I get paid by the report and would only
Posted By: RadMT2 on 2005-08-09
In Reply to: Radiology Pay. - kyradmt
consider by line if all I did were MRIs, CTs, etc.
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paid per report
I need some advice. I have been with my company for two years and was hired at .10 cpl. I have recently been assigned to another account (radiology) which pays per report (1.15). The dictators are horrible and the reports are long. I am making way less on this account than I did on my previous account which my company no longer even has. Any advice on what I should do or any advice at all would be helpful. Thanks.
paid by report (help)
I am now getting paid by the report (radiology) and I was wondering if anyone knew what this consists of. What I mean is a two page report count as one report or what. I guess I am confused and need to know if this is a good thing or bad. I have also been paid by the line. So I am new to this.
Paid Per Report
Has anyone here ever heard of being paid a different amount depending on the "type" of report? A different amount for x-rays, different amount for mammos, different amount for ultraounds, and a different amount for CT's and MRI's.
PAID PER REPORT
I'm paid per report based on what type of report it is (XR/CT/MRI, etc) BUT if the report is abnormally long then we can charge double for that report. Most of my reports are about 1 page or less (mostly less) but if they go to 2 or more pages, I charge double for that one.
I have a feeling this is the norm for radiology. Anyone correct me if I'm wrong.
Paid by report or cpl - Which is better in general? nm
nm
Being paid per report for editing.
Do you guys think $1.38 per report is fair for doing QA in escription/and emailing feedback?
If you are being paid per report for MRI's and CT's, what is a good rate? nm
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Is $1.20 per report plus paid for links good for radiology? nm
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Great platform, but curious about being paid by line vs. report as well, which is best?
Check your records and report what she has paid you, you do not have to send in a copy a 1099 - nm
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For QA consulting I'm paid per hour; QA instructing (college) paid salary, QA editing paid per li
I am an IC and work for two different MTSOs as well as instruct at a business college.
You do not need the 1099. You just need to report the income. Report the company/person ...sm
to the IRS for not sending out the 1099.
I charge the same amount for a "normal" report as for any other report.
You still have to listen to the dictation and change anything that's different. I had one woman try to pull this on me. She'd dictate, "Just pull up my normal, but change this, change that, switch that around, move that, add this, delete that, and change the other." Then she'd only want to pay me what equated to $.03 per line. She wanted 1:1 on her dictation to transcription ratios. I told her to take her cheap account down the road because I'm worth more than that.
Oh, a report just came in. A report actually just slid in, can you believe it. Hip Hip Hooray. I
had better get that sucker typed before it gets out of ONE MINUTE TAT.
if mt paid 9, editor paid 4 or 5...how can company charge 14 and make it..sm
I know the going rate in our area is 14 cents per line. As MTs most companies here pay us 8 or 9 cents a line. Now add in the Editor rate at 4 or 5 per line..you are paying OUT more than you can charge a line. How would companies stay in biz?
Unless all work is sent by the company overseas at pennies per line, this would not pay for a company.
just curious how this works out
If you are careful with putting the correct report in the correct report shell and patient, you will
not have any problems. I only take away this option when someone is careless. There can be NO room for error on this. One mistake can be very serious. Many do it well though, so just double check and you will be fine.
But how much are the US EDs gonna be paid? Typically this work is paid at 2-3 cpl. nm
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You don't get paid an hourly rate you get paid by line - sm
so because of how you are paid (not an hourly rate) you don't get OT, especially if you are an IC.
I would move on. I think it is so unfair not to be paid for spaces! I think we should get paid
per keystroke, but that'll never happen. I just think that these national companies are going to keep finding ways to cheat us. I found a job working for a hospital as an employee, paid hourly plus incentive, and they let us expand everything! Somebody's gonna have to kill me to make me give up this job. I will never go back to the national's again.
I feel for you though. I know that for us MTs those good jobs are few and far between and some have little choice but to work for the nationals. I just happened to luck into the job I have now. I just applied at the right time.
Good luck to you whatever you decide.
If those companies paid a fair wage, and paid more
all came out equal, people wouldn't feel the need to try to make up the deficit by going for the good stuff. I actually prefer the harder, juicier reports. But I can't make a living doing only that, because the pay is not commensurate with the difficulty. So even though I prefer not to, sometimes I have to pick up some of the easier, more boring 'line-o-matic' reports just to make ends meet. Tell your MTSO to make it work their while, and MTs will stop taking all the easy work away that you obviously would prefer to keep for yourself.
You wont show UE being paid because it is employer paid -
the employee will never have to pay this.
What you "should" be paid and what you "are" paid
sadly are two very different things. Good luck on demanding more..because someone else will just come along and take it for what they offer and they know it. 
10$ late if invoice is not paid within 10 days. At day 15 work stops until invoice is paid. Hardly
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Yes...Every Report
I have to admit, I proofread EVERY SINGLE REPORT. But I always have gone for overkill, and I am new. My one and only QA score was 98%. While I am proofreading (long reports), I sometimes stand up and stretch, or run and grab a snack or lunch so I don't feel like it is so much a waste of time. I suppose I will have to get to the point where I don't proofread every report, or I will never make any money! I may have to rethink my strategy if and when MQ increases their line quota for part time employees. Rumor has it at 8,000 lines per pay period, and I am only managing 6,000 and working long hours just to do that. Got to figure SOME way to speed up!
report
I get paid per report, $1.30, includes all accessions/requisitions -
for instance in one report if doc says this is an MRI of the Head, neck and 3d multiplanar I get 1.3 for each. I use Shorthand and I have eight years experience. I do anywhere from 80-120 reports a day.
There was a report in AL, I think, that there was
a live alligator swimming around the flood waters there in one area. The newscaster kept saying it was live and nobody would come out and was avoiding that area until it disappeared. It's probably waiting somewhere quietly for its next dinner to walk by.
Two of my accounts are in New Orleans and I have typed hundreds of patients with abscesses that tested positive for MRSA over the last few months. The way the city is now cannot be helping this at all. A few of the docs I do are automatically treating for MRSA now w/o getting the culture report just because they've seen so many cases.
right! Fox would report a
That would be real news there.
No, the woman bought a LOUIS VUITTON with the money she got
(debit card).
ONE report probably
so they will need to add more MT's...LOL! I feel for all of you.
Per Report
The highest I have heard of anyone paying per report is $2 with most paying less than that. Hope that helps.
Pay by report?
Hi, all: I've been getting my own small clients here and there, and I've had a request for a proposal to radiology reports for a small radiology group. Their current vendor is charging them by report, not line. Anyone have any idea what to charge by report? I've done some calculating with regard to average lines per report, and I'm thinking of offering to do it for $3 per report. Any idea if this is too high or too low??? Any input is appreciated........
Per report
Working as an IC you should be charging $2 per report, that is what I charge my clients. Good Luck!!!
I saw a report that said . . .
Heart rate 80 permanent. Do ya think he said per minute?
Report changes
Has anyone ever had someone go in and change your reports? I don't mean change a small word or the wording of a sentence. I am talking about taking out information and putting in information that the doctor did not dictate, making the report incorrect for the patient's records? I found this happening to my work and need information on the legal ramifications, as well as how to handle this.
report changes
I work at home for a service, but not as an IC. I found work changed by having a temporary copy on file - then the QA changes/corrections - and then relistened and found changes made that affected the whole report, different medications, different procedures and PMH, etc. Information that will probably one day go on to another physician that is incorrect and that I did not transcribe, but with my initials on the report. Of course, I realize that once the physician signs it that the liability is on him, but it's just inconceivable that someone would do this. I saw this happen one other time when I worked in house and one Transcriptionist didn't like another one and this was done in order to try and get the disliked employee fired. However, it did not involve my work then. I keep thinking that MTs all think ethically and with a legal obligation to the patient, but I know in reality that to some it is just a job. I am tetering on talking to the company and/or the account manager, especially since I have everything in black and white - the first report - the QA corrections - the changes to the report after it came back to me, etc. I'm just looking for some guidance on how to handle the situation.
I had one report from one md....sm
I had one MD last week that had this dinging sound throughout his report......I hit no key accidentally or held a key down. This was on the dictator's side, this dinging noise.....
$1.20 per report
ask what are the margins, font, length of reports for per page or gross lines
also what do you mean by "plus paid for links?" is this something additional that you do for the report?
$1.20 per report
I have been offered $1.30, $1.50, $1.75 to $2.00 per page depending on the average length of report.
definitely report it
That is very disturbing to me. She was very unprofessional and not that I want to know what she said, but is it something she did that should be reported to authorities?
$3-4.00 per report sm
But no one will pay that. You probably don't want to take a job typing MRIs and CTs by the report. They can get pretty lengthy. Just my 2 cents. :)
I just sent a report with ....
24 QA markers. The darn thing looked liked Swiss cheese. And it wasn't even an ESL. He was an American who could speak perfectly good English if he chose to. Instead, he slurrs entire sentences, sometimes 2 or 3 together in the same breath. I cringe every time this guy comes up on my screen and even having old reports to look at in my feedback screen doesn't help. 
Okay, I'm done. Have a good evening. I'm changing into my flannel jammies and watching a movie.
My tax guy says you do not have to report it if
If they 1099 ya', that means they reported to the IRS that they paid you. If they send you the 1099, then you must report it or you could get blipped. The $500.00 amount is correct though if you made under that amount, you do not have to claim it. I really do not think you need to combine anything. Each company you have worked for as an IC should 1099 ya'! Just my thoughts on this issue and the experiences I have had.
Every report
This person has no experience and seems to have no pride in the work. She types any old thing. I send her feedback and I get somewhat snippy replies that I should explain things better... I am not the trainer..but references to that I might have needed help when I started out. Well truthfully, when I started out I looked things up like crazy, proofed by work and had a lot of pride in my product. This person had to have been very cheap for the boss. The boss knows I will fix the mess and so what's the problem? Everything is peachy for everyone except me?
pay per report
Any radiology Transcriptionist out there that know of any companies that pay per report and how much?
Per Report pay
MQ pays up to $1.25 per report for Radiology.
report pay
Is 1.10 cheap per report?
per report
I think 1.10 is low - i get 1.50 on one account, 2.00 on another. I think rad reports are average 15 lines per report.
On other rad accounts I get 10 and 12 cents per line.
per report
I get 2.00 on one of my smaller accounts and 1.50 for another.
Try pay per report instead (sm)
I think you were responding to another post, but...
I understand your predicament. This is the reason why I will only work for an MTSO that pays per report. And even with that, I need to see a good balance of reports, with at least 50-60% of the dictations 1 minute or less. Also, an MTSO that pays for links and has normals. Your average x-ray may be 10 lines, so imagine getting paid $1.20/report for that, and for the 5-line one, too. Yes, you'll get CTs and MRIs, but these are so easy to template and add to your Instant Text that even if they're 3 mins, you'll still do them in little of no time.
rad by report
Just remember, this is by REPORT and not the PAGE. Some reports are 2 to 3 pages long and whther you type 4 sentences or 400, you will still get paid by report.
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