I might also add that there are some MTs ...

Posted By: hospitalmt on 2008-01-01
In Reply to: Is it possible to pad line counts? - Curious

who are very clever at this little game of making money -- this is one of my favorites that I've seen done with our outside service as well - again, pointed out to supervisors, but alas, nothing was done ...

what the MT does is let's say for instance an H&P is dictated on a Monday. MT will transcribe report, maybe jot down a note of account number, MR#, all the info needed for right input, and save the report as well. Maybe on Tuesday or Wednesday, that same H&P, same patient, same EXACT report will show up again in the system, and that Transcriptionist just got paid for the same report twice, as well as the company.

It's difficult to catch this in a big medical facility because no one is really watching. And the floors generally throw out the copy of the report. So it never gets noticed. However, a few of us inhouse have caught it.

Again, thank goodness this service's contract ends soon! I think our sups are finally seeing what we've been telling them for quite awhile - and the bills have gotten quite large in the last year, with the same amount of work going out!!!

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Is it possible to pad line counts? - Curious
- MTSO usually also repeats benefit of padding - in lines billed. They claim ignorance& make $.
  - Could this be the reason padding allowed to - go on? Hhhmm...... nm
  - From above: Repeats = reaps. Time for more - coffee. nm
  - Also, good MTs hard to find. Might be worth - extra cpl, and as above, MTSO also gets more$.
- I might also add that there are some MTs ... - hospitalmt
- the service that works on our hospital account definitely pads - hospitalmt
- Besides padding counts - nana
  - Curious .....were the other MTs - lovewinter
    - Hourly - nana
- Listen to this one......SM - Old-timer
- If they have access to how the lines are counted on the back end - see inside - mtgal
- Yes, I was 1 who saw it done. - Speaking from experience
  - Addendum- that should have been sour grapes, not green! - Speaking
    - Hey, I think you coined a new phrase, green grapes. Love it!! - whorn
  - maybe she was in cahoots nm - :-)
  - I have seen all sorts of things used to pad sm - Lyndia
    - I had a good friend who did it and I found out... and - HolidayMT
      - Well you gave her a fair chance, asked her to stop. It's a shame she didn't take the chance. n - R
        You know the sad part? - HolidayMT
      - I turned her be..ind in when I found out because threatened with wage cut - Speaking from experience

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