Depends on the company. Some companies require it; others do not. Some don't require it
Posted By: editor on 2005-09-12
In Reply to: Do editors have to be certified? - nm - Mom-CMT
if you promise that you will seek your certification at some point in the future. Other companies could care less if you are certified at all at any time.
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Which companies require ULD???
I'm looking for a job right now and obviously can't afford this headache (or added cost!) Can you give us names of MTSOs who you know "require" LD???
TIA!! 
Do most companies require you to keep a handwritten log?
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Do most companies require you to keep a handwritten log?
No.
No---all companies require you to test - sm
one way or another. Some will hire w/o a test based on your resume and experience, and will know rather quickly if can do the job or not. I have gotten 2 jobs that way, one as an employee and another as an IC, however this was after I had a minimum of 3 years experience for this ever happened to me--at 6 years now. I am still with the IC one (since 06/2007), had a falling out with the other one but did work for them for about 9 months and they were happy with me; left as I was unable to continue working a firm schedule due to change in circumstances and they needed someone to work a set schedule, so we parted ways. But as a newbie no one will hire you w/o a test. So just keep plugging away and test a lot, they are a very good way to learn what to expect.
Most companies these days require even
FT employees to work at least part of the weekend. I tend to work almost every Saturday, 3 to 4 hours. I am a FT employee working a 40-hour week and just take off early a couple of days during the week.
Dumb question about companies that require
you to live in a certain state but want you to work at home. I don't understand. What if you had unlimited long distance? Are there other reasons?
There are companies out there who do not require weekend work...sm
I have two right now that don't, but I can if I want to which means more work for me on Monday. So, sometimes I work and sometimes I don't. It is nice. I'm an IC.
I wondered the same thing. A lot of companies require CMT for editing and
I think it would be interesting to know how many people passed the CMT exam 2 years after graduation.
Does the first company require 2 weeks notice?
If yes and they opted to waive it in your case, they should pay you for the two weeks. You were only following their rules. Good luck.
Does you company require a specific number
of lines per day? If so, what are they?
Okay, I guess I'm asking how can a company require you to work 8 hours a day, SM
require you to produce a certain amount of lines, but then only pay you for the lines? My personal opinion is that we need to redefine this whole production pay thing because the MTs are getting screwed in the deal. If we are paid on production, then we should be able to produce the minimum and then our work day is done unless we choose to work the entire 8 hours. If they want us on the system for 8 hours a day, then they should pay us hourly plus incentive line rates.
I personally think that companies should pay all MTs a base hourly pay, like say $12 per hour and then 5 cpl on top of that or something to that effect. Or say $12 an hour and you have to produce at least 1000 in an 8 hour period and anything above 1000 in that 8 hour period you get an extra cpl rate as incentive. I would be working my tail feathers off if I was offered that.
what they require
Summary of requirements: Work environment must include separate room in the house with a door that closes. Workstation must be free of any noise/music/TV or other distractions while working. PC password protected including locking screensaver. No one else in the room while working unless they also work for this company, etc. Dunno, maybe working for a hosp at home has more strict requirements than some of you.
All the require it, though ..sm
even though DOL states you must be paid for all mandatory work performed. If you were to volunteer to do it, that's a different story, but we are REQUIRED to do all this BS clerica/bookkeeping for the hospitals, demographics, notes on discrepancies, CCs, look up names, bombarded with e-mails, phone calls, reviewing account specs every time an account is changed, told to do "exhaustive search" if name cannot be found (easy for THEM to say, isn't it?).
I could go on and on and on. VERY PROFITABLE for the MTSOs, who use it either as a selling point to keep the account or are actually being paid for it.
Sorry, not require but WILL HIRE
I'm sorry. I meant hospitals that will hire remote MTs, not require! :o)
Why do you require 50% of the money
I am not so sure that will go over well. What are they paying you for if they have not given you work yet? Big turn off in my opinion.
How about offering a free trial?
If they want to do many things that require money
then they should work. If they are happy doing without many things, then no. It sounds like that friend of your daughter has FOUR very irresponsible parents. Not her fault. Another product of divorce it sounds like. I have read that many parents of divorced kids spoil them rotten out of guilt because they broke up the family. Sounds like you got it together, though! ;)
Keystrokes has accounts that do not require ULD. Some do, some don't. nm
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they require your uncle to travel; thus, pay him to
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Most state they 'PREFER' a CMT, not REQUIRE.
I think the reason that's put on most job ads is that considering what they're paying, they're going to get a lot of applications from newbies. The companies THINK the CMT guarantees a good employee, though this isn't true, either. If you're an MT professional that's been around a long time and can do the work, you are still, without those three meaningless letters, more of an asset to any MT dept. or company than at MT of lesser experience WITH a CMT.
Another take on that: Often those of us without CMTs have been around longer than that dubious organization has, and we know what MT is REALLY worth, because we used to be around back when it was a respected position. Lots (though not all, I realize) CMTs are younger, have been in the biz a shorter time, and have been told while they were in school (and possibly a school associated with AAMT/ADHI) that a CMT was 'necessary'.
Nowadays even the best national companies out there pay 'rinky-dink' wages, which has nothing to do with whether or not an MT has one of those useless 'credentials' after their name, and everything to do with greed, and competition from cut-rate transcription companies in other countries.
In future, require a deposit sm
equal to the cost to replace the equipment and put in a contract that the deposit will be returned within 2 weeks of receiving equipment in good condition. Anyone who truly intends on returning the equipment will have no problem paying a deposit, especially when the terms are in writing.
do the Bose QC2 require batteries?
If so, how often do you find you need to replace them - and/or do you think there is any health hazard to having batteries up next to your head? thanks.
And does your state require an exam like that?
You know it doesnt and neither does any other state for driving nor for working. This person sounds like not only under stress but more going on and perhaps she should see a doctor.
The industry does not require QUALITY because
there is no reimbursement to the hospital or the physician for the actual transcribed report. The insurance companies are requesting written documentation but do not pay anything for it. This is why the hospitals are willing to settle for the cheapest rates.
Amphion does not require weekend work. sm
Set your own schedule. No holidays or weekends required. Good pay, good people, good accounts.
Does MDI-MD still require the mt to have unlimited Long Distance? nm
Thanks
Maybe my hospital is unique, but they require their MTs to be fairly
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Hospitals that require remote transcriptionists
Hi, I'm wondering if anyone can tell me how to find hospitals that hire remote transcriptionists. I've been googling all morning, and I'm not having any luck. If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd really appreciate it!
HIPAA laws require that all pre-existing..sm...
conditions be covered as long as there is NO break in coverage.
Most MT co's REQUIRE 98% accuracy in order to stay - sm
employed. I've had to do 98% accurate work for years - it's no big deal. There's not an MT alive who is always 100% accurate. There ain't no such animal. But what I'm talking about is QA's that take a report that IS 100% accurate, and 'create' an inaccurate report out of it. I don't know if they're just bored, or spiteful, or if they have a minimum work quota like all the rest of us do, but jacking up a perfectly good report and sending it back with 'errors', (and no initials, so you can't call your co. and COMPLAIN about them), is a royal pain. I think they get paid more money, the more reports they mark up, and as is so often the case, in that field too, it's 'quantity over quality'. The Almighty Dollar, again.
Two VPNs I use require Java to open
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Physical fitness exams DO NOT require
breast exams. We are required to have them for school before certain grades in our state, and never do they do breast or GYN exams on kids.
I agree with you. What in the world would one want to do with a report, that would require screenin
work-at-home job. Medical reports are sensitive information and valuable to WHO? I mean I give more sensitive information to credit card companies and IRS who are obviously outsourcing offshore. If someone transcribed a report about my migraines, what in the world do I have to fear regarding sensitive medical records. Every insurance company has access to my medical records. I don't get this big deal about investigating who is typing at home for 4-9 cents per line in their pajamas to ensure they don't do what with my medical info? Sell it to a tabloid? Blackmail me?
Shorthand and Instant Text do NOT require memorization.
Both have boxes or suggestion windows that you can stretch across the bottom of your screen that will list your abbreviations for you. For example, if I type tp, the suggestion box will bring up every "shortcut" that begins with tp. Tp = the patient, tps = the patient stated, tpwa = the patient was admitted, tpwbh = the patient was brought here, tpwst = the patient was seen today. I can either finish typing out the expansion, arrow down to the proper one, or hit a hot key or function key to insert the proper expansion. It doesn't slow you down at all to glance down, hit a function key, and continue typing the sentence. It increased my productivity anywhere from 40-65% depending on the physician, and my memory's not great.
My mom had a rambler. We used to go to the drive-in in our pajama's. Seatbelts were not require
My account specifics require it typed out, so I can't really comment
I have been on accounts that did not require it. Unfortunately, you have to follow account specifics. I had all abbreviations in my Expander to type the full word or phrase because the account I worked on previously did not allow ANY abbreviations anywhere in the report. Needless to say, anytime you switch accounts, you likely have to adjust your expanders.
Access to a computers IT would only require a VPN client number
and my supervisors and the helpers are now able to get on via the internet through logmein.com.
The Ctl Alt Delete did not bring up a tab for "users." What are you talking about?
Can a national require full time MTs to work overtime?
?
Cannot legally require you to commit time to them as an employee and then not pay you for that time.
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I think you can dial into most systems that require C-phone without having a C-phone nm
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It depends on what the company needs. nm
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It really depends on the company.
I signed on with a company with a $1500 sign-on bonus. The first $500 is given in after you are off 100% QA, the rest is given quarterly and you must produce xxx number of lines a pay consistently.
Other companies have different stipulations, but it is never easy or just for signing on. They dangle carrots in front of you on purpose.
To me, it depends on the company.
If they're honest and fair, I'd give them two weeks' notice because you never know when you might want to go back in the future and because, as a human being, it's just the nice, professional, thoughtful thing to do.
If they've treated you like crap, if you can't trust them and if their general devious practices make them a company you'd never go back to under any circumstances, I wouldn't give them any notice at all.
Depends on company....
I've done many different positions and I did not find them to pay well at all. Plus, most are salaried and hours can end up being much more than 40 per week and/or include evenings and weekends. For qualifications, depends on company. Some companies hire people with NO MT experience for these positions : ( You can probably make more in less hours with QA if you find the right company.
Depends on company, but you will have to SM
use expander. Whatever kind company has or your own, if you can use it. You cannot make, I mean NO ONE can make good line count typing words out with using abbreviations. Once you get used to that, with your experience, you should do well.
Depends on your company
It would depend on the company you go to work for so I would think you would need to ask them or give the name of the possible company. What have you been paying as an IC or were you covered by your husband and if so what did you pay there. Every companyis different with their plans and if you chose your own very easy to check on a Google search.
Depends on the company and you
And how they count the lines. For accounts that include spaces and normals, expanders, etc. it can be pretty good. Your reports are good sized and I would say if you shoot for 1500 you would be doing really well. This can be done in a productive 7 hours. Can't say the number of reports, because some docs are a lot of dead air if you do discharges especially. At first you can expect to build up to 1K in 7 hours and then get to 1500 and even 2000 if you type with total concentration.
On the other hand, really short reports of just a couple of minutes which are not normals are difficult to add up. You can type 40 in a day and be tired after 3 hours or 4, and it will only be about 700 lines. And, if you work for a company which does not count spaces, etc., you have worked probably for 4 hours for only 350 lines, and you may not make it to 700 from sheer tiredness. This has been my experience. I have gotten the most lines after I have worked for a hospital for a while (or a service on the same account), have developed expanders, normals, and their line count is fair being used to the doctors and I had no problem with 2K at about 45 reports a day. But that takes a while, and it could be tiring if you don't get normals, so it is better to pace yourself and be content with doing the best you can in a fair line counting environment. Sorry so long, but this is an important issue for me after all the years I have worked as an MT. Good luck!
I think it depends on the company (sm)
but don't quote me on that.
The company I work for uses ChartScript and generally work is pooled by priority/FIFO. Work can also be assigned, but it's done through iPlayer (in my case), not by ChartScript.
I like ChartScipt okay. I think it varies, but for my company, it's Word-based and I have access to a report search which can be done by dictator, patient, etc., so I can look at other transcribed reports for information. This is an EXTREMELY handy feature.
It's easy to learn and, from my experience, pretty user/production-friendly.
Good luck!
Depends on your company.
I work for two different companies using my C-phone. They both have different settings. They should send that information, and if not, I would ask.
That depends on your company. You will need to ask your TL about that one, I guess. nm
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It all depends on the company you are working for. sm
If you are the only recruiter for a company, you are not competing with anyone in the same company, but you are competing with the other companies out there. You have to know the way to sell your company hopefully that your company has something to sell, you have to have strong people skills, be able to administer whatever kind of test is appropriate, and I think it is imperative that you have experience as a medical Transcriptionist as well as a QA specialist. I think both of those positions go along with making a strong recruiter.
Depends on the company. Usually not a problem
as long as you meet your production. Usually nationals are bothersome about your hours when you DON'T meet the production requirement nor the hours! Good luck to you! That was not a stupid question, by the way!!
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