Actually Transcends pay varies greatly depending on negotiations, accts, etc
Posted By: Me on 2009-10-02
In Reply to: Pay scale same for everybody - Transcend MT
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What so bad about Transcends?
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Transcends Services
Does anyone work for or have you worked for this company? Anyone have anything good or bad to say about them?
Guess we all can't be put on good accts. Gotta be there at the right time. Both of my accts.
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thanks okay *sm*, I appreciate greatly your help. :) nm
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You are greatly appreciated!
And I take it you are happy there?
Greatly appreciated!
Good afternoon!
I have had employee status all my years of dictation but am venturing to IC. For those that have done BOTH, which do you prefer? The pros so far for me as an IC are setting my own schedule and no set times I have to work, just getting my lines in for the day.
As an IC, how are you doing as far as income after you pay your yearly taxes? Does it even out about the same as far as the percentage you pay in taxes as compared to having them taken out for you?
I already found affordable health insurance for me and the family, so no worries there. 
Thank you so much for any replies! I'm looking forward to this new-found freedom.
Thank you!!!! Greatly appreciate the info...nm
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Something greatly lacking in this industry is
It's like nothing I have ever seen in my life, and I have had a lot of exposure to many corporate, medical, legal, restaurant jobs in all parts of the United States. This job gets you less respect than a chambermaid job. I did that in college. Yes, this MT industry is the pits. What a shame! It used to be so good.
Thank you. The information is greatly appreciated. nm
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TransTech is definitely VR -- pressuring MT's greatly to train on VR
If you can afford a humongous decrease in your paycheck, then TT's VR is a good place for you. The work has been extremely low for a long time now. We get weekly emails pressuring us to train on VR. There is a HUGE push for VR, in order words. If you can make a decent line rate/count VR and cannot feel that you can take the decrease in your paycheck, you should look elsewhere.
They are a scary OVERHIRE at TT right now, and this has been going on for the past several months. It is hard to believe that they are still hiring, as you have been offered a job there, when we have no work most every week -- no matter what hours you get on the system.
I mean, any info you can give me about this company would be greatly appreciated.
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Any info on Phoenix MedCom would be greatly appreciated :)
Such as platform, schedule flexibility, payrate, VR, etc. info? Thanks in advance! :)
Any Info on Professional Transcription Agency would be greatly appreciated..nm
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Any info on Candian Co Terra Nova would be greatly appreciated
Thanks
Any other MQers at WebMedx? Just got an offer. Any insight greatly appreciated. TIA!
How does the incentive pay work out for you? Please E-mail me if you'd like. We all went through enough with the evil Q. Thanks.
Thanks. Again I'm not asking what you CAN do because I know that it varies quite a bit with
platforms, but what is required to maintain your FT status, i.e. 1200 per day for an 8 hour shift, etc.
Probably varies, just ask them
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It varies
from work type to work type as far as ESL. I do not feel it is too bad. We have some difficult docs just like every other service. As far as pay per line. I feel it is decent. They go by your experience. Gulf Coast is completely Independent contractor, no benefits, as of now. However, they are working on trying to get insurance for us :-). I enjoy working for them very much.
Varies from one account to another
I'm assigned to work on four different accounts, and two have demos (we call them census) and two do not. Of the two that do, the screen usually comes up with most of the information, and then you just have to select the right visit, which you can usually do with the date of service. I work in a Word-based platform, though it's not actually Word. I also use ShortHand and autocorrect for expansions (though this wasn't asked, just thought it would be helpful to know).
I hope I didn't miss any questions!
From what I recall, it varies.
I think the low was something like $12 a PP (with a high deductible plan), and I forget what the high was. All of their plans had fairly high deductibles, with the lowest being $1500, I think. They start 30 days after probation, which means 120 days; a little too long for me.
Its odd how much the job experience varies
I left Spheris for almost identical reasons to those posted above. Going to Webmedx was the best thing for me - I love it, my supe loves me and I've made more money this year than ever before in my life.
Just goes to show that each experience with a company is so varied that no matter how much advice for and against a company is on these boards, you never really know what your own experience will be until you're there. No job is perfect for everyone.
Renee, it varies from job to job, sm
whether with benefits, inhouse, hospital employed or at a service. I'm guessing the average is 9 cpl/per 65 w or w/o benefits. Advise shopping around FL for the best deal. Good luck. I'm looking for greener pastures, too.
Mine varies but on VR usually
anywhere from 3000 up over 4000 per day. I also do some straight.
Mandatry varies by account needs.
Of course they hate demanding it. On my account they more often than not ask for help first, then offer incentives before we get to the mandatory stage. If we had a few more good people, maybe it wouldn't happen so often. Maybe we can interest you
No, only that work varies over the pay period sm
I see my primary account in week 1 of the 2 weeks. By Tuesday of week 2 of 2 weeks, I see my secondary and my primary and as the week wears on I have less and less of my primary and more of my other 3 accounts. I guess I know that some people are making up their lines, but that is now how I work.
The count varies, but today
in my first 2 hours I had over 1000- I think only 58 of those were straight and the rest VR, but according to the work, I have done over 700-800 an hour. It is possible and if you know the work, easy to get at least 500 per hour.
Probably varies by account, but 24 to 48 hours
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It varies. Once an MT is comfortable with the software and the account, and...sm
QA is pleased with the quality of work, then an MT can be released from full QA. Lots of factors involved, no set time.
It varies widely. Most companies pay per line.
I've seen it as low as 3 cpl. Some companies pay per hour, some as low at $10, others up to $16. The ones that pay the lowest is probably off-shore work and in that case is isn't enough because you have to 100% edit and correct half of it- could also be VR work.
I believe the speed setting varies with platform
Some are actually able to increase the speed more than other platforms, I believe. That might explain the difference.
I use the Escription/Editscript platform and love it. I have to admit I am blessed with a great account that has some truly excellent dictators and I've no doubt that makes a huge difference.
I think VR is something one either loves or hates. I'm apparently in the minority that love (as do my hands and wrists and shoulders!).
I find it varies widely by dictator
Caveat up front: I've only been on VR less than 6 months. More experienced MT editors might have a completely different VR experience.
That said, I notice the big factors in how many LPH I can do with it are (1) how long the dictating provider has been using the VR system and how many times s/he's been through readaptation, (2) whether the dictator is ESL. The software so far seems to favor native speakers over ESL's; it 'gets' the native speaker's speech pattern faster.
I am looking for quality, myself. The temptation to 'skim' is there with this kind of work, but I'm too afraid I'll make critical errors that way.
If I have a good dictator who's been readapted a few times, I can get by with little editing and average 400 lph. Most of the editing I do in that capacity is formatting, and a few good ShortHand entries can make a world of difference in speeding that up. I'd say definitely visit the Community page Training tab if you haven't already.
With a new and/or ESL dictator, though, I admit it: It's faster for me to straight-type it. So I do, because I can get between 300 and 350 lph that way. Editing might easily drop me down to that 200 lph ceiling you're struggling with. I don't know if that will always be so, or if, as I get more used to the rhythm of editing, it will become second nature and go faster. But right now, if the report's bad enough I simply transcribe it.
Again, just my experience so far.
A majority want 600 lpd for PT. Being able to put in extra hours varies from place to
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Yes we do get bonuses. It varies. Line and a half or so much $$ for so many reports.
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Your line count varies based on QA score.
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I suppose it probably varies with each account. My primary has been slow sm
since the holiday, but I am able to get my lines. I'm hoping it picks up soon.
Hope this helps. 
depending on who you ask
If you ask me, not hardly. Lets see, six weeks back pay still owing, heard more people are quitting and have not been paid, heard IRS is investigating, the district attorney is in the loop now as well as Department of Labor. How many girls are still owed?.... It will not settle down with D&L until they PAYUP! I will make sure of it!
Depending on DC
A friend of mine has a chiro account she's had for 15 years. She charges 0.12 per line and a line is a line no matter how long it is (none of this gross line crap). Not all chiros are cheapskates!
Actually, depending on where you are
They use Fedex and the actual charge from there to GA is $16 and some change so when I worked there they did make money off of that.
sometimes it can take a while, depending
on how busy they are, but if has been a few days you can email them and ask...... that's what I did
The setting your own schedule thing varies. For example, physicians who work in the ER may be
independent contractors, rather than employees, if they are moonlighting on weekends or whatever. But notice they are told what hours to work... There's no way to keep a transcription service alive with people working whatever hours they feel like whenever they feel like. That's just not reasonable.
For me 3-5 hours..depending on
how focused I am that day, how many interruptions I have, whether the system is running slowly, etc.
Depending on where you live (sm)
this could be a very good position for you. The people I used to supervise (pathology transcriptionists in-house) made about $15-19 per hour depending on how long they had been there. This is in Southern California, though, where employers will pay a little more when transcriptionists are scarce.
Depending on your proximity to them I'd allow
it a couple more days. DH company mailed his 1/30, in the same state, took 2 days to get here. If you don't have it by the first of the week call them.
Probably depending on the position sm
but I imagine most will want to see a 98 at least. Some might be more forgiving, especially with a somewhat newbie? You'd be required to maintain a 98+ during employment so I don't think they'd want to start anyone much below that.
Depending on the company, sometimes
direct deposit to kick in and you'll be mailed a paper check until then. It all depends on their bank and their procedure. Some banks require a test run to validate the acct being deposited into. Have you asked or inquired about it?
Depending on the company you might
One company just cut QA pay 30% and up, so that might not be a good idea, although, MT pay cuts will probably happen soon here too.
Depending on the account
ER reports have a really good potential to be a big money-maker. Lots of normals and a lot of repetitive statements you can put into your expander. Not to mention the fact that the work is usually far more interesting than acute or clinic work.
IMO, 7 cpl is a decent rate.
depending on what state you live in - sm
you could possibly be hired by another hospital IN THE STATE you are in and go to work at home, or you may be considered for a position at Diskriter that is hiring for a Florida hospital, but again, it depends on what state you live in. The Florida hospital can hire from about 7 other states, but if your state is not one of them, then you are out of luck.
Anywhere from 3 to 10 hours, depending on speed,
experience, ESLs, interruptions, platform, etc.
About 4-5 for me depending on how many ESLs slow me down on any given day.
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I average 20-25 depending on the radiologists who are on.
I work in Radnet, use Shorthand and do all types of exams. I am paid by the report one rate but a much higher rate for IRs.
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