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aww...your makin me cry...i realize that tho..

Posted By: bd on 2005-12-30
In Reply to: Can I tell you something. sm - BuckeyeLil

and i thank god everyday that he gave me the gift to type and work hard to be able to be home with them...instead of them being off in some daycare 40+ hours a week...i take it back...


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makin' the big bucks

I agree with you that some people have a real talent for MT and some don't.  However, I think the reason so many people find it hard to believe that big money is possible is because, sadly, they have never had a decent account.  If you have the talent, a good platform, work that does not run out, and a decent work ethic, you can make very good money at transcription.  It is very hard to get that combination of positives all in one place these days.  I'll admit that I don't have that golden combination right now, and I am making nearly half of what I used to make.  I'm dog-tired all the time, and I am just about ready to give up.  I'm happy for those of you that have found transcription Shangri-La.  I miss it.  Send me a postcard, would ya?


Makin' Money

I, too, used to wonder if people lied about their income on here.  Up until about a year and a half ago, I had never made more than $30K per year.  However, I took a position with a different company a little over a year ago, and my daily production has practically tripled.  My current income averages about $1350 per week--yep, that's just a little over $70K per year.  And the kicker is that I actually make less per line at this job than my last.  What makes the difference is that I am on small accounts with only a handful of doctors--some with great templates and standards.  It's so much easier to maintain a higher line count when you're not having to switch to a new dictator/account with every single report.


I do have to add, though, that I also work 12-hour days, 5 days a week, and so something has to be said about that.  I won't be able to sustain this income forever, as I suspect carpal tunnel or burnout will eventually force me to cut back, but for now, I'm enjoying being the *bread winner* in my household.


The income potential for an MT really depends on just finding what works for you and finding a situation where you are most productive.   


12 cents line enjoy it. makin less now than 10 years ago
MTs used to be able to make $.  Right now I make less than I ever had.  Glad I make 9 cpl.  Don't expect raises.   Been there along with your mom.  OUTSOURCED.   Right now I pay over $500 month for benefits - single mom.  Cost of living is a joke.   Go with the flow and grab your 12 cpl while you can, don't be shocked by a reduction, hope it never  happens to you but it has to me.   
Yes, I realize
that especially consults are often dictated in letter form... just something you have to get used to if you are doing the big 4. I was referring to clinics who send out little notes to referring MDs, family members, insurance companies, patient jobs, etc., not hospital notes.
Yes you did, but you must realize that...
just because you couldn't/didn't succeed doesn't mean others won't do well.  As someone else in this thread mentioned, if you couldn't handle indepedent study, you most likely could never handle working independently as an MT.  So, in your case, it's probably a blessing that you couldn't cut the program. 
You do realize, do you not, that
this is just a story made up by TV writers? These are not real people. You do know that, don't you? None of it really matters. It's just a STORY.
I realize that
Of course I am blessed.  I am blessed to do a job that I love as well!  However, I just feel taken advantage of without a raise in five years... I guess I just never understood that.  I've never had a "real" job so I guess I'll learn to deal with it. 
I realize that..
Yes, they are busy people but come on now, when I cannot understand an allergy because my dictator is smacking through it and does not repeat it, I get a little irritated, especially when she does it almost daily. I just needed to vent this evening.
I'm sure you don't realize how....
insulting it is to those of us who have spent many, many years learning to be an MT when people ask us if they could do it so they can stay home with the kids or maybe earn some extra money.  It's like someone asking if it would work for them to be an engineer because they like to look at pretty buildings.  For some reason, people who have never done this seem to think all you have to do is sit down and type.  As the "nice" poster said, it takes years of training and many more skills than being a fast typist.  Most of us are just a little touchy about that attitude that anyone can do it.  Even though that my not be your opinion, it came across that way in your question.  
I realize this is going nowhere, but saying thanks
for a gift and throwing it away is not being thankful for the gift. Obviously if you were truly thankful for the gift, you wouldn't throw it away. I believe you would only throw a gift away if you felt it was a bad gift, which was the OPs contention in the first place.

Your mother is 100% right in saying you should be grateful for the things you have and receive, but there really is such a thing as a poor choice for a gift.
DUH! I didn't even realize there was one - thanks! nm
 
At least some people realize what they are and SM

don't have to hide behind some facade just to please inferior people. 


Superiority is a threat to mediocrity. 


Just because someone is not a sheep and does not follow the crowd makes some sheep nervous!


Thanks!!! I didn't even realize that I could
do that.  Duh!  You've made my day!!
My DH is starting to realize that I just....(sm)
might not stick around for much more of his stuff. I know that won't change him though. I just know it...
Hopefully docs will realize
that their time is better spent seeing more patients than doing data entry..glad that your docs realized this. I had one lone hold-out who refuses to do the clerical entry... but doesn't dictate either... still writes ShortHand notes in charts....Ugh!
Sorry - did not realize I was not allowed to do that. Really, sorry..nm
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they don't realize anything...don't care to!
Have really had it with this job.....tired of the whole deal.  To think I spent thousands of dollar in schooling, thousands of hours studying, thousands of hours in experience to come to the point where I wish I would have never gotten into this field!  Alas and alack, must push on...and the docs just don't give one hoot!
OK. I didn't realize that. nm
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Actually, I did not realize that, but I am glad
xx
Thanks, yes, I do realize I make ...

... mistakes, too.  I'm far from perfect!  This just goes against my grain, I've stated the reasons in the original post, and I'm not happy at all working there. 


They pay $3.50 per report.  Some are short procedures and others longer initial evals that take me 20-25 minutes, so it might even out in the end--I've only been doing this a month or so.  This is a good part-time job, but I need another job where I feel appreciated and not referred to as the "typist."  Someone mentioned spelling out conditions in the contract and that is a good idea.


Thanks to all--


 


 


Yes it was due to depression and I realize that....

How cruel you are.  I AM not a crack addict - I have NEVER done drugs.  I don't drink.  I don't even smoke.  I do have a child that was involved in this tragedy.  Actually I had two - the one that I lost.  So I am sorry if I was "weak" for the tragedies that I did go through but I am learning to cope with life.  Life is hard and apparently it is sunshiney everyday at your house - and good for you - I don't want to wish anything bad on anyone - even when they have no lack of respect for others.  You should watch what you say - things could turn around on you in your happy life in an instant - and then what would you do.  Would you be considered lazy, worthless or something else that is an undeserving gesture of who you really are?  Maybe someone will say "they are just on crack - they deserve what they are getting.  Maybe that just goes to show what laziness will do to you.  They don't deserve anything better."  I was not asking for sympathy.  I was pointing out how fast things CAN turn around when you are off track.  Merely using my fall to try to prevent someone else's.


I do thank all of the wonderful remarks prior to the rude post.  I am healing but it takes times.  I am actually able to get up and not be sad about what I have lost and I have been able to THANK GOD every day for letting me grow through certain things in my life and that I know they happened for a reason.  The reason will be a brighter future!


Didn't even realize JLG was still around! nm
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They must realize that better pay often means
And also that what's been going on in the MT biz for the past 10 or so years is morally reprehensible. Good for him! He's one of the FEW good-guys out there.
you need to realize your role, hon
a career you can obtain education for through correspondence schools?? You must be joking if you think you should make more than that. Apply for a promotion if you want more $$$$.
You realize what my next question is, don't you?
Is that company hiring? LOL
Not all companies use VR. Many realize
it's a risk to patient safety as flawed as it is.
Doesn't he realize ....

that medical records are already on the net?   The man is an idjit.


 


You do realize it is 2009, don't you?

If you are a good MT, you will realize editing for
what it is.  Slow and tedious and you cannot sustain a rhythm.  It takes longer to edit than to transcribe if you are utilizing expanders when transcribing.  You should be paid the same.
you do realize regular broadcast TV will be gone soon...
the only choice will be satellite or cable. Believe it is starting in 2006, but you will have until 2008, or something like that.

There will be no more signals, it will be all changed over the HDTV (which I really have no idea what that is, or why we will have to have it). The government will also own, I think it is 10 channels, or something like that...

It is kind of an odd thing to think there will be no more 'free TV.' Everything we have known and grown up with is changing, and nothing seems to be free anymore.
Didn't realize name newbie was taken,
just saw post below.
well maybe folks will realize there are no true...sm

friends on public boards online......you're right, the Gay thing should never have been brought up in public......


some have class and some lack class and are uncouth....


Do employers not realize that a little explanatation
 low work volume would go a long way?  Nothing special, just to notify us.  Just like they expect to be notified if our schedule changes, it would be nice if they let us know about volume and if they were trying to do something to get us more work, etc.  Rather, they let us sit here and wonder what the problem is!!! 
I have heard that people don't realize how...
socially demanding those kinds of birds can be.  They NEED attention, they CRAVE attention, and they get mad if they are ignored.  They can be very demanding.  I would research that aspect before diving  in.  Too many people have to get rid of parrots because they can't handle them.
Do you realize how many posts we get to this site per
month?  We do our best, but can't catch every single thing. 
I realize that. I have read all about the danger
of Accutane, the side effects, the horror stories.  I know all the warnings about it. That's why I'm asking personal experiences of people who have actually used it.  I realize there's a big risk in taking it.  I also know some people have been helped tremendously by it.  I'm just asking about personal experience with it because I really don't know what to do at this point since nothing else has worked and we really have tried just about everything, other than a chemical peel.  I think if I take him to another dermatologist they may suggest Accutane and I just wanted to hear experiences of people who have actually used it.
Yes, it's my opinion and realize you were just giving her
.
ooh I didn't realize you only enter x1...sm

I'm sorry because I didn't realize until this thread that we can only enter ONE time.  I entered a couple of contests over a couple of days.  Sorry.  Will up my reading comprehension for next year's MT Week.


Thanks again, MTStars, for making it a very special week for all of us!!!



I had wondered where Clay had been and I did not realize that...sm
he had been involved in all sort of scandal from a gay sex scandal to some upset fans wanting to file a class action suit to get their money back on his albums since he was not the wholesome boy they thought he was. Geez. I also saw where AI told reports they could not ask Clay about his sexual preference last night as it was off limits. I really do not care if he is or is not, I love his voice and always have, it is just sad he is going through all this right now.
LOL. It took a moment to realize you weren't
nm
Sorry, didn't realize I used same name - different QA person here
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Do you realize how many people apply for

There are applicants from all over the US.  Good luck on your quest for part-time.  Most want full-time. 


let him rant for a while; he'll realize
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They don't realize that VR often ends up costing - sm
a whole lot more. Not just the software, equipment, upgrades, etc, but also the tech support, editors, and also trainers needed to introduce new staff to the system. Also time spent while doctors *train* the system. Then, when they ultimately give up and dump it 6 months or a year down the road, and can't get reimbursed for what they wasted on it, that's expensive, too.
Unfortunately, we do not realize all of this until we are a little older and more mature, sm
and by that time, it seems too late, doesn't it.?

I wish I knew this when I was in my 20s.
I realize that I can't 'have it all', but I'd be happy -
!
You nailed it. Some people just don't realize
the blessings they have.
I agree. It takes way more than most ever realize.
NM
I realize that, but any average figures?

And again, I realize that most MTSOs use the BOS as a guideline BUT
that doesn't mean it is correct.  That's all I'm saying.  MTs give the BOS and AHDI too much credit and too much power and what do the give us in return.  HEADACHES!
LOL! Didn't realize that. She is a real
Isn't she?