$165 or 1500 lines
Posted By: Maybe on 2008-05-16
In Reply to: Someone help me with my math... - ugh
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10 lines per minute = 1500 lines for 150 minutes - average. nm
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0.8 x 1000 lines = $80.00 - 0.8 x 1500 lines = $120.
1500 lines a day!!!!
I do respect your opinion, but my opinion, as well as many others who worked for Spheris is, getting 1500 lines in an 8 hour day was impossible. You see, we weren't given nice pie accounts, where you could build templates and consistently use them. We were given the crap accounts, poor dictators, the good accounts go to India. I am sorry but 1500 lines in 8 hours was not possible for the majority of us. If it were possible, I can guarantee you it would have been done. Obviously we all want to make a decent living. I do agree that we have a larger problem on a larger scale, and yes shopping where they make things in China, etc., is being a culprit. I can say that people who have lost their jobs to China, or anywhere else in the world, need to step up to the plate as well. I as an MT can only try to protect my profession and everyone else needs to do their part. Afterall, everyone is forced to use the healthcare provided to them in their area even though they outsource, just as I am forced to shop at a store that outsources labor, for lack of a better resource to shop at. But if everyone would do their part in each if their fields, maybe things would be better. As far as paying editors and not being able to afford to pay better wages, I think that companies should pay a lower wage until one gets off editing. Once they get off editing, they should be paid more. If someone never gets off editing, that is another situation that needs to be addressed. I understand that a company cannot pay two people to do ones work and afford to pay a higher wage. But these companies such as Spheris that hire everyone at a low wage and then pay others the same that come in that are on editing and are not meeting production, this is what is not fair. It is not right to keep all employees at the same pay. Maybe MT -A has been their for 5 years, she/he is good, has a 99-100% accuracy rate consistently, then there is MT-B who has been there for 2 years, 97-98% accuracy somewhat consistent, needs editing more often, but she gets paid the same as MT-A because they both happen to clinic notes. How is that right??? This is what goes on in these national companies. Each employee should be assessed on their individual performance. But this is not how it is done. That is not right and is degrading to the MTs who do very well..These are the problems. Companies like Spheris get away with this!! All they care about is cheap labor!! When an MT gets to be better, they let them quit without a fight as they would never pay the higher wage they are worth and never will. This is a confirmed fact!!
What are they asking for, 1500/1800 lines a day, or more? nm
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He/she gets 1500 lines a day, in spite of posting
Uh, yep.
On the new plan, if I type at 1500 lines a day at
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if you type 1500 lines plus per shift
with what seems to be the most popular company to work for. I'm job looking. I do believe I may have to apply! What's the difference between Meditech magic and Meditech XL?
I work that, had TONS all day long, never ran low got to 1500 lines WITHIN my shift too. nm
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That is the $1500 one. sm
I am talking about the Holiday bonus they are advertising on the Careers page.
Avg around $1500/mo.
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$1500 week. nm
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Anywhere from 1500 to 1700
Lines are easy to get at TT and I get more than that if I am more focused with no distractions. 1500 to 1700 with interruptions etc.
1500 no problem
Well now! That is a whole new bunch of apples. Is it the work, the platform, or the dictators? Their recruiter said it would not be hard to get 1500. These days with the way companies use less than good platforms and the strange way they count lines, it is rare to see 1500 easily. Long ago, I could boast over 2000 easily. The last few years since the India factor, services are just tightening up. Wow would it be a relief for me to enjoy my job again. Yes I am waiting for my ID too. Well, I am going to take a crack at it, may as well overlap the jobs and see how it goes. Can't hurt the old pocketbook. Thanks for your optimistic post. If all goes well I will be working with you soon.
some companies require 1500 lpd -
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Do you think that 1500 to 2000 a week is possible?
This is a serious question, because I have been there a while and still not up to that. Maybe 1450 but not the big numbers. Wondering if it takes a while or if it is the platform.
I did not achieve it within a week but they worked with me and I am at 1500 or more now. sm
I think that statement is to enforce that they expect full-time volume.
I get no benefits where I work and I do 1500-1700 rad reports a pay period. sm
This is the norm, not the exception. If a rad Transcriptionist cannot do 20-25 reports an hour, they need to look at a different field.
According to Allstate, they have a new account and have over 1500 jobs in backlog, is this not true?
What's the real scoop?
Not by the line but 1400-1500 radiology reports. 2-1/2 years. nm
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Article in Advance says CBay just took on 1500 accts. and there was no employment ad in that issue,
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Old posts say IC,DSS files, starting pay not negotiable,rate increase after 90 days,1000-1500 lpd.
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1800 lines is easily achieved. I average 300-340 lines per hour. nm
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I average 1200-1400 lines per day with a national, and am only getting around 600-800 lines per day.
It's been this way since the day before Thanksgiving. I've been doing this for almost 30 years now, and more often than from Thanksgiving until the new year is the slowest time of the year. I have some months where I am swamped with up to 2000 lines per day. I stash that little extra money, and take advantage of a handful of extremely slow days this time of the year to actually cook dinner, decorate for Christmas, or do Christmas shopping. I actually anticipate this slow time every year and have grown to enjoy the breathing time. Any time I have attempted to pick up extra work with another company to supplement these slow times, the minute I get adjusted to the new accounts, etc. I have no time to finish all of my work because my full time job with national gets slammed again. Hang in there if you can, and hopefully your work will pick up significantly around New Years.
They work with you to make sure you get the lines required or the amount of lines you want...
I have never had a problem getting more work
Minimum lines for FT used to be 60,000 keystrokes a day, about 925 lines. Pay was good. Just not a
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Yes it is possible to double your lines. I cant type 460 lines an hour but I can get those with VR
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Regular lines, not weighted lines
was what I got paid for....
12K lines payperiod is 6K lines a week.
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It's not 1600 lines -- it's 16,000 lines...and
I've got my contract right here and have already gotten 2 checks and YES, I am getting 9.5 cpl base rate.
I don't know what other people are getting. Don't really care. I work for MY paycheck. Gosh.
Why would they "fix" lines? The more lines you
transcribe, the more you make, the more you make, the more you make. It wouldn't profit any company to put a lid on line counts.
lines
My lines have dropped too and I thought it was because I was slacking off or something - my checks have been 300 dollars less for the past 3 pay periods....hmmmmm
300+ lines?
can you email me - I want to know HOW you do it? tanks! myfingershurt63@yahoo.com
Like I said--how many lines do you do?
A whole lot of people don't like it--a whole lot more than do. How many lines are you able to do? Care to share since you love Transcend so much. Is it more than 400 lines an hour typing and more than 600 lines an hour editing? If not, you can't understand my situation at all.
How do you get 1-1/2 lines?
On my account, I never get that, the most I'm offered is 0.05 a line extra.
lines..
they are saying 250 because I want $15 per hour,but honestly..I'm having a hard time keeping up.....I can do the 250, but it would take time to get used to the dictators and get all templates/abbreviations on the system. I was offered a job with Medquist for 8 cpl, 8.5 if you go over a certain number of lines.... however, they get such bad press I haven't sent in thep paperwork and was thinking of only trying them part time to start.....anyone with any advice? TIA
8 cpl for 11,000 lines a pay, 8.5 for 14,000 lines and over. nm
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hrs/v/lines
From what I hear it all depends on the MQ office you work out of. I understand Amherst has a fit if your off by 15 minutes.
UGH, I think it should be either or lines or hours, not both. They just want to get the max out of us!!!
3 lines
I have 3 lines. My long distance is through AT&T from a long time ago. It is unlimited and it covers all three lines.
Yes, I have to say how many lines I will do but
I don't have to work a set schedule. If you read the post above mine, you will see that the poster says she thinks it's because people just get on 24/7 whenever they feel like it and type and that's why there is no work, and it sounds like she thinks it would be better if we worked within a certain time frame so we could get our work in during those hours. I don't think that is the problem at all. I have been with MDI for several years and having access was never a problem before; when I was ready to work there was work. I think the problem now is that there are just too many people and not enough work to go around.
lines
usually around 5000 lines per pay period.
lines
It depends on the company.
dsg lines
Can anyone share how many lines per hour you do approximately at DSG. I work there and just seems like it takes me forever to get lines in....
osi lines
I use a lot of templates and some I use probably 15 times a day, and I noticed one day that where this particular template used to be about 30 lines, it is now 27. I have been a Transcriptionist for a long time and I know how actual lines are not the ones I see on the page.
Yes, yes, and seems to be okay with lines. nm
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For how many lines?
125?
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Ack!! I'd be in a lot of pain in my wrists and back if I had to do 1800 lines every single day! Maybe I'm getting too old for this...sigh.
NEW??? Well, how many lines do you do and get 11 cpl?
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I just started with Webmedx about a month ago and am too averaging about 110 lph being faced with the minimum requirement of 150 lph. They gave me my first account, and it was almost always out of work (this was an immediate need and quick hire for this account, I begged for another account and they gave it to me, that one is nearly almost out of work, I now have 4 accounts and still run out OR they ESL is so bad that I can hardly crank out a report and have to put it in QA and it takes (most of the time) forever to hear anything back. I email my manager and it takes days to hear back from her. I email the help desk (and have even called) and it takes them FOREVER to respond to a problem, and then when they do it is after the problem has been solved and they just say, well it seems to be running okay now, let us know if you have any further problems. I'm sorry but I am just not used to that kind of thing. If you cannot even hear from your manager same day that can be crucial! I am struggling to get any lines out and I am just frustrated to my eyeballs. I need LINES and I just cannot seem to get them to understand that. Anyway, my two cents, along with a little venting.
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are you still there? I've only been there about a month now and cannot get in a good line count to save my life. I used to do 1800+ at my previous job and averaged $22/hour there, but at webmedx I am averaging about $6/hr! teenagers at McDonald's are making more than I am!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lines PT
PT lines are 6000 a pay period.
Can someone tell me how to get more lines?
I work at a company that uses a word-based software. We have no requirements on how our reports are typed. We can add spaces, heading, etc, as we see fit. Can anyone give me tips on how to increase my line count with this criteria.
If I indent will this increase my lines? If I change the margins will this help, etc:? Any information on how to increase my lines will be appreciated.
Thanks
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