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WHAT IS A CHARACTER?

WHAT IS A LINE?

WHAT IS THE FORMULA A COMPANY IS USING TO PAY.

It doesn't appear MQ is paying by the old line like was AAMT - so what is the formula they are using.  I want to know this.  I want to be able to check on them.  I am a contractor.  I want to follow my pay.

A building always "extends" out his bills from the lumber company to make sure he hasn't been overbilled for wood, and the same with concrete.  THAT'S BUSINESS.

I have a real problem with national transcription companies not wanting to treat contract people as BUSINESS PEOPLE.  We are not their minions.  We are business men and women.

This is insane!

Does the general work force work "by the hour".............and not know what constitutes an hour?

Think about it.

Then realize we need to demand from these nationals to have in writing several things like

--what is a line..are they paying by the line - what is a line?  Our old contracts we signed with MQ was the old AAMT line and I don't recall signing a new contract yet they have changed the platform we are typing on suddenly - nice slippery slide there.

--I want a program I can buy from a third part to double check line length any given time I want to...day, night.

--policy when there is bad weather, line failure, no work, and how it affects bonuses we are eligible for etc.

--where does WORKMAN'S COMP COME IN if we are an employee and work from home?

just things like that.

  why are we providing a service and not know how we are billing?

While not available in all areas, this is a wonderful program to help out families and communities.  I used it for years when I lived in Colorado and now that I have moved, I am in the process of finding this program in my state. 

The program consists of paying a certain amount for a given box of food (you can buy more than one) on a certain day or days.  Then, you put in volunteer hours in your community for each box you purchase.  You have a volunteer slip signed where you volunteer.  On D-Day, you go and pick up your boxes of food. 

The boxes consist of fresh fruits and vegetables and meat items.  Occasionally there is cheese too.  There might be pasta and/or rice.  There is often a prepared food item.  They offer seasonal boxes for holiday baking, meat lover's boxes in time for summer grilling and Thanksgiving boxes.  The retail value of what you get in a SHARE box is usually at least double the cost of the box, and that has been my experience.  The kids and I used to go and help on D-Day, passing out boxes, cleaning up for our volunteer activity.

http://www.sharecolorado.com/

is for Colorado and several other states, but should link you nationally too.

How do I get control of this white cat fur on my forest green furniture and stop him from clawing it up?

I will try to make a long story short(er)... I'm an IC.  I have been doing transcription for Dr. X over five years.  His wife is the OM.  His former Transcriptionist worked in his office until she and her sister (who also worked there as an insurance clerk) got mad one day and walked out.   Last year, the sister that did insurance returned to his staff.  At that time, I wondered since they had "kissed and made up" if my job might be in jeopardy, but I said nothing and kept up my usual routine.  A couple of months ago, the sister who did transcription had a baby and decided to quit her job to be a stay at home mom.  Shortly thereafter, the OM (wife) became rather unfriendly to me, but I carried on with the attitude that the money was good as long as it lasted.  Now, to try to make this shorter -- I took vacation time last week (which my contract allows me to do) and I returned to their office promptly on Monday morning to pick up tapes to start catching up on work.  (This OM has always been antsy about getting work back and filed in a timely manner.)  On Tuesday morning, I received a phone call asking how many tapes I had done, to which I replied that I had completed all of them and would be returning them shortly.  I was told by a staff employee that the OM said to "break them up" and only bring two days back since it would "bog them down."  Since this office is 56  miles away roundtrip, I wasn't pleased with the request but did honor it without saying anything.  This morning I received another phone call from the staff and the girl asked if the OM had called me.  I replied, "No, I've been right here at the computer by my phone and you win for the first call of the day."  She responded, "I kind of felt like she was lying to me when she said she had called and you wouldn't answer."  She then said she had been instructed to tell me not to bring any more dictation back this week.  I asked why and she said she didn't know.  She then asked if I knew the doc and his wife were going on vacation next week, which I didn't.  I thought about it a few minutes and realized that payday is the 1st and 15th, so I wondered about bringing my bill over.  I called back and asked the staff girl if the doc was in.  I spoke to him and he knew nothing about any of this.  He called his wife, then called me back and said his wife said they didn't have the money to pay me, so they didn't want me bringing back work. 

Now I'm wondering if this is a farce to try to get me to quit so the former transcriptionist can resume doing their work.  Never before in five years have they not had the money to pay me.  I've never gone up on my rates to them in five years, so they're really getting a bargain for our area.  If the thought of that doesn't bother me enough, I'm now thinking about how my budget is blown for the rest of this month.  This doc and his wife have no children living at home -- I have three with two of them in college and one in tutoring for severe dyslexia (which they are aware of).  When I took last week off, we stayed at home because we couldn't afford to go anywhere this year after paying bills.  Now I'm irate that I've still got bills to pay and I'm not getting paid while they're going on a vacation.  If they truly cannot afford to pay me, the wife knew that on Monday when I came over.  Why did she let me burn my gas (a luxury these days) on Tuesday driving over there?     By the way, I asked the doc today if everything is okay on my end and he reassured me that he is still very pleased with my work and even asked why I was asking.  I didn't say anything further because I didn't want to sound paranoid; however, his wife "owns" the practice with everything in her name, not to mention the fact that she is a very controlling person.  Therefore, he would be "out of the loop" if she wants her old transcriptionist back.   Something smells fishy.  Am I right in feeling she is trying to get me to quit?  Do I quit or do I make her get some gumption and discharge me?  Thanks for your time.

Hello my fellow MTs, all of whom seem to be so much more knowledgaabe about  online transcription.

I have repeatedly tried and tried and cannot figure out how to calculate what a 65-character line is and how to figure out your earnings.

Does anyone have any advice about where I can look this up?

Thanks!

Challenged once again.

Haven't been doing surgery for a while and cannot remember the rule for tract/track.  Couldn't find it in the AAMT BOS either.  Thanks!!

EX:  I probed this area with a Q-tip and found that she, indeed, has a sinus tract/track leading to a cavity below the healed skin.

I had to do recovery on my computer and I added a newer Microsoft Office.  This is MUCH different than my old version so I wanted to see if anyone can help me out.  On old version if I used AutoText for saving smaller things after typing a couple of letters it would pop up with the info that I wanted.  I can't figure out if this new version does that or not.  From what I have read I can't find that it does, but if anyone has any information that it does still do this it would be greatly appreciated!

i used to love doing transcription.  now i hate it.  hate it. hate it.  i work in a hospital and it is one of the only hospital jobs left around here that has not outsourced.  the manager/team lead are two of the dumbest pieces of work anybody could ever run into.  if they were not purposefully put here to make us quit and they really are this dumb, i would hate to have to come to this hospital if i ever got sick.  what other kind of dumbbells do they have working here (like duh...guess who works here....me!!!!).   i put in an application for the community college.  tomorrow is registration.  classes start may 11.  i am going over in the morning and signing up and paying for a class.  what to take, what to go into?  i have been doing this for so long i don't have a clue.   but i gotta get outta here, for my sanity and for the sanity of the world.   this tooth and dagger stuff has got to go.  i want somewhere that treates me nice.

I need a some good dental/oral surgery reference books.  These books would have to include also the names of dental instruments and how they are most often packaged together and what the names of the packs are.

Can somebody help me with some links to some good books that would not only include traditional reference material but also the additional information I am needing?

Thanks, Anne

Sorry to keep asking sciatica questions but I am in terrible pain!  Did anyone have small knots in their calf muscles, probably from the spasms pulling so hard on them?  They are about the size of a fingertip.  I felt a snap in that area when I was stretching last night, but it didn't hurt all that much, probably because my calf is relatively numb.

Does this sound like it could be a little snapped peice of muscle or do I have a tumor?  (Always reminds me of Arnold in Kindergarten Cop "It's not a tumah"

listening to papers shuffle!  Even when I fast forward these annoying reports there are minute-long paper shuffling that goes on and on throughout the paper!  I wish these doctors would get organized!

thanks for vent.

"The patient was seen in my office once to establish a doctor-patient relationship and he has never been back since."  What does that tell you???

Have been a member of MT Stars for quite a while-Has anyone else noticed in the Job Seeker's Board it is always the same "Big companies" looking for new MTs.  Makes ya wonder why these companies are always looking for MTs.  Transcend and Spheris come to mind real quick, but I'm sure there are others who chronically cannot keep MTs as well.  Just talking out loud...What are your thoughts about this???

I am having trouble calibrating my foot pedal for Bayscribe.  Can anyone help?  Thanks in advance!!!

Can anybody tell me what pay scale is at Amphion? Just curious about them because they have clinic but not sure about how it would balance since it looks like they require computer rent and internet expense. What kind of clinic work do they have? Is it just letters and short notes or more meaty clinic stuff, like neurology consults or things like that? Oh, and do they require a schedule set in stone or do you have any flexibility in getting lines in? TIA

I am required to put a time stamp on all my reports, which I do as soon as I get it at the beginning of the report and I put it on the bottom of the report of course under the impression.  However, when I have to insert a "normal"report, which is quite often, the impression part of the "normal" report will come up UNDER the time stamp and I am forced to ALWAYS cut and paste the impression and move it ABOVE the time stamp.  I have put a few spaces before my time stamp entry in shorthand, but "normal" impressions still go underneath the time stamp.  Anyone know how I can cure this in shorthand?  Is there a way I can do something so that the "normal" will go ABOVE my time stamp entry....a way to trick the normal into thinking my time stamp isn't there so it would come in above the time stamp?  I am pretty new to the whole ShortHand thing, so any suggestions would be appreciated.  It sure is a pain to constantly have to cut and paste.

TIA

Which headphones does everyone like the most?  I currently have the stethascope style, which I really liked in the beginning, but now if I turn my head they cut out, so it's time to get something new.  Thanks for the feedback!

I am looking for examples of flyers to in the physican's boxes at the hospital for medical transcriptionist services.  Does anyone know where I could find some good examples....or does anyone have something they would like to share with me (from someone that is not very creative making flyers/resumes).  If you have something you wouldn't mind sharing you can email me at norma_OK@yahoo.com.  Thanks for the help.

This is the first work I've been sent.  I was not able to figure out GearPlayer in time to take the test, so I had to manually play the sound, type, etc. 

I was told (here) that I could drag the sound file over the GearPlayer window and it would load.  I tried that tonight, but there was an error.  So I read some instructions from GearPlayer and it mentioned files have to be in HTML format, so you could save the file to your computer and then drag and drop it.  I tried that and I'm not getting an error message; it looks like it loaded fine, but when I use the footpedal all I hear is STATIC.  What is wrong?

This is a good example of what I am trying to say....In the search box I put "People's Support Transcription".  When I got to my options, I saw a response from this web site; about the second one down.  Did you know that our posts are not exclusive to MT Stars?  They go out for the WORLD to see!!

I have installed the VPN and even got connected with it but when I go to open the webpage to start working it gives me the "cannot display webpage" message and the webpage will not open up.  Is there a setting that I need to check or uncheck somewhere on my computer to get this VPN to work?  What am I missing?

Thanks