CURRENT OR PAST RADIOLOGY SPERIS MT'S
Posted By: mtgrl on 2006-09-10
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I am looking for any and all feedback regarding Spheris and their radiology transcription. Any MT's out there past or present who can give me any information?? Thanks a bunch!!!
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I would not recommend this company to my dog. I worked for them and did not make any money. Spent to much time looking up doctors, addresses, etc. from a list of 3000 doctors. I was lucky if I made $3.00/hr.
Speris
Awful company to work for. The pay is lousy. Major micromanaging.
If you made a graph of all the things taken away by Edix/Speris in the last 5 years.....
You would be shocked, although it has been 6 years since it started.....
first charging for errors, about 6 years ago (they stopped that), then insurance changed for the worst, regrading hospitals to their advantage so you would make at least 200. to 300 less a pay period, the list is long, long, long. I can go back 6 years up to 2 years ago when I finally left.
Keystrokes has the best radiology accounts IMO. I have plenty of work and radiology only. nm
I make a good living and rarely run out of work. When I do, it is for a few minutes at a time and usually because the rads have not started early enough. No other complaints!
Keystrokes for radiology. They are the biggest for radiology out of all of the companies out there.
I have been there 2 years and have been very happy. I make a lot more money than when I worked for Edix/Spheris.
Keystrokes has a radiology division. They used to be radiology only but their sm
customers started referring other departments to them.
I know that they just got a bunch of new accounts!
For radiology, Keystrokes is the way to go. They seem to have the most radiology accounts. sm
I have been very, very busy since starting with them 19 months ago. No complaints at all other than one or two of the radiologists who speak at the speed of light and expect us to be able to transcribe what sounds to be a mouse on a treadmill!
If radiology is going to VR, why are there so many job openings for radiology MTs? nm
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Ascend Radiology & MDI Radiology?
Is anyone currently working on or know anything about Ascend radiology or MDI radiology accounts? What platforms do they use? Do they have a lot of ESLs or crappy dictators? Thanks in advance
How far in the past?
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I have in the past, what do you need to know?
No, they used to pay more in the past.
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I have in the past
In fact, they probably like that you do rather than ask for time off when the work load is heavy.
This is what i have done in the past.
I have called a facility and asked to speak to the director of medical records. I told them that I was interested in working on transcription for their facility and asked them the name of the company. They told me with no problem.
who have you worked for in the past - sm
Sometimes it's just getting into the right place at the right time, but if you have already worked for a few places, I don't want to mention their names.
I have spoken with her in the past and she was
What did she say or do that was so rude and unprofessional?
Worked there in the past.
But frequently ran out of work. Finally had to leave.
Well, I worked for them in the past (sm)
and had trouble being paid. There has been info here over the past 3 years showing that it's still going on.
Not that I know of...I just saw some favorable past (sm)
posts about them and thought I would see if they are hiring..
past employees
Why is it that past employees always yell the loudest? I take pride in the work I do for Shapin and if the past employee had just asked for help and had not turned in files that weren't even edited, it may have been a different situation. I have mentored many MTs and have seen them grow in their profession. Say what you want about Shapin, but remember if you are a past employee, there probably is a reason and it wasn't the pay.
From past experience, I would
stay away, far away from Accupro. I was not paid what was due me and was basically called a liar. Bad business ethics.
I know another person who worked for them, who sent an email and had things in it deleted and changed to make her look bad and then had the changed email forwarded to someone else. Stay away, things may have been good a long time ago, but not anymore.
In the past they have done this in an attempt to
attract people who know/have worked on the account.
I believe there were posts in the past. (sm)
Check the archives. As I recall, it wasn't good!
Maybe these past posts will help --
I don't work for them but I was thinking about it and I remembered there was a lot of chatter about them within the last couple of months so I did a search of the MTStars Company Board cause I thought I remembered something that might be helpful to you. Until you get updated info from current or past employees maybe this will help.
Medical Axolotl [2007-08-25]
Med - employee $100/mo., employee +1 $200/mo., employee + kids $200/mo.and employee + family $300/mo.
Axolotl [2007-08-18]
Axolotl expects quality and reliable MTs. Due to the fact, they do not overstaff, it is IMPERATIVE, everyone be there for their scheduled shifts. They provide OUTSTANDING and affordable benefits, as well as more than competitive pay. If you meet the above standards as an MT, then you should apply. If you don't meet these standards, then you need to find a company who doesn't expect you to produce quality documents and to show up for your shift. I have been an MT for 13 years. Axolotl is better than any company I have ever researched or any employerI have worked for. If you are looking for former employees who did not meet the above standards, I am sure you can find them.
Good luck in whatever you decide.
No ad, just though maybe someone worked for them in the past...
I got the same info you did, a few companies by the name of PRN Transcription but I could not find any in MA. One in Illinois, one in Ohio.....?
Well, last day this past week my pay was
over $18.00 an hour. I don't consider that too bad myself. I personally am very happy there, no problem with anyone, they leave you alone, no IMing all the time nor emails, good support, love the platform. Great place for me.
There have been several posts about them the past
couple of weeks.
wow now there's a blast from the past sm
I used to work for them years ago, but I think they must have gone out of business a while back. Their website has been down for a few years.
Times past it was the same as now -
If you are typing radiology, op notes or ERs - no, it would not be a good deal. Discharge summaries, definitely! You know when the doctors hem and haw and talk to the other doctors or take a phone call? Or you have a dictaiton that's just dead air, no dictation? You get paid for all that time that the doctor is not talking. It doesn't depend on times past versus times now. I was paid by the minute 20 yeras ago and it was the same then. It's good money with discharge summaries, not good for op notes or ERs.
I had not had a lot of ESL in the past, just a few here and there and never Hispanic. sm
It took me 3 weeks before I felt comfortable and now it gets better every day. I really enjoy it. A friend of mine left the account and KS and called them up and started again. They told her that it is a difficult account and they understand and had her come back. Now she is happy on the account too. She had been there a while though so that might be why but she gave up in a huff and left and they took her back (about 2 weeks later).
She had an MTSO in the past and did not pay.
What I have done for the past 6 years - sm
For the first 4 years as an IC I paid quarterly to state and had hubby take out additional federal from his check. I now have him take out additional for both, which is far easier for me. The IRS does not care where it comes from, just that it gets paid. Not sure if this is an option for you, but it works for me.
I have seen several posts over the past
few months (possibly by the same person) who talks about how great they pay. Someone posted the past week that they offered 8 cpl. That is not great pay by any stretch, especially with some of the crappy accounts they have.
I have been compensated in the past
by extra for certain dictators and raise for being willing to work harder accounts, but had to ask, they usually won't offer :)
I know they were pretty bad in the past
Brenda Hurley has since taken over as director of operations and I think she will definitely make some big improvements here.
I would like to hear from some who are now working under Brenda's supervision to see if things have improved as anticipated.
I can't get past the idea of
off-shoring to India. I absolutely STAUNCHLY refuse to work for a company that offshores to India.
I've heard good things from some people about Focus, like the platforms are good, pay is on time. I do like EditScript (my current favorite) and some people say the pay isn't bad. However, I have heard so much more bad, that I don't think I would ever apply.
I usually try to think outside the box too and give someone the benefit of the doubt. However, off-shoring is just something I cannot get past no way, no how, no matter which way you slice it.
This is not a past-time. This is my sm
profession. Maybe you should look to do something else since this is your past-time. A past-time doesn't usually pay enough to support a person. Most of the time a career does!
THEY HAVE TOLD ME TWICE IN THE PAST
Month they are not hiring because everyone that works there (myself included) does not have enough work
On past resumes I have put...
Available on request in the Reason for Leaving box. I had a past boss who was verbally abusive (not Oh, he hurt my feeling because he said I was working slow or something...I mean truly abusive) and I have used the Available on request in that box for that particular job many time and have been asked what the situation was before, but have never been treated like this was a strange way to handle the Reason for Leaving box. I have also completley omitted this job for certain resumes.
My sincere condolances on the passing of your father.
copy and past into address bar. nm
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Christmas Past - dream on
.... Just wanted to share what was done at a hospital I worked at in the good old days when I was a young one ..
Hospital gave each employee $300.00 to $500.00 dollars each as a bonus. You got a turkey for your family. AND, the grandest catered Christmas party at a local exclusive private club with dancing all night!!! Can you believe that?!?
I worked for Medware in the past, and
at first it was great! They were advertising for ER which was what I wanted, but when I applied they said no ER so I was given Acute Care. The first few months were great. I was in hog heaven. Then overnight things changed and I had nothing but the worst ESLs and my pay went downhill big time!! I tried to get things resolved, so no luck. Otherwise it was great. Easy platform, good communication, etc. If you are lucky enough to get and KEEP good accounts, then it is great!
Anytime I asked about it in the past, always
overwhelming response was negative - very insecure platform, shaky, not dependable. I would say 10 people said that 2 different times, while 1 time someone said it was wonderful and had no idea of any problems. I ended up declining the job 2 x when I just could not find anything positive. Oh, yes, and 2 people said once you downloaded it in your computer, the computer was shot and basically garbage. Now, this scared me big time, and I figured no one was making it up, as the company I was applying for was tiny local, not even a blip on the map! Wish I could give better news!
Are you talking about recent or past?
I have been burned many times by nationals in the past, not recent. I will list just enough letters but one was Asce... and the another was NorthW...out in Oregon I believe. Not even sure if they are still in business. The NorthW one praised me in the beginning, but when it came time for getting paid suddenly I was making too many mistakes and I never saw my paycheck. Another was Rap... they have since changed their name and I eventually received my paycheck. It just took months to do so. I left them all. Most of the places I have only worked for short periods because things are great when you start, then suddenly for reasons only they know, the atmosphere gets very thick. Then the nasty e-mails start. I have really don't trust a lot of them and feel like getting hired on with them is a huge risk on my part every time. That's why I am here on a semi-regular basis to see what companies to avoid. Also, you can sort of tell by the way their ad is worded if they are professional or not.
anon
happy typing everyone!
There have been posts in the past about MT World and
they were all bad. I believed they offshored, don't know if they still do.
I currently do all Ops at home, over the past year
been offered at least 6 positions doing Ops at home.
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