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Do any of you contract your own work?

I'm willing to work for an online company or for someone in-house to gain experience, but eventually, i would like to start doing free-lance work and seeking my own clients. 

Also, do you ever so any other forms of transcription on the side, i.e. psych, business, personal or legal? and if so, how much success have you had with it?

TTS, NH - do they hire newbies?  I have a whole 6 weeks of experience and am looking for a good company.  Not fond of the big nationals.

If you have any additional suggestions for good companies I am open.

Looking for employee position, but realize that initially this is almost impossible to find. Will definitely settle for IC status.

Hi all....is $1.25 per report good for radiology?  It is $1.25 per report and any reports over 2 minutes are an additional $1.25.  So a 6 minute report would be billed as 3 reports.  Is this a good rate??  It is using Meditech and a Lanier.  Any info would be appreciated as I'm considering a position.  Thanks!

What is the best Expander you can buy to increase your speed?  I do internal medicine, and so there are some repeats, but not a lot.  Any recommendations are greatly appreciated!  I have got to pick up my speed!!!

Thank you!

Abby

I think its going to be a raw deal for those of us who have been here awhile.  Only because it will be based on higher pay for harder work.  In all honesty, I do not see them paying more than 10 cpl, and if they hand pick the worst of the worst, all day every day for those of us who can eek by and do them, we will be screwed.  Honestly would rather have lower pay (no lower than 8 cpl) for easier work to keep my line count up.  I've already been told many times that they give me the harder work because I can do it, but all day every day I would lose money.

They should base pay on experience, period the end!  Keep the pool completely open to whatever work comes up, do not special assign harder work to those of us who can do it, because it slows us down incredibly!  I agree, newbies need a chance to get their foot in the  door with some easier dictation, but how are they going to learn if thats all theyre getting, and how about those of us who  have been around the block, how are we going to earn a living for paying our dues in this business.  Thats why i'm scared.  Buh bye experienced MTs or what?  What do you guys think?

I need to plug my C-phone into a phone jack.  My Vonage setup is completely wireless set up by my local cable company.

I've got an analog telephone line, but the local phone company in this area is incredibly incompetent and I am at the end of my rope and am desparate to figure something else out.  I have called this company of Keystone Cops four times trying to order their unlimited long distance plan.  Each time they have apologized for the inconvience and said "somebody dropped the ball" and they are just so sorry.  This morning I called them for the 5th time because I got a letter in the mail yesterday thanking me for signing up for the 5 cents a minute long distance plan!  Now I'm told that they are making "notations" on my account and when I get my bill at the end of the month I will need to call their "investigations department" to get the long distance charges reversed.

So as you can see, my frustration meter is maxing out with these people!  Help me figure out a way I can use my Vonage with my C-phone and tell these people to hang themselves with their telephone line!

How much experience does the average MTSO have when they step out on their own? 

Thanks in advance for any and all help!

am I reading this right as 1 cent per line??

"For all other states we offer IC status only and a competitive line rate for ICs up to $0.010 cpl."(From the All Type Inc position on the Job Seeker's Board)

I am assuming it is a typo on the job post, but you never know....it made me laugh

I have been having tremendous problems with upper back pain right between my shoulder blades and up into my neck and right shoulder for weeks now.  It makes typing just miserable.

Doc said I had brachial plexopathy, and gave me narcotics and told me to quit transcription.  Since that isn't an option -- any ideas as to how to keep from getting this excruciating pain after an hour of typing?  It goes away on weekends when I don't sit at the computer, so I'm sure it's largely related to my positioning.  I've tried to fix my posture, but sitting up completely straight hurts worse than slouching.

Share any stretches, techniques for arm positioning, etc.  I will be extremely grateful.

Thanks!

Im trying to begin my career in MT.  I've ordered a at home study course and im waiting for it to arrive but in the mean time i heard that general transcription is the route to go until you become efficient enough to begin in MT.  Does anyone know of how I need to get started in this and what I need to do to begin?

Thanks

Jodie

My pre New Years resolution is not to answer the phone at all when I am working for ANYONE other than for the school in case it is kid-related. My dad calls me everyday... many many times a day.  I have told him repeatedly that answering the phone even once during my shift equals loss of $$.  He just doesn't get it. Today I tried my new plan... the phone rang and rang and rang today. I just let it go. My production was pretty good, but more than that I felt like I wasn't playing catch up to interruptions. I just had a nice steady thing going.

So tonight after work I listened to the messages and returned calls. Can you believe that my dad was ticked off b/c I didn't answer the phone! Oh I am just feeling a little frustrated at the whole thing. I once again explained the situation to him (nicely I might add)... but do I continue with my new goal of not answering the phone or do I give in to make everyone else happy?

I have to get some additional training and think I might go with MT Advantage.  Anyone have any experience with them?

Or, any other suggestions perhaps?

I just received my mouse pad from MT-Stuff.  Thanks to MTStars and MT-Stuff for the great recognition of Medical Transcription Week.  It was great.  I usualy have no luck at all so this is truly amazing.

I was working on a large file and had saved it in Word. I then went back to work on the file and hit a key that made the page go blank.  When I went to close the document it asked me to save any changes on the document. I answered yes, and now when I click on that document it is all blank! Shouldnt the previous info saved be there, even if the current stuff is not? Please help me!! Thank you

I was shocked (very pleasantly surprised) to get an e-mail from my boss this weekend stating because I've mastered new skills and am always offering to work extra to keep our accounts in TAT, they are giving me a raise that will be effective on my next check for the last 2 weeks.  Wow!  I was trying to work up the courage to ask for a raise in June (1 year anniversary), but they offered me a raise first!  I've NEVER had a national offer me a raise in the past.  Cool, huh? :) 

:) Chickadee

Just wondering if most companies provide some sort of instant messaging so that you can communicate with QA when you are having a hard time finding or verifying something. ?

If so, do the companies who hire as IC typically have the same sort of set up?   

I have over 8 years experience in clinic transcription.  Any companies out there that hire for weekend work only?  Must be at least 8 cents a line.

I work out of my home doing medical transcription and have for quite some time.  I love it except for the interruptions!  I can't seem to get into the "zone" because of it and my production is down.  Here is an example of what I find hard to deal with: Phone calls, contractors working on the house (one-time thing but still..), husband running the microwave (can't hear my voice files), husband in an out of the house on his days off, husband mowing the lawn right outside my office window.  You get the picture.  I have thought of moving my office to an upstairs bedroom but I really don't know if I would be gaining that much for all the trouble.   A sound proof room would be nice!

I'm very discouraged right now.  I would like to earn more money but it seems like an uphill battle!  I have a hard time concentrating as it is (probably menopausal) and after so many interruptions in a day I feel like throwing in the towel!

How can I set up boundaries and keep them in place?  Any suggestions would be welcomed!

Go to whitehouse.gov/contact or ehow, etc.  I did just that today.  They invited me to e mail the president - so I did.  Not sure he will ever get it but it was a nice friendly letter.  I asked him to find out and report how many jobs are being offshored every single day, faster than he can create them.  I asked him to try to get specific figures on tax implications and our social security system.  No one has ever given out this information, which would probably be a difficult task since the offshoring companies will not fess up to how many jobs really leave the U.S.  I figured if any one could find out it would be President Obama himself.  As an aside I asked him could it be true that the big banks who received approximately $150 billion dollars of our money actually applied for 20,000 new visas for foreign workers (up 1/3).  With our own money?

 I asked him how his stimulus package was supposed to work.  I have always stimulated the economy, worked, and paid taxes.  Now my job has been given to a foreign worker who does not pay taxes.  What gives?  If that is not on a drain on the system, then the lines for unemployment income are.  I mentioned that the stimulus checks handed out were never going to trickle down to the average American citizen.  Look what they are doing with it.  The best stimulus he could give us is to save our jobs.  We can't spend what we don't have.  I also congratulated him on his new job, financial security, the American people keeping the mortgage up to date on the White House, and that his kids certainly seem to have everything they need.  Keep up the good work and get back to me on those huge figures.  Oh, and I gave him my figures, unemployment at 50% of your earnings for 6 months.

Your e mail can be one sentence or up to 5,000 words.  Can you imagine the President receiving e mails from 300-500 MTs in one week.  Do it.

I'm talking over a couple years, where you know the docs and get your lines in a short time, macros, normals, etc. 

I ordered a new Olympus RS25 pedal off of ebay, but am not sure how to get it to work with the express scribe program.  Please help if you have any clue.

The pedal did not come with any software and the lady said it should automatically work with Express scribe, maybe I am not doing something right

TIA,

sunny!

Can anyone tell me how long it took to get hired with this company?  I spoke with a recruiter last week, who acted like everything was all set and haven't heard from him since.  I did send himi an e-mail, but got no reply.  I didn't want to call and be a pester either, but I would like to know something.  I was just curious if this length of time was normal or not....Thanks