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If I can't understand a word straight to QA that is what they get paid for.

Posted By: I can relate on 2005-07-17
In Reply to: Nope... - KH

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    Getting paid only for STRAIGHT TYPING

    My company set me up to work from home - - - I am new at this and confused and am need of imput from others in the field. Currently I get pain 8 cents per line.  I have a quota of 7,000+ lines a week - -however the computer I have been set up with does not enable me to add programs (if I wanted to add a word expansion program) and, interestingly, the ability to set up macros in MS Word has been disabled.


    With that said - - - For example, I will type a new consult on a patient that ends up being 4 pages in length.  I want to "work smarter and not harder" (who doesn't) so I incorporate word Expanders that I have in MS Word Auto Text as well as an Auto Text "intial office visit" outline which includes the doctor's "normal" exam.  All I have to do are make any necessary changes with each individual patient.  We use a nationally known dictation program/softwear which enables me to go to a "statistics" screen to see the line count for each document I have typed.  I have been finding, however, that on these 4 page consults, I am only being credited for 60 lines or so - - - aren't there 65 lines PER PAGE - - -why is it not 4 times that amount??  Looks like I am only getting paid for STRAIGHT TYPING, not for the total line count of the end product.


    VR reports get paid VR rate whether I straight type or not.
    I have just gotten to the point where on certain docs I know their VR sucks, so I straight type because it ends up being faster. It sucks, but that is the way the business is now a days, so I don't have much of a choice. I need a job, and I like where I am at, so don't like to speak up too much because the are really pushing the VR.
    If a company has you type on straight Word..
    is there any way to put your own Expander software with that and if so, what is recommended.  I have always had the company supply the software including expanders, but wondered if there is a way to use these in Microsoft Word.  Thanks for any help!!!
    I'm paid by the word..(sm)

    I am paid .0085 per word for medical transcription.  I've done comparisons before for how that compares to if I was doing the same document and being paid per line (65 characters including spaces) and is usually works out to between .085 and .095 per line.  Using your amounts, for example, I have a document that is:


    635 words


    3857 characters with spaces (divided by 65) = 59.33 lines


    At your rate of .0051 per word, that would be $3.24


    At a rate of .05 per line, that is $2.97


    At a rate of .055 per line, that is $3.26


     


    So you can see that your .0051 per word works out to about the same as .055 a line with this document as an example. Doesn't seem like such a great deal compared to what you're getting now...unless the work is very fast, lots of repetition and normals available, etc.


     


     


    Paid by the Word??
    Does anyone get paid by the word? Not sure how it works or equals line pay.
    If we got paid by the word....
    If we got paid by the word, then I would get a report full of pancreaticoduodenectomy, salpingo-oophorectomy, and sternocleidomastoid. Yikes!
    Paid by the word?

    Is this decent pay? I'm a little lost in the calculations.


    The per line pay rate for editing of our Editscript accounts is 0.4 cpl.  When transcribing reports, the pay rate is paid per word (per 65 ksl spaces and returns included).  The pay rate depends on the hours an MT works: 7a-3p is 0.0056 per word; 3p-11p is 0.0061 per word; and 11p-7a is 0.00692 per word.

    To calculate pay per word, you would do:
    Line x 65 = Keystrokes
    Keystrokes divided by 5 = words
    Word x pay rate (see above).


    Paid by the word sm

    I was recently offered the position of doing IME transcription, but the pay is by the word.  They pay 0.125 per word (5 characters, no spaces).  I have absolutely no idea how this compares to being paid by the line.


    Anybody being paid by the word?


     


    I am also paid 0.125 per word.
    If comparing it to a 65-character line, it comes out to just around 13.5 cpl.
    I know exactly how you feel - I used to get paid by word
    and I never could figure out how to compare cpw to cpl. When I got paid by word, the minimum was 22,000 words a day, but I had no idea how that compared to lines. Only thing I can recommend is getting a total of characters you do in a day and then divide that by 65 (usually what most companies constitute a line is either 65 with spaces or 55 without spaces) to see how many lines that would be. Wish I could offer more help. Good luck!

    Maybe you could talk to your current employer and ask for an increase and just explain that you don't want to leave but you just can't make it on what they're paying you. Again, good luck!
    Are you paid by the line, word, hour?

    oops, paid 0.0125 per word.
    nm
    Yes, you are paid for every line whether it has 1 word or 65 characters
    I would think so anyway if it is straight gross, paying. Remember you physical sometims have short lines, family history, etc.
    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.
    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


    But how much are the US EDs gonna be paid? Typically this work is paid at 2-3 cpl. nm
    :+
    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. 


    Straight up!!!!! LOL nm
    .
    Okay, let me get this straight.
    So, Meredith, Star and now Eliabeth are all leaving? And you think Joy's going to put up with Rosie??!? Highly unlikely. Wow, I guess that's the end of the View as we know it. What a shame!
    You got that right, straight and
    pretty wordy reports. Just not showing up for a few seconds but also audio is jerking along, word....wor....d… word…wor…d
    10$ late if invoice is not paid within 10 days. At day 15 work stops until invoice is paid. Hardly
    xx
    I have my facts straight.
    Comments by people on message boards don't matter.  It's the BBB complaints and lawsuits that back up my facts.  Of course, people are going to say good things about a product or service in order to sell, sell, sell.  It's called damage control.
    Your going straight to hell.
    x
    Yep, STRAIGHT TO HELL...
    I wouldn't stand near you in a lightning storm for anything. You are amazingly cruel, bordering on evil.
    Get your facts straight
    http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2005-09-07-katrina-debit_x.htm

    Anything else you care to complain about?
    No straight answers
    What is so hard about answering questions? sheesh
    150 wpm straight typing.....sm
    In high school 1st quarter typing I was doing 70 wpm, by the end of the 1st year of typing in high school I was at 100 wpm.  At the end of the 2nd year of typing I was averaging 140 wpm. 
    They better get that description straight
    Im sure that they made a mistake but that really is not helping on our self esteem. Maybe we could write our representatives to rectify the problem?
    I don't as I know several straight male MTs...sm
    just like I know some straight male nurses. 
    Would a straight line be the

    or what is a straight line???


    Straight from Escription
    I pulled this page from their knowledge base of information:  Hope it helps. 
    Can you fax straight from computer

    Can you fax it straight from your computer so that you don't have to print and then put in fax machine? If not, how long does it take?  My charge would depend on the time it takes you to do this and how many a day you fax over.  Keep track of how many you do per month and see what you feel it is worth.     If it just takes a couple of minutes and is only one or two per week, I would do a minimal charge but if it becomes more often or ends up taking more time, figure at a rate of $30 per hour and divide that into the time it takes to do one fax and charge that per fax.  


    I have faxed over some things and not charged anything as I can just fax from my computer and all I do is go to print and select fax, the page number, put in the number and send.  So it is not that time comsuming for me.  But if it were a daily thing, I would charge something.  


     


    gross/straight
    what is the difference between the two when charging a physician.  thank you for your help!
    Are you asking for VR or straight typing?
    VR will give you much higher line counts but not at 7-10 cpl.
    Straight typing please (nm)
    x
    For those who have gone from straight typing to VR...
    What sort of training did you get?  What sorts of things did you wish you'd gotten for training?  Thanks :-)
    Get your facts straight
    "This whole mess" as you put it started long before Clinton became president. Also, remember he was dealing with a Republican congress, which is where NAFTA originated. Reagan was the culprit - it was during his decade of greed that America put itself up for the highest bid - like a lady of the night.
    I have straight typing in there as well
    so that pay is higher and I have speed on fast forward. If you have the speed, probably can do the 3000 or better a day. I set the goal for myself at 3000 so I would bring home what I wanted every 2 weeks.
    THAT sure sounds like it was straight out of
    "I'm good enough, and I'm smart enough, and doggone it - people LIKE me!"

    ;)
    Is this straight typing....
    What exactly are you typing?
    vr versus straight
    I make more money doing straight typing as well. Boy, is this an offer from TTS in NH?
    Get your facts straight
    I cannot believe how ignorant some of the comments in this section are. Physicians from other countries go to medical school in their own country. When they come to the United States, they must pass a Foreign Medical Graduate examination. In addition, they must complete their residency here in the U.S. They also must pass the test to obtain their medical license in the state in which they wish to practice. You don't just go to a mediocre school in another country and then come here and set up practice.
    This hourly is for doing straight QA, but you
    have to transcribe if they need you to in an emergency, like usual companies. I don't know how much experience you need, I just took the test and I did so well they offered me the QA. But, I have done MT and QA in the past, and have lots of experience. You may as well take the test and give it a try, why not. Good luck!
    Get your story straight...

    You said above:  Morally, especially the "f" word, I can't bring myself to even type it out.


    Now you claim you were just asking the question because you were curious.  Our point is, if it's part of the medical record you need to type it.  As someone else said, if you are bothered by just typing the F word, does it also bother you to type abortions, etc.? You are in the wrong line of work if typing a word bothers you so much that you "can't bring yourself to type it".


    The difference here is it came straight
    xx
    I do straight transcription.
    I was just wondering about the reports I send to QA. They're making great money off me because I rarely have more than 1 blank and most of the time they can't get it either.
    Taken straight from the email nm
    nm