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I am NOT lying! It's the truth. I've received solicits from at least 8 people overseas.

Posted By: What's up with you? on 2008-03-11
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The truth will set you free and the truth is more low level income people w/o education or proper
skills to keep up their home or train their children live in trailer homes and low income housing. If that sets you off, maybe you should not visit these threads or read the posts regarding others viewpoints on trailer parks. They have zoning laws against them in many communities because they draw undesirable people are not particularly pleasing to the community as a whole, bringing property values down. If you have issues with this, seek out the government in various communities and have them change the laws. Fact is fact and you cannot dispute these facts.
we have people overseas as employees -
maybe it was someone contracting to do the work at our overseas hospitals for government employees (military, etc.), not just that they contracted an overseas company to do their records.
I've actually received two raises from MQ...
just in the past three months!

I think people need to know the truth...

and not have the whole AAMT deal sugar coated.  AAMT is NOT helping the U.S. MT.  The entire organization is a sham.  For example, the BOS has set rules by just exactly what authority?  Then the second edition CHANGED some of those rules for what purpose? Um...so there was something new for the second edition. 


They also are working on implementing some MANDATORY certification.  Uh huh.  They are attempting to do it in such a way that EVERY working MT will be required to certify. 


The "AAMT=M-TEC" comment may not be exactly on target, but it certainly gives one food for thought. 


I honestly believe the AAMT has deemed itself (themselves) the top doggy-dog and all-out ruler of the MT world . . . and they are the only ones that believe it. 


Most healthcare providers have never HEARD of AAMT. 


 


Tell the truth now. Does anyone diagnose other people based on what they transcribe?
It's funny but I feel like everytime someone has symptoms, I find myself secretly diagnosing them.  Also I am more cautious because while typing ER reports, I realize all the things that can go wrong. 
ProScript Documentation Services does not send work overseas or employ any overseas MTs. (nm)

I've lost track of how many people who've asked about it to NOT
.
The truth stings sometimes and I congratulate MTStars for having the kahoonas to post truth.
Tired of being lied to. I'm a big girl and can handle the truth. Why can't you?
Opened a can of worms, eh? Truth hurts, but it is TRUTH!

8 cpl is about the top out in the US MT industry. If you're making more consider yourself lucky because it just might be snatched away from you at any moment. For the 14 cent per liner, good for you! You went out and got your own accounts. Others should follow your example. As far as the "stupid" MT comment, keep in mind that she was not consistent and **often** had one excuse after another not to work, yet I could see her online and when I would ask her why she was online she would give VERY lame excuses.  Also, keep in mind that I also was the one who helped this gal out monetarily to begin with and she took advantage of my generosity.  Don't make me out to be the bad gal here just because I own a service.  The shoe could easily be on your foot.


So, NEWS FLASH, if you have an MT position that is paying more than 8 cpl, consider it a real blessing and pray that your job isn't outsourced offshore. 


I've known people that had their CMT that did

really crappy work and not even sure how they got their CMT.   This one woman had had 6 jobs in less than 9 months and was fired from my company.   She seemed to think she was superior and she wasn't getting what she was worth becauase after all she had her CMT (which she must have said every other sentence), but in reality she did sorry work (at least she did for my company).


I have 20 years of experience and have no desire to get my CMT.  My MTSO said my work is excellent and that I'm paid at the highest rate that they pay and that having my CMT wouldn't make a difference.   Some companies say they pay higher for CMT, but most don't.  


I've never understood why some people consider...

certain jobs to be more important than others.  The old cliche "Any job worth doing is worth doing well" comes to mind. 


I believe that a person what does for a living doesn't have any bearing on how valuable that person is or how important that person is.  Some of the most wonderful people I've ever known don't have what some might feel are "important" jobs, but they are wonderful people nonetheless.


And, some people who have what some might consider higher class jobs (boy, I hate that outlook) are some pretty miserable human beings.


People are people . . . and their worth isn't tied to their job in my book.  I want to be a good person, and what I do for a job doesn't have anything to do with that.


If a store manager is a good person, doing a good job, he's  to me. 


I wish some people would get off their high-horse! 


I started posting as a former bank manager in a thread about consumer credit counseling.  It seemed relevant at the time. 


You are all some of the most heartless people I've ever met. sm
I honestly can't believe some of the replies posted to me - this being one of them. You may not agree with my advice, but I saw the OP was in pain and I offered her a shoulder to cry on, and the best advice I know. Her original post made it sound like her and the children were truly in trouble, and I honestly tried to help. I shared what is probably the most painful thing to ever happen in my life, and your answer to that is to call me an idiot.

Let's get one thing straight here -- I was talking about actual abuse ... you know, the kind where he threw me across the front porch and broke 3 of my ribs. It didn't happen in front of the kids... it never did... he would never do that in front of them and tarnish his "image" .. but he did have a temper in front of them, and they saw that often enough.

I thought the poster was actually being physically abused, like her original post said. I offered her some advice. If you don't like it, I'm truly sorry for that. But I seriously can't believe what heartless, hurtful people you can all be. You actually made me cry... and believe me, it's not easy to make me do that anymore.
I've been told by recruiters and HR people that
they've never met anyone who scored 100% before.  I did!  Poor little uneducated lifeguard me.  No little MT certificate.  Oh, no!
There's one thing that I've seen stop many many people....
A heart attack or cancer.  My father-in-law SWORE he could not quit not matter what, but had a coronary and that was his last cigarette.  My own father quit cold turkey after 3+ packs a day when he began coughing so hard he couldn't catch his breath.  I've also known people who had a cancer scare and were able to quit.  If nothing else, FEAR will do it.  Unfortunately, waiting for the fear might be too late for many.
You will run across some pretty rude people around here as you've seen...(sm)
but not everyone is like the one above.  Welcome.  I don't have any of my own clients, but the service I work for recently lost the account I worked on pretty much out of the blue.  It's a real shock to have the work yanked from you like that, and I agree it was pretty cowardly for the wife not to just come out and admit when you directly asked.  I don't know what to tell you but just wanted you to know that you can expect some real nastiness around here at times, but don't let it keep you away.
I've told about 100 people total. THEY DON'T
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How they are lying to get them

They are claiming that the reason they want these normals is to benefit our fellow MTs, where that is not the case at all.  They are too lazy to make up normals, so they want ours to ship overseas for those people to use.  Can you believes the level these people are going.


Since when is lying against the law?
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lying on the web
I talked to a recruiter once who told me she could do 700 lines an hour (no, that's not a typo) of straight typing (expanders only, no templates). That's right, girls. 700 lph.

Talk about feeling small! 700 lines an hour???? My best is 400 & I'm not doing that now because I'm not doing ops so it's much more straight typing, very little "template-able" text.

I posted about it at the time & everyone seemed to agree this was not do-able. So I don't know. Anyway, when I heard that I was ready to throw in the towel.
Sorry...but you are lying
Bringing home 1840 BEFRE taxes and being able to pay mortage or rent on your "nice 2300 sq foot home w/land" utilities, insurance, and food is not possible. So either you are not having to pay for a mortgage or rent or you have supplemental income. There is no where in this country one can live on their own for 11.50 hour
Why lying?
Why would you suspect the above poster is lying?  I have 2 transcription jobs; Employee $.095 line with benefits and IC $.10 per line.  These jobs are out there.  Yes, I have seen the $.06 per line jobs too and I always send the MTSO an email stating they should be ashamed of themselves.  I have yet to get a reply.
I've worked for companies that needed people
specifically to do certain reports.  I have been hired to exclusively do ERs and discharge summaries before.  It wasn't cherry picking either.  They needed someone to catch up their backlog and keep the reports within TAT permanently.  Evidently, other people were cherry picking and bypassing these report types because they're not as good of money makers as Ops or H&Ps.
I refuse to go to Imail...I've gotten a virus from there and so have many other people. nm
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I've seen people put a sign up that says "OUT OF CANDY"
and that usually does the trick.
I do. I've worked closely with these people for years,
nm
I've heard people have to try a new food 10 times before they know for sure they won't like it
I heard that somewhere.

I had a SIL who actually SAT on her young children and force-fed them new foods if they refused them at the table. We were appalled, but weirdly, the kids often got up from the floor and happily ate the food they were just force-fed!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - animals know things people don't.
nm
Please, guys, surely you've seen these people's work SM
and are appalled at the very low quality. When training, I worked alongside one of them. The quality was atrocious, but she put out vast quantities of it, moving many reports a day for the hospitals and making lots of money for herself and her employer, so her job was actually very secure in spite of the many complaints that came in from the unfortunate clinicians who received her work.

But her speed cannot even begin to compare with that of a computer, or couldn't. I imagine she's safely retired now and doesn't have to face the change-or-get-out that will be required of other content slobs.
ONE other person? Now you're just LYING!!!!

Lie, lay, lying, laying
Can anyone recommend a website or reference for these words to clear them up once and for all in my head? TIA
He's lying. How would the "seasoned" MTs
What a jerk!!  At least make sure you let him know you think so!!
PS - It does matter if they are lying to you sm
It matters very much if they are "using" you and cherry picking to others. Trust a thief before you trust a liar. Either it is your account exclusively or they have to own up that they are getting cheap, not frugal, CHEAP! Not to mention sneaky liars that they are. At the time it goes to court, they will say they gave it to you and you "lost" it or you made that horrible mistake that made the patient sicker or killed them. I don't share my toys, that way they don't get dirty unless it's my own dirt.
I've had people tell me that I would need to wait to have my questions answered until I worked...

for them.  What???  How would I know if I want to work for them if they don't answer my questions.


Go figure.


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought I've seen quite a few names, first and last, of people
mgmt on this board in the past, in similar situations, which is why I felt I could post this question. I certainly don't think I was not being tactful to the people I asked about, as I complimented them and enjoyed working with them. I wouldn't mind my name being on this board if someone said something nice about me. 
You don't have to believe, the truth is the truth. I, too, have seen with my own two eyes and ha

years experience as an MT.  I say misfortune because MTs with this much experience usually have gigantic egos and feel like they've "seen it all and done it all."  They simply don't make mistakes.  Not possible, no way.  This particular MT became irate with me.  She actually threw her 20+ years experience in my face and said "I've been doing this for over 20 years, I think I know what I'm doing!"  It was painfully obvious, she did not have a clue.  She'd been doing it wrong for 20 years and no one ever told her, so she thought she was right.


I had another MT with 10 years experience call me to scream at me and hung up on me when I tried to explain her errors to her.


The plain truth is, some people can't take criticism whether it be constructive or destructive.  They don't like to be wrong or be told their wrong.  Egos get in the way.  We are all guilty of letting our egos get in the way from time to time, but in this field, you need to be willing to admit you're wrong and you need to be able to accept criticism gracefully and give criticism diplomatically.


As an editor, I encourage MTs to let me know if they disagree with any corrections I've made.  I am happy to provide MTs with my reference materials and resources.  I am happy to admit when I am wrong and I am happy to say that I make mistakes too.  Just don't try to tell me that an MT with 16 years experience can't possibly be making terminology mistakes - she can and probably has in the past and will again in the future.


Its the MQ way. I have my way of letting them know I know they are lying. I hate being BS around.
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No one accused you of lying. This is not the first time

in the past few weeks where you have gotten comments to search the archieves of the company boards.   While I sympathize with you, it surely isn't our fault that you don't have work.   Post your resume on the job boards, answer all the ads on the job boards that you think you can handle the shift, the equipment, etc.  


With just about every company there are pros and cons, some people love it, some hate it, some just couldn't cut it and bad mouth the company and there seem to be no other posts to support claims.   This is the reason you need to read previous posts, to get the info and decide for yourself.   Only one person may post about the company you are asking for and it may be favorable, but that is only view point and may not be enough information or the type of information you were looking for. 


 


That's because they're either lying or delusional
So childish.
YOUR lying, cheating snake....
lied us into a war with over 3500 American SOLDIERS dead, and going on a trillion dollar cost. No wonder bridges are falling down - the U.S. has been neglecting infrastructure needs in favor of militarism for MANY decades.

That said, give the "sex lie" diatribe a rest: Nobody died when bush's predecessor lied...

Iraq had NOTHING to do with 9/11. Even Bush admits that now.

They used the fear and outrage from 9/11 to lie about WMD in Iraq - and to then JUSTIFY invading Iraq in order to steal it's resources. Deal with it.

BOTH PARTIES are corrupt - but its the evil in office now whose lying should concern *all* patriots the most - because OUR country is in crisis - regardless of party we all should step up and demand our policies change.

As to you flip comment about knowing what's going to happen with the weather? Give that a rest, too. there is all KIND of documentation showing THIS admnistration prefers to fund FAKE wars instead of take care of the people at home. He was warned about 9/11, failing levees in New Orleans BEFORE Katrina, AND crumbling infrastructure like the BRIDGE in MN.

In fact, he CUT FUNDING FOR THE LEVEES in New Orleans THREE YEARS RUNNING before Katrina.

Please do your homework before you defend *any* administration. Don't rely on PAID radio or TV personalities to tell you what YOU need to know in order to protect YOUR country from bad administrations. They have an agenda and trust me PROPERLY informing you is not part of that agenda.

And yes, I know this thread is turning into a topic for the other board...


I don't know! I've heard people live longer with a healthy sex life.
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A lying scumb bag boss having a mid life crisis

I used to work for an insurance agency and for the most part liked it and liked who I thought my employer was - it should be noted that this is a man I had known for 30 years and used to baby sit his kids when they were little.  Kids also worked in the agency.  Anyhoo, the business had been struggling - amazing how that works if you don't actually sell any insurance.  One day at the end of August 2007 he sat us all down and said he was merging/selling out to another agency.  He was assured of a place as a producer, but the rest of us would have to interview with the new agency and we may or may not have a job.  In his exact words "I'm throwing you all under the bus, and I"m sorry for that, but it's time to take care of Larry."    Well, all righty then.   Over the next weeks it was made very clear to me that I was NOT going to be offered a job at the new agency.


I went back to my desk right after the meeting and immediately started trying to figure out what to do.  I knew how to transcribe, having done that for years for an insurance adjuster.  I'm a wicked fast typist, too.  I really wanted to work from home and I REALLY wanted to never be in a position where I was at the mercy of a 57 year old man having a mid life crisis again.  I found an online MT course that day, and for the next month instead of working I studied the course at work and within a month after that got a job. 


It's amazing how things work out, though.  If dirtbag Larry hadn't done what he had done, I would not have had the flexibility to take care of my mom as she was dying.  So, really, it was a blessing.  I actually told Mom at one point that I should send him a note:  Dear Larry.  Thanks for being a pr!ck.  Love, Robin.


Mom didn't think that was as funny as I did.


if you live among trashy people, low income people, people w/o goals or direction,
content to just get by, you by default become a part of a group. "people" have decided to group trailer people as trash. that is because there are enough people in that group to earn the title and even if you aren't trash, you are categorized by others. did i think i was trash in lower class neighborhood surrounded by people who drank and fought all weekend? no but i knew i wasn't staying and did not try to pretend that all the fools in the neighborhood were just nice folks who ended up where they were because high horse snobs deemed their neighborhood low class. people for the most part live exactly where they belong because they don't want to educate themselves, they don't mind "trash" around them and they don't want to be bothered trying just a bit hard to extract themselves from that world. they justify everything to themselves i guess saying everyone who doesn't like their lifestyle is a snob and the comedians (Jeff Foxworthy/Chris Rock, etc) who make fun of them are just ill-informed.

As for me, I fought hard to get out and don't even want to look back. It amazes me people stay for generations.
I use EXText with my current job and I've used at a couple of other jobs I've had. I've ne

used DocQscribe, but I have used Meditech, Cerner, Vianeta, the Precyse platform (I can't remember the name), Dolbey, and  Lanier platform I think was called Cequence (?). 


Out of all the different platforms I have typed on, I have liked EXText the best.  In my opinion, it's very user friendly, easy to learn, and I really like ESP which is the built in abbreviation expander.  Plus it is very easy to create your own normals which I love.  My fingers literally never leave the keyboard because there are macro keys for everything.  You can use your mouse if you prefer or learn the function macros.  I love it.  I think I'm more productive on EXText than with any other platform.


Also, they could be done overseas..
I proofed Indian work a few years ago and they sound like similar reports--blanks, everything wrong.

For everyone's info, the clinic in town that outsourced to India still dislikes the quality intensely, after all these years, but still uses them because they are cheaper. Go figure.
I never received, and neither did my
We were all at the big M. I just resigned after almost a year, and did meet all of their criteria. However, their system isn't correct and even said that I was not going to be hired when my friend asked about her referral bonus. Mind you...I had already worked there for 6 months at this point. I keep getting "I will check on it" when I ask about my sign on bonus. I gave up and left.
overseas
The doc that I work for now used to use a service and paid 9cpl.
re:overseas
We could do this, but then we'd have a small choice of credit cards, cell phone providers, computers, toilet paper, paper towels, food in general, entertainment such as cable and internet providers, clothing, tires, and I could go on and on, but what would be the point? The simple fact of the matter is that this is widespread and there's no turning back on it now. Even in our industry we have plenty of overseas working alongside of us. The way I see it, these people have families to feed as well and want to make a living for them as well. I've worked with U.S. companies that employ both American and Overseas MTs and I have to say that they are more than willing to put in the time and effort to get it right. They are also willing to take English classes to do better. I just think it's time that we end this whole caste system everyone wants to push on the MT world. There is plenty of work to go around, instead of pushing them to the side, why don't we include them and help them become better at this job?
I have received these before too. sm
I just deleted it and ignored it.
I received this because...

I received this because I had posted on this forum about increasing my production.  This particular person emailed me through this board with that response.    And no, I am not going to send my work overseas to them for those of you who are wondering.  lol


 


overseas
May I ask what company this is? I would like to work overseas as well.