Any new info on editing for SmartMed out of Humble, TX? sm
Posted By: hopeful on 2006-06-25
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Do they offshore? Is pay on time? Good, bad or ugly? TIA.
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Any info on SmartMed? sm
Considering applying for company. Any information on their health care coverage, if it is good coverage or not. How are the supervisors? Is pay on time? Any equipment to rent or anything? Thanks.
Any info on SmartMed?? NM
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any new info on smartmed - TIA - nm
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Any info on SmartMed vs Keystrokes?
If anyone has any information on SmartMed I would appreciate it, (having enough work, pay, etc). Trying to decide between SmartMed and Keystrokes for radiology accounts. Thanks!
Need current info about SmartMed....
How is the platform for Radiology...anyone know? Posting on Job Seekers board is for $1.139 per report....is this good or low? Any other information would be wonderful....thanks!
SmartMed info please? I think out of Texas
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If you check archives there is info there on SmartMed, don't know about
other company. I tested for SmartMed (they went by a different name though) and was offered an MT position, which I turned down. They called about a month later to offer me a QA position because they had started offshoring work. Not much nice to say about them from recent posts.
Any current info on SmartMed? I saw something about the platform not being sm
user friendly, but otherwise not too much. Their pay scale seems to be good, but she did say it is for a teaching hospital, so that probably means 95% ESLs. Anyway, any insight is appreciated. Thanks!
Can anyone give me current info on SmartMed?
I want to know how flexible they are with their IC positions and how easy the platform is. Do they really work IC or are they just employees without the benefits?
I just Googled SmartMed and immediately got info on Summit..(sm)
Good luck!
Here is just my own very humble opinion - sm
It is very likely that their client is behind in paying bills. This does not make it right to delay payroll as you should theoretically have enough money to cover your payroll in the form of a line of credit or other such means. If it is a small MTSO, and the big client is behind in paying the bills, this could be a problem for them, albeit temporarily.
I've dealt with this as an MTSO and as an IC. As an MTSO, I was lucky enough that I had a cushion of two months estimated payroll so I could ride this out and I had a line of credit if I needed it which thankfully I did not. I knew my hospital account was not going to pay me in 30 days, but more like 60 and I was usually right :)
As an IC, I would have much rather preferred honestly from the MTSO to tell me that my paycheck would be delayed due to this situation. While I may not like it, it would be better than sending me a check that was going to bounce.
I worked with one MTSO who was constantly having money issues and lying through his teeth. His biggest excuses were:
1. I was the only one having an issue, ie a bounced check, delayed check, etc. He would tell me that when he checked his bank online that it should the check as clear - well sorry, on my end, it shows as bounced and that is the only end i care about.
2. If the check was delayed, it was in the mail and he didnt have any idea why i didnt receive it cause everyone else received theirs. Another lie because I had friends who worked there who were also having the same problem. He would forget that I referred people when there were no issues previously and we talk to each other.
3. His bank screwed up. They were placing holds on his funds erroneously and they would fix it and get me my money.
4. I started going to his bank to cash the checks and they would not cash them - gee what does that tell you. Oh wait, we even had the same bank and in 27 years I never had a probelm with the bank until working for him.
I loved those accounts and I eventually had to leave because while I would eventually get paid, the inconsistency of it all just made me nuts. I know people who still work for him and 2+ years later they are still dealing with his bull.
Well, sorry to go off on a tangent, but I'm a bit jaded now and am skeptical about every excuse under the sun.
in my humble opinion
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editing info
Thanks to you all very much. I appreciate the info. I will check them all out.
Any info on TRX re editing?
Search brought up nothing on the forums.
need info on editing position
Does anyone know of any companies hiring for QA/editing position that pays hourly? Thanks very much.
Any info on what VR editing is like at Focus Infomatics? TIA. nm
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I think your getting it all wrong.. She is probably doing VR editing..not the same as QA editing..
Does make a difference as you are not correcting someone's else work.. just VR to make sure the sentences make sense, right punctuation etc..If you have good English skills, it is not that difficult but this 1.5 cpl is a joke.
Smartmed? I think they used to be TSI in TX?
I have searched the archives and see a lot of positive feedback about TSI, but nothing really as Smartmed. I believe that these two companies are one in the same. Anyone have any recent information that they can share? Thanks!
SmartMed
Care to share?
SmartMed
Thanks for the info. I had no idea they were offshoring. Are you sure you have the right company? Transcription Solutions now SmartMed. Was it an acute care account?
SmartMed
Interesting! You learn something new everyday in this business.
SMARTMED pay
They really do not pay well. Very chaotic. Would not recommend it.
SmartMed, LP is the best!
This is a great company to work for. The believe in teamwork. Not many companies can say they still employ their first 2-3 employees since starting the business 24 years ago. Too many employees to count have been with the company for over 10 years. I would say that speaks very highly of management. With the owner and managers being medical transcriptionists themselves, this has made a difference in how they handle their own employees. Their pay is average or higher than many other nationwide transcription services. Only those with superb work ethics and produce quality transcription can appreciate SmartMed, LP. With what I've experienced in working for other companies in the past, I wouldn't work for anyone else.
SmartMed
I work for SmartMed part-time doing radiology. This is easy work for a fair price. I have worked on and off for them over the past 20 years. They are honest and fair and have never cheated me out of a dime.
SmartMed is TSI
The company changed how it is structured in January and with that came a new name. Nothing more exciting than that. If you get on when you are supposed to and do your work, this company is great. They have excellent 3rd shift incentives.
SMARTMED
Run - don't walk away from this one. Very disorganized. Low pay. Not on par with national rates.
SmartMed
Does anyone have any information on editing for SmartMed? Is this a good company to work for?
SmartMed
Yes, the people were very nice, but the account that I was on was totally screwed up. Very unorganized. They may have gotten better after they lost the account that I was on, but the short time I was there, I did not have good experience. Yes, the pay was on time.
SmartMed
Awful company for me. Very disorganized. I would not recommend working for them at all!!! When I was there they didn't even have QA editors. So much work was going to the client wrong without any proofing from a QA editor. Pretty frightening in my opinion.
SmartMed, LLP/TSI
I have had nothing but positive interaction w/ this company. Pay rate is comparable; management is very helpful and keeps close watch on all accounts; very fair and trustworthy--not many companies can I say that about. Good benefits, too. Good luck.
SmartMed
Hello ~ Anyone have any info on SmartMed? I'm debating on taking a new position with them (transcription) but have some doubts. They're based out of Houston (I'm from Wisconsin)and was told there are quite a few ESL's which I'm not too experienced with. Any info would be greatly appreciated!
SmartMed
I am interested in Smart Med. Does anyone have any information to offer?
smartmed
anyone have any info on smartmed? I have a test to take for a position but I just thought I would ask here first if its worth my time. Thank you in advance!
SmartMed
Anyone working/worked for SmartMed? Pros and cons please. Thanks.
smartmed
Worked for them for 4 days, hated it!! Never looked back.
smartmed
Several things why I quit. The editing was not voice but QA editing and you had to turn on track changes so you're correcting someone's transcription fresh off the farm so you pretty much have to change everything and add words they either didn't understand or just plain left out. Smartmed also said I was leaving out dictation after I got done editing, which after I finished editing, it went to yet another editor. Yeah right, I have only been doing this for 15 years and just randomly leave out words. Whatever! Also you had to log in on one site to download work, then log off and log onto another site to retrieve the work, then after 5 jobs you send the work in. A lot of toggling back and forth nonsense. Cannot make money doing that all day long. I just didn't like the QA editing aspect of the job, I'm used to voice editing so moved on to greener pastures. Good luck.
SmartMed
I almost did not accept their offer because of 2 reasons: the negative comments I found on the boards, and the generous pay. I thought to myself A company would not offer that much per line unless they are truly desperate. I am glad I overcame my reluctance. They are the secret jewel of the MT companies. I have only worked on one account so my experience is limited. The account is challenging, but in good way. I have zero bad things to say about them - nothing but praise.
Smartmed
Anybody? Anything? H-e-l-l-o-o-o? Tia.
SmartMed
Anyone know anything about SmartMed. They are offering 11 Cents a line? Good or bad?
SmartMed
Is this the SmartMed in Texas? If so, I worked for them as an Editor on an account that was nothing but offshored, 100% offshore. All typing done offshore.
SmartMed
Hello. Does anyone know anything about SmartMed? Thanks for all replies. 
SmartMed
Thanks for taking the time to respond -- I greatly appreciate your making me aware of this.
Smartmed / TSI
If you are actually finding the SmartMed website, you would see they are TSI. You would also see that you cannot access any information for applying or the benefits page. This is a BIG sign that it is an offshore company. I'd stay away.
I would also like to know about SmartMed
or maybe it is MedSmart. Anybody ever worked for them?
Smartmed
They've posted the radiology and pathology jobs on here because no one in the company wanted them. I currently work for them - 9-1/2 years now. BUT they have made up their own platform which sucks. Time consuming, used to have a lot of updates on, froze up, etc. It's better now but myself and another girl on our main account have to work longer hours due to lack of work (they have over-hired) and how slow this platform is. I'm checking out other companies but the grass is always greener thing keeps coming to mind. Smartmed's benefits are ok. pay is average.
SmartMed
Anyone ever?
Smartmed
Check out their Website: Smartmed.Info. I work for them. About as good as any other company. They are fair, pay is average.
smartmed
They have their own platform which isn't hard to learn but can be slow at times with multiple upgrades. Work loads are low on some accounts now except for the one they're hiring for. Benefits are okay except insurance premiums pretty much doubled a few months ago. Pleasant people to work for but not much in the way of tech support. But then I don't know of a company that is 100% great to work for.
smartmed -
What exactly would you like to know about them?
TRY SMARTMED....
I currently work for them, have been here 10 years. They were hiring for a large teaching hospital. They pay on time, pretty fair people. Their platform isn't the greatest though. I have Vista so you can work with your computer.
On Job Seeker's Board, they were posting for a job about 2 weeks ago.
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