they wouldn't give the rest of us a discount anyway. Who are you kidding? Do you really think they are on our side any more than the pharmaceutical companies? Do you know much about managed care and how it affects our industry? Insurance companies make a mint and they try to share as little of it as possible.
Pharmaceutical companies have lobbyists in Washington
and there job is to make the company wealthier at it appears any cost.

Israel's #1 export is pharmaceuticals. 4th is weapons.

Conspiracies to make men richer are nothing new. Medications are sold at a fraction of the price to other countries but in the U.S., the patients' cost is enormous comparatively speaking.

Medicare plan D or K, whatever it was that provided pharm. co. with an increase in medicare payments to drug companies approved by Bush is an example of why govt and pharm. co. do not have the patient's best interests at heart.




I have a friend who does this regularly. I am on-call for a few companies locally and sm
am awaiting my next assignment. For the poster below who stated if it's too good to be true...This is a very legitimate business, not a whole lot of money to be made, but legit and fun too. You just have to write down every single thing you've witnessed and check off boxes if a survey is included in the shopping and/or eating experiment.
WalMart also contracts out companies they know hire illegals. There was

not too long ago.


No wonder more companies are hiring people from India, at least they work.
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You just nailed it. Companies hire illegal immigrants.
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China bailed out some large US companies. I guess we are
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Been there, done that. When I went into the medical
field, I knew I would have to work some holidays. It's not AS bad when I can work from home. I consider jobs in the medical field emergent jobs and knew that working holidays came with the territory. I never thought I would see the day when grocery stores would be open on major holidays, though. Oh well, at least I still have my husband around to celebrate the holidays with and I realize there are some women who have lost husband or children and would give just about anything to have them back. I am blessed beyond measure and I realize that. It's just that this is the first time he has ever had to work on Christmas Day.
are you trying to say that medical
transcriptionist's don't work? what is your point here???? Go away.
I'd probably do it if it is medical. nm
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Anybody see the new thing now that internet companies including Comcast are going to monitor monthly
internet usage. 
She is probably a medical transcriptionist
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Are you prescribed that for a medical
condition or just take it to stay awake. I am just curious...not judging, lol.
Well, sometimes there is a medical issue
as there is here, not just eating and eating for no reason at all. Was always trim and slim until this but thanks anyway for the curt note.
I would think only if there are other serious medical issues
related to the alcoholism. It probably has to be pretty severe. That's sad.