Acusis--a couple more questions
Posted By: MT on 2009-01-27
In Reply to: Hello Jami - Pam
I just submitted my information to Acusis and had a couple of questions. What is their minimum part-time requirement (lines/hours) and do they provide any equipment? What platform do they use? Thanks for your help!!!
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Acusis/Part-time questions
How many hours/lines does Acusis consider part time? Do they provide any equipment? Are part-time employees given any benefits. Received info to test with them, but I just want to pick up a few hours and wondered what the minimum you can work is. THANKS!
A couple questions
Do they hire part-time? Do you need a C-phone or are they internet based?
Thanks
...couple more questions if you can...
Tested for radiology, but I can do acute care. Can you tell me about the rotating weekends? How many weekends do you actually end up working over about a 3-month period? Does the software have a built-in expander?
Thanks!
I have a couple questions
Do they hire part time? The website mentions Word 2000. Does it have to be Word 2000 or will a newer version work, i.e. Word 2002?
a couple more questions
What is the minimum line count you need with them for part-time and if you need to work outside of your schedule or type earlier/later in the day, how flexible are they with that? Thanks for the info!
Just a couple questions
How is the platform?
Is rigid schedule required for full-time?
Are there production bonuses?
Thank you!
A couple of questions for you...
What do you mean by acquired 3 private accounts through them? They are your accounts? You bill them, collect the money? Or they are small accounts that only you do? Not sure what you meant there.
If you have no benefits, are you an IC? If you are an employee with no benefits, I'd be looking elsewhere. If you're not being paid what an IC would make, you're getting the short end of the stick.
If you are an IC, you'd need to rewrite your contract at the end of the contract period.
If you're an employee, go for it. Ask for what you feel you deserve. If they value what you do enough, they should be able to meet your needs (especially if they're getting away with not paying benefits!).
Best of luck!
Thanks-couple more questions
This helped some. What is their line count requirement and is it pretty attainable? Also, is 40 hours considered full time or can you work less than that for full time? Again, thanks.
A couple of questions
TTS does this to all of ICs. She literally will call MTs and threaten your job because you are not on the schedule for your hours. I was let go because of not working my set hours, yet I did my line count on a daily basis that I said I would do. Who would you report this to? Would you report to the DOL or the IRS?
a couple questions
Also, how do they calculate VR lines, and can you get a good line count?
answer to a couple of your questions..
I did not receive a bonus once I was off 100%. I get what I would consider average pay for most national companies. The last couple weeks have been very, very slow as far as work, but it seems to be picking up. Not sure about the benefit issue, as I have not been there long enough. Decent living is different to everyone, but you should have no problem making their minimum line count and there are some doing quite well, but I am not one of them. LOL. There is a $20 per month charge for their computer, but you can use your own equipment and not get charged the extra. Hopefully that helps some.
Thank you, Denise. Couple of questions . . .
Did they have you do any transcription in the pre-employment phase? Do you get a lot of ESL? What type of work do you do? Is the work put into a pool or are you assigned accounts? Do you have benefits?
A couple more TransTech questions
I'm looking to leave my current job and was thinking about applying to Transtech since there seems to be quite a lot of positive feedback on them. Before I go through all of the testing/application process, I have a few questions. Are there accounts actual typing or VR? Also, what is the pay per cpl generally with experience? Thanks a lot!
Thank you. I emailed you with a couple more questions.
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A couple of questions about Transolutions
Does anybody know if their benefits package includes a decent medical insurance plan?
Also, does anyone know what their internet platform is like (I think it's called Apex?). Good, bad, etc?
A couple of questions, if you don't mind...
1. Do they have a production incentive/bonus?
2. Where I am right now, if I work even a minute over my 8-hour shift, I have to e-mail my supervisor explaining why. Is KS that strict, or do they allow you to go over a little? I don't even care if they pay OT or not, just want to finish my job without worrying about the time. (Sorry, threw in a little vent there.)
Thank you!
Couple specific Encompass questions sm
Do they have a consistent workload?
Heavy ESL?
Their benefits package seems amazing, their requirements seem very well detailed and they seem very structured in general. I like the black-and-whiteness of it. They seem to have their biz together. Anyone that can verify?
Any loopholes on their behalf from anyone's experience, such as docking for errors, exreme nit-picking (although my accuracy is excellent thus far). I'm hoping they're not a company that portrays themselves as reputable, family-oriented, professional, etc. and then harass and turn into monsters once you're on board. Thanks!
A couple questions about Opti-Script
What type of insurance do they offer and what kind of platform do they use?
OSI--Would either of you OSI employees mind if I emailed you privately with a couple of questions?
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Actually I posted looking for answers to my questions above, not looking to answer questions, but
to here goes...firstly, I don't know about the platform, only that it is Word based. Secondly, I have many years cardio, and thirdly, no the test was not hard. Still looking for any answers to my questions above. Thanks in advance.
Acusis
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acusis
So you're telling me that DRC got sold to Acusis? What phone call is everyone talking about?
Acusis
The hospital we were outsourced from now uses Acusis for about 80% of their transcription work. It is my understanding they are 100% Indian with no U.S. MTs. Also lots of quality issues. They send a ton of work back with blanks which the hospital then has to pay in-house MTs to review and fix. Go figure.
Are you Acusis -
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Acusis dba DRC? nm
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Acusis/DRC
I too am worried and feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it probably will... Perhaps the customers are worried too and have started farming work out elsewhere to test the waters before they drop A/D altogether. One can only guess. All I can do is shake my head and say, what a shame -- DRC was the best -- what a shame.
Acusis??
I am in the process of testing with Acusis. Can anyone give me the good/bad and the ugly about this company.
TIA
ACUSIS US
consistently run out of work. I have my resume out. Been working there fore 6-1/2 years and now it is time to go with no work every week.
There is an Acusis
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Acusis
 Great company!!! It was great as DRC and still is as Acusis. The platform is the best, the pay is higher than most companies, and there is plenty of work. It does slow down around holidays (just like every other company...why doctors think they deserve a vacation I'll never understand :). I have never not gotten my Keystrokes in though...yes, they do pay per keystroke. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to work for a company who expects high quality work!!
Acusis/DRC
What a time to find out about the loss of their biggest client -- just before the holidays. How many will be out of work? 
Acusis/DRC
Appreciate the words of encouragement. Someone posted a note that Spheris got this account. Wonder if that is true. I too loved the account and am so very sorry this has happened. I almost feel like those doctors and NPs and patients are part of a very large extended family. Quite a few got married while I was on this account. Am very worried about loss of benefits though, especially now with a very sick husband. What will you do?
DRC/Acusis
haven't gotten a certified letter, but keep getting the no more files available message when I try to get work from my account for the past 2 days...This is certainly upsetting!
former DRC/ACusis
Yes, I did and I only started this week and love it. It is Landmark Transcription. They use Bayscribe, which is in itself is not the best (I found out there is something wrong with each/every platform) but the company is wonderful, the account I am on is a dream with only 1-2 ESLs. I have only been there a week and so far it has been absolutely terrific. I will let you know if and when things change.
Acusis
Does anyone have any current info on Acusis? How is the workload? How is the new platform?
Acusis
Does anybody work here or have knowledge about the company? At least as far as pay and/or benefits in comparison of some other companies?
Thanks!
Acusis
A friend of mine went there from Medquist and she absolutely loves it. Says she makes good money, is treated well and highly recommends it. I have no first-hand experience but I trust my friend.
Acusis PT
Part time employees must produce 600 lines per day, or 3000 per week. I'm pretty sure you have to be full time to receive health benefits, but I'm not sure about the 401K and PTO benefits.
Hope this helps!
Acusis
Anyone currently working for Acusis? I would really like to find out anything about them. TIA
Acusis? Anyone? sm
I saw someone just asked about this company and no one had anything to say. Is there anyone that works there? Good/bad info? Good dicators? How about insurance? Pay? Thanks!!!!
Acusis pay cut
I'm curious...I have read on here about Acusis cutting pay...Has this really happened to anyone and is it going to be done to all MTs working for Acusis? TIA
Acusis pay cut
Also heard same thing about pay cut from a friend of a friend, but would be very short-sighted on Acusis' part to risk losing good employees if goal is to expand their business, only answer can be is they don't care one bit about how they treat their employees, so no one would be safe, I would think.
Pay cut at Acusis
Yes, it is true. They have cut editor's pay by 0.03 cpl. I don't think the MTs have been cut yet, but don't think for 1 minute it's not going to happen. It will happen. Ohhh for the good ol' days....when life was great at DRC!!!
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, or the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, and the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis
Acusis has a program where you can buy a computer through them. If I recall correctly, it's around $900 and does not include a monitor; you have to make $100 payments per pay. In my opinion it's overpriced for the computer you get. I would also say the same for a lot of the computer places where they do no credit checks and you pay weekly; add up the costs, and you end up paying $1500 for a computer worth half that. If I were you, I'd probably try to find a way to check craigslist to pick up a second hand one. Another great place to try for electronics is Tiger Direct. I've seen laptops and CPUs for $300. These may not be as 'souped up', but they're more than adequate for the job we do.
That's why I'm an Ex-Acusis
I started bailing about a month ago and two weeks completed the process. My top tier account was equilibrated down a level, and so to minimize the equilibrating pay cut, I stayed at the top tier and took the account from Hades (I still lost almost 0.005 cpl, which does add up). Over the course of my tenure with them, the M-F 10-6 which they hired me for dried up, and I was putting in my weekend time and working 10-12 hours a day...not so much because there wasn't work (although that did arise on occasion), but because it took me that long to get through the dregs left for us.
So I bit the bullet and took a job that paid a 'mere' 8 cpl. However, I've found that I type more in 5 hours than I did in the 10+ I was giving Acusis. Unfortunately, the pit I dug myself hanging it Acusis has me so far behind I'm only a half-step ahead of the repo man and foreclosure, but I've got the time now to get a second job and hopefully, in about six months when I've hopefully got life on an even keel again, I can shed the PT job and exist quite nicely on my one, which fortuitously happens to be a non-offshorer.
Perhaps if the Axis of Evil (which looks like it's going to become a Rectangle of Revulsion with Transcend's admittance), has nothing but the dregs left to type the dregs, they'll figure out that it might not have been such a wise idea selling out those of us who have spent a lifetime speaking the American language and using our brains rather than just phonetics to really become medical language specialists.
Acusis
I have never worked for them but a woman I knew at MQ went with them when I went with MDI when the Q started to go south. She told me that the company does send work to India and in fact, has offices there. What the ownership is, I am not sure. I think the Indians have at least part-interest, but cannot say for sure; I seem to remember that is what she told me. My friend wanted me to come with her, but, like you, I would not work for a company that offshored, so went instead with MDI. (Fat lot of good that did me.)
or Acusis!
Any information about Acusis
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anyone work for Acusis?
I already know that they outsource. I am just looking for more information about this company.
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