Ask what is a line. I was offered 6 clp for a 42 black character line sm
Posted By: BTDT on 2008-05-16
In Reply to: Upstate Transcription ad....... - 5-7 cpl ............geeezzz!!!
that seemed to strange, but really it was not so bad. Came out pretty close to a 65 k/s line at 8.5 to 9.
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I emailed and asked. Said it was 65-character line with spaces or black and white.
clear as mud.
Thanks for the info! Do you *feel* like you make more with a gross line v. character line? (nm)
Could someone help me with the figuring out of gross line versus character line? sm
I have generally been paid by character line, 65-character line. Now, I have had job opportunities offering to pay gross line but it like 3 cents cheaper than what I am being paid now. A few places I have read that gross line is MUCH better, but is it much better if the pay is so much lower? Please explain how it works or equals out. This position has offered me 6 cents per gross line - what would that equal out to in character lines? Thanks...so confused...
A gross line is any line that has a character on it, so even if
a line just has one character on it, it is considered a line. If you are getting 6 cpl per gross that is approximately equal to 8 cpl based on 65 characters. Sometimes the font on a gross line can make it be less than that though.
Paid for 55 char black line...
Can anyone tell me if they get paid this way instead of the 65 w/ spaces? If anyone else does, can you tell me roughly the difference it makes versus getting paid for spaces?
Thanks
The Above is for a 65-character line.
Sorry...I left that part out. Thanks.
8.5 for 70 character line
That is what I thought. The guy I talked to said this was the same as 9 cents per 65 character line or a little more.
It is not 65 character line. It probably would come out to 75-
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They also pay on a 55 character line rather than 65.
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When they say 62 character line or sm
68 character line, or 55 or 65. What is better for the MT? I am dense. Thanks.
55-character line
Is a program that measures on a 55-character line good or bad? Don't they generally do 65-character? I know this is dumb, but which is better?
If it is a 65 character line and being
counted by VBC, then soneone on another post said you cpl should go up 2 cents to equal out the difference in pay.
what is a 65 character-defined line?
what is a 65 character defined line?
Question, what does 65 character B/W line mean? I'm not sure what the B/W is??(nm)
Hmm, exactly what is a 65-character gross line?
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37-character line without spaces much better...SM
Hi! I just checked an OP note I did yesterday. Characters with spaces was 5935. I get paid on a 65-character line with spaces, so that came out to 91.3 lines.
Characters without spaces was 4999. So, if you divide that by 37, you get 135.1 lines.
In the first scenario, I would get paid $8.22.
In the second scenario, I would get paid $12.16. (If both pay the same per line...9 cents in this example).
So, you would definitely do better to accept the 37-character line withOUT spaces! :)
Chickadee
SoftScript's Character Line
I am interested in SoftScript's pay rate.
I heard they pay by a 65 character line? What do they use as their words per line rate?
I am working for a company who uses 8 words per line and am curious as to how this would compare to SoftScript? Any information would be helpful!
Thanks!
GROSS LINE VERSUS 65 CHARACTER
I am wondering which is better. Is gross line better than 65 character line with spaces. Thanks
I'm jealous! Is it gross line or 65 character? I am also
on an ER account with EXText but I cannot get near that. Any tips to share? I love working at Keystrokes but would love to get those kind of lines even more!
it sounds like a 55-character line without spaces
Yes they do; 65-character line, spaces included NM
Any math wizards out there that can help..Based on a 65 character line,
if you were not paid for spaces, what would 11 cpl (w/o) equal? It sounded good, but when I did the math it was lower than 8 cpl with spaces? I hope I'm not right.
Sorry I know people have asked this before but I couldnt remember answer.
depends on whether you need benefits. If not, go with 9 per 55 character line. more money. nm
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I'm confused. It says 09 cents per 65-character GROSS line. sm
What is a 65 character **gross** line??
ChartNet is a 70 or 75 character line count. Check into it. nm
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TransHealth pays for spaces & headers on a 65 character line. sm
I recommend them highly. Stable company, good platform, great benefits. I'm happy there.
Sometimes a gross line can equate to more than 65 counted character lines
I know one company whose lines are in very tiny font with very wide margins. The line length for those gross lines is 104-120 characters. This is almost double a 65 counted character line.
You can make a comparison of which is better by making a copy of your report (use cut/paste or lift into an expander, then copy into blank document) and run it thru a line count program set at 65.
Your definition of gross line is correct, but your equating it to pay is only good if the line length for gross lines is maximum 65 characters. MTSOs are learning how to make this gross line sound wonderful but in reality are robbing you blind.
So you don't get paid for headers/footers... just a straight 65 character line
How about spaces?
If you don't get paid for H/F, are you given a higher line rate?
Visual black character perhaps
You might want to check to see if they have switched to no spaces and are paying the VBC method. That could account for such a drastic cut. It would not be surprising to me at all. I am always more than appalled when companies do this on their own without notification or at client request without feeling the need to inform the MTs. Do they think that we do not notice that we are working harder than previously for less?
Visible black character spaces
I work for a company that only pays VBC and let me tell you it takes forever to get that line count. In my opinion that space bar does not move by itself. Getting cheated but I need the job.
VBC= virtual black character link
a bit hard to understand but those out there are sure using the calculators. This was on the internet and note this VBC listed on a job listing.on MTStars. Not only have to provide expensive Lanier equip and provide free long distance to their clients but lower line pay. See how they keep lowering their business client cost. and pass it on to the MT
Posted By: K&R Consulting, Inc on 2009-06-30
We currently have several fulltime positions available for acute care MTs with a minimum of 3 years exp and exp with ESL.
Equipment required - Dictaphone or compatible Cphone and unlimited long distance.
Start dates of 8/10 and 8/18 available.
Pay is 9 cents on a 65 VBC line.
Please send resume to resumes@knrconsult.com i
mean black character on white paper
also called virtual black character or VBC. Spaces not paid for. Never do it. This is just horrible.
A line is a line is a line. Doesn't matter if we are talking about radiology or acute care.
1600 is not a fair minimum requirement. Sure you can achieve 1600, it shouldn't be the required minimum.
visible black character (VBC) spaces not counted SM
I just ran across this as bit long article but it is worth saving to your PC and reading a bit at a time. I recall posting that Probity used this, I posted this meant NO SPACES and somebody came back and said they do pay for them. Boy they are really really making extensive calculation, guess always have and we did not know it.
Last year, KLAS reported that the industry appeared to be moving towards a standard
pricing model based on visual black characters (VBC), especially given the joint announcement from AHIMA and MTIA endorsing the adoption of VBC. The vision was for the VBC to be used to develop service level agreements, benchmark internal
transcription performance, foster better business relationships with the MTSOs, and improve the tools for evaluating and selecting MTSO partners. However, based on this body of research, adoption of this standard has been slow and billing per line is still the predominant approach.
http://www.californiahia.org/Content/ul/8694//Kivi_Dale_Transcriptions_New_Standards.pdf
VBC - visible black character - no spaces, returns,
It reduces your pay by about 30%, because you still have to hit the spacebar and return even though you are not paid for it.
Cquence pay is 65-character with NO spaces, only black characters which equates to
approximately 1.5 to 2 cents per line less than 65-character with spaces.
I was offered 10 cents/line. I think they pay very well! nm
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Anyone get paid per line for QA? I was just offered
3.5 cpl to QA for a company. I have not heard of a being paid by the line for QA, so I dont know what a fair price per line would be. I get 7.5 cpl for ME but I think the difference might be QA do you the blanks and not listen to the whole report. Anyhow, I'm just trying to find out if anyone gets cents per line and how much is fair. Thanks!
Anyone get paid per line for QA? I was just offered
3.5 cpl to QA for a company. I have not heard of a being paid by the line for QA, so I dont know what a fair price per line would be. I get 7.5 cpl for ME but I think the difference might be QA you just edit the blanks and not listen to the whole report. Anyhow, I'm just trying to find out if anyone gets cents per line and how much is fair. Thanks!
I was offered per line, turned them down
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I was just offered 7 cents a line too but...
it was a radiology account, not acute care. I believe acute care was quoted as 8.5 cents.
no, I was offered 60% of my line rate sm
which is quite a bit more than 4 cpl. That is what I thought too. Maybe experience has something to do with it? I don't know. That is what I was offered and I am just wondering about the company etc. Anything you can tell me would sure help.
10 yrs experience w/CMT Alltype offered 8.75 per line : (
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They offered me 9.5 cents a line in August of 2007
I don't think that is very low.
everyone is banned for discussion line rates being offered
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Means a line is a line is a line, even if it only has one word on the line
it is considered a line.
Got offered 1.5 cent/line this past week....she said her editors tell her they make good $$....
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They use MedRite software, only offered 7-8 cpl on a 70-char. line w/spaces. Supposed to offer
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"a line is a line" means gross line.
Gross line is a line, no matter how long or short.
Yes to old reports! Their ExText has all the regular functions except line counts are done on line
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Oh, they make money off us. Line rate is 17 cents a gross line.nm
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