Diskriter pays hourly wage for downtime
Posted By: nm on 2006-06-07
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They have created a new position that pays hourly. Anyone know what the hourly rate range is? NM
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emts pays for downtime
eMTS pays for downtime when there is no work or when there are system problems.
My company pays downtime if
there is no work within your scheduled work time. You don't have to make it up if there is work later either. They don't guarantee lines though and the amount they pay is less than most MTs would make by transcribing, but it is money coming in. We went several months where some accounts were running out of work daily, now lots of accounts on OT until further notice.
Different view: If we all went to hourly pay to make sure that we are paid during downtime, it wou
what we earn on production. I make upwards of $30 an hour on production. Most hospitals are under $20 an hour. I think we would lose money if hourly and if they pay us for downtime, I am sure that the money would have to come from somewhere, so they would lower rates.
What is their hourly wage?
I also did not know that they had editing. QA position?
Transolutions pays downtime when work runs out. nm
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$8.75/hr nice hourly wage?
Yes, that is good for someone who is new to the biz, but if it takes 8 hours to review 2000 lines, that is only $8.75/hr. I don't think that is a nice hourly wage for experienced MTs. Many times the Editor may have no control over the TAT and oops! there goes that bonus. Quarterly bonuses cannot be counted upon as they are just that...bonuses.
Thanks for clarifying.
I discussed an hourly QA wage with them sm
a few years ago and when they sent the paperwork, they had substituted a RATE PER LINE for QA. I called and told them they had made a mistake, they said that they had decided they would only pay by line. I think they figured I wouldn't read the paperwork and just sign it.
You make an hourly wage when you run out of work? sm
I am confused. Is that right - you make an hourly wage when there is no work available? How long has that been going on? I have worked there for some time and have NEVER been paid for when there was no work. Please explain.
I love QA, but I'd only do it for a good hourly wage that
nm
Does anyone work for NEMT making their hourly wage?
Doing editing? Anymore information?
Forget Diskriter! Bunch of smoke! You will NOT get paid for downtime.
Diskriter made MQ look kind. Diskriter also has had labor board charges in the past. If it sounds too good to be true, I assure you with Diskriter, it is! This is the first time I've spoken out against them, but honestly the down time paid claim is bogus.
Does anyone know who pays QA hourly? sm
I need a QA job that will pay me hourly, so if you have any leads, send them my way. :)
OSi in GA pays hourly and no feedback
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TransHealth pays hourly for training. nm
Transcend pays hourly or at least they did a year
OptiScript pays hourly training. nm
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I think Transcend pays hourly for training for
But, I think the training is Monday through Thursday and I think you do 10 reports a day. This is how it was last year, but I'm not sure about now.
MQ pays hourly. Their starting rate
was the highest of all the top nationals who are still paying hourly, plus they provide all your equipment, pay for your internet and the benefits are great.
Medquist no longer pays hourly rate for QA - that
It is MME. You do QA for 3 cents a line. Then when that runs out, which it does, you do Editing at 5 cents a line. And you also get straight transcription which is 8 cents a line.
Was in the pilot program and got more Editing and straight Transcription than QA.
No more QA department for MQ.
When MDI-FL pays vacation time, is it hourly rate or an average
Mine pays both ways, hourly plus line incentive over certain amount.
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Diskriter or Medquist? Who pays better? sm...
what benefits does Diskriter offer. MQ offers some pretty good benefits. Anybody with any info on which company is better to go with, please post. TIA
Diskriter pays on time
Diskriter has been in business for a long time. It is an established professional organization.
believe it or not, Diskriter pays for returns and spaces - sm
but I am not sure about headers and footers. I don't think so, but I can't remember. and they have very few ESL - at least on two accounts they did.
taking a low wage does not lower the pay for a field. The fact that they are offering stated wage
means that is the market. You don't see ads for McDonald's for $36/hour and you don't see ads for A.G. Edwards for $20,000/yr. If they didn't think they could fill a job for $14, they wouldn't post it. Notice MT jobs are now posting at 5, 6 and 6.5. So guess what editors are going to make?
A combo hourly/incentive or straight hourly rate based on
A platform where MTs have had major input in developing it.
10 annual days of PTO, at average hourly rate.
Affordable, decent health insurance.
QA done by very experienced high-level MTs, with open and respectful communication between QA and the MTs.
Hourly?? Where does one get an hourly editing job?
I'm at 5 for VR/8.5 for straight typing. I know we aren't to mention names, but I'm curious how hourly VR jobs are located.
Downtime? What's that?
Downtime
They pay $12/hr downtime, includes system/platform problems (on their end) and periods of no work. It does not cover things on the MT end, including electric failure and internet failure.
Downtime
Can anyone name a few companies that pay downtime?
downtime
Because I hired on as a FT employee and constantly running out of work which is out of my control - I have to sit here and wait while I pay daycare and not make any money - I need 40 hours a week to live - I wasn't looking for parttime work. I think all companies should pay downtime when it their fault we have no work
Some do pay downtime, not all like MQ.
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Downtime
Thanks, and I will check on that this morning. I will come back and post what I'm told. When I was hired and also during training, they went over the procedures for downtime pay, both no-work and technical. I'll definitely put it on here, though, for confirmation. Thanks, Dolfan!
Don't lie about it. They don't pay for downtime.
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Downtime (sm)
If you're out of work, you are paid downtime, but you have to keep checking back every 10-15 minutes.
Answering of questions isn't as bad as other poster said. First couple weeks it is great, though, when you really need it.
They were up front with me about no shift differential before I took the position and pay, etc.
Yes, there is a lot of preemployment stuff, but it is the hospital requirement and not DR.
If you live in the tricounty area (Dade, Broward, Palm Beach) the health insurance is very good, so the preemployment is kind of worth it if you need insurance.
Regarding samples. I'm not even sure if the other poster was on this account because with the software, you have access to all reports dictated and transcribed by all physicians or any reports typed on the patient you are transcribing. So no samples are really necessary.
Definitely shift intensive. But every job has it's drawbacks. It's all about a good fit. Maybe DR isn't for you, but I just wanted to correct a few incorrect statements by the other poster.
downtime
Does KS have a lot of downtime? Do they pay you for it?
they don't pay for anything, no downtime..sm
no holidays, NO overtime...8 cpl that is it, nada, nothing more. Owners are making a killing tho....
And they don't pay 1 penny of downtime
when the system is down for hours at a time.
I hear they pay for downtime; don't know much else
Never worked there, and of course I would defer to people who have!
So when you say paid for downtime...
do you mean that they actually pay you if no work available, not just for equipment failure on their part?
If compensated for times of no work on your schedule (at what rate? minumum wage or other?), some of the folks on the MQ Board need to hear this, I think.
What companies pay for downtime? sm
As in, you are an employee (not IC) and you run out of work.
Transolutions Downtime
This is true. They pay both technical and no-work downtime. I was hired a month ago (WONDERFUL company) and have it right here in front of me in the employee handbook. So long as you are a full-time employee, report your downtime to the appropriate person, and haven't refuse work on another account that does have work, you will be paid for downtime. If they have no work on another account for you, you are paid downtime. Have a great day!
Any companies that currently pay downtime?
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Downtime? hahaha
There has been no mention of that and I'm sure it wont happen.
When the system is fixed, the most we'll get is double the amount of emails telling us how much work there is and how we all need to give us food/sleep/bathroom time to get it caught up.
Yes, I get paid DOWNTIME when
there is no work around and I also get PTO, paid VISION, very good health insurance with company paying 80%, dental for less than 15 per pay period and a great atmosphere. Yes, I do have to produce 12000 per pay period.
How does TransTech pay out PTO, and do they pay downtime?nm
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Paid for downtime...
Paid for downtime with Transcend? We don't. We get told to flex out time out.
Companies that pay downtime
I've seen on the boards that the famous Axolotl pays for downtime when there is no work available. Are there any other companies that do this? Thx.
DOWNTIME NOT ALLOWED
I did not get downtime even with a ticket# and having to wait 2 days for another computer. All I got was a BS stating reasons not to give me downtime and that I could take PTO or not get paid for those 2 days.
Thank God I have next week off. I don't think I can stand much more of this BS.
0 in last month, maybe 3 hr in last year downtime.
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