Boy, would I do it for the benefits only ! Hospital, where are you ? nm

• Is there anyone else who would like to see hospitals (or more hospitals) - mt
  • Absolutely! I had a good hospital job that paid okay but -(sm) - Totally agree!
  • What I have found is that the hospitals SM - the end of the road
  • Yes! But not hourly... - mtttt
  • Boy, would I do it for the benefits only ! Hospital, where are you ? nm - Tell me it is so !
  • definitely yes - anon
    • Good views IMO! sm - as
      • The inflexibility of set shifts is the only thing (sm) - Originally got into MT for the flexibility
  • Response - Neesey
    • working at home - Brenda
    • Just a comment on it...sm - as
      • Geez, that was a sloppy, error-ridden post on my part. Yikes, sorry...nm - as
  • I can tell you in my area... - as
  • Oh, I would jump at that chance if available!! - anon

The messages you are viewing are archived/old.
To view latest messages and participate in discussions, select the boards given in left menu

The hospital benefits differ depending on each individual hospital, but they are less expensive in general.  For my hospital, medical insurance is about $200 per month for the most expensive PPO for family. 

I do know that if you are looking into one of the hospital employee positions, you have to live in a state compatible with who the hospital accepts, i.e. usually that state and the states surrounding it.  I believe it has something to do with the state tax withholding, so not everyone will be able to work for the hospital directly.  Make sure you ask about it though with the recruiter.  They did the same thing to me (tried to push the Diskriter position), even when I specifically applied for the hospital position.  Good luck 

Many MTSO's are hiring only ICs now with no no benefits given.  Now given these are mostly smaller company's.  But why don't the hospitals form their own and contract out.  That's basically what some of the smaller MTSO's are.  They use the hospitals equipment.  I work for a small rural hospital as an independent contractor.  I worked inhouse for 2 years doing their Basic 4 and radiology reports.  For family reasons I was planning to leave but they offered to send me home to work.  Since my husband had medical benefits, I did not miss the benefits at the hospital.  But this situation worked out fine since I had a sick child that I was paying daycare for when he was not even there but home sick.  Ten years later, I am still working at home for the same hospital.  Hospital's work has grown and I am not willing to work so much now.  The hospital thought about hiring a MTSO but decided not to after they found out what they charged.  Which was about 3 times what I did.  They hired part-time Transcriptionist themselves to cover what I could not do.  So, to all those below who thinks it wound not benefit the hospitals, here's one story where everyone benefits. 

You would at least think we were worth some decent benefits, good insurance at the very least but I guess if you work at home, you dont get sick LOL.. Point well taken as I have worked in a hospital and that was exactly why they outsourced. The hospital budget did not allow for any more employees.

I like the idea of going to my job every day, doing it well, and being done with it. You are not penalized pay-wise if you dont happen to meet your line count and the incentives are nice. I'd say jump from that sinking ship and jump aboard job security.

TIA. 

Medical, PTO, etc.  TIA.

I really don't see what ALL the hullabaloo is about regarding FutureNet and whether they offer this or that as far as benefits, DD or whatever.  As an independent contractor, if you have to get health insurance for yourself and dependents, look at the cost as a tax deduction for heaven's sake.

To be eligibile for DD, you have to CONSISTENTLY make 14K lines a pay period and I for one, would much RATHER pay the extra $25 and know that my check is going to get to me by 12 noon the next day. You will receive an email with the tracking # etc, the Thursday before.

Take into consideration too, that there are a LOT of services out there that do NOT offer benefits or direct deposit.  I have been in this business 25 years, and I for one, LOVE the flexibility of being able to work for a service when I want to, and not having to work someone's set schedule, just because of benefits or whatever.  It's a choice that YOU and only YOU can make.

Hi, I work there too and that's about right for a family plan, if my recollection is right. The insurance is not too bad for just the employee but when you add husb or kids it get up there, but then again it seems to be like that at most places nowdays.  I think their plan/coverage is pretty good though.  I have been lucky and have been covered by my husband's policy and the kids are grown now, so I don't need to buy the coverage, you can also buy disability/life ins plans, etc. Other benefits are paid days off, but that takes years to accrue that and extra pay on holidays, etc. (but everyone is required to work 4 hours on the holiday)  I have always worked partime at physicians office or else as an IC, so I never had benefits anywhere and have always worked 6-7 days a week and holidays as an IC (only time I could get caught up was on the holidays).  The only thing I benefit from now is the extra holiday pay, and they do have 401-K and match a limited amount which is nice.  Hope this helps.. talk to your contact person if you have questions, they can probably answer them in more detail.   Good luck.

Does anyone know of a company who offers part-time benefits?

The benefits are awesome!!!!  The insurance costs are just unbelievable.  I cover myself and my children on vision, dental, and health and it's less than 130 biweekly I believe.  The vacation/sick leave allowance is pretty good too! 

I just got a call from Keystrokes. What kind of benefits package do they offer?  I couldn't find it on their website. Thanks.

Well, for me it is easy because I am married to a guy with killer benefits and I am included.  If I was alone I think I would have to provide my own and that would be expensive.  I think a few companies have some okay deals, like Prudential, and I just got a flyer from Costco because I have a business membership.  I could go through them, I think, if I wanted benes for a small business.  Or, you could work for a national company that withholds and pays benes, but you stay home in your house and not drive to work!  You still could have all the good stuff like being in your own environment and have them do your taxes and pay benes.  They would own you a little more I guess, but you could probably live with that.  Maybe we should start a big co-op and buy our benefits together so we could get a discount!  One more con I forgot before was that my business does take up an entire room in my house that if I went out to work I could use for other things!  One more pro is that I can cram a lot of hours into my days and then have more days off.  Just do five or six days of work in in four and there you are with three days off!