Don't know if they've ever raised their pay above 7 and 8 cpl. It's been that rate for year
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You only get 3 holidays OFF per year. PTO is paid at a very low rate. There is 401k...sm
But the company match is only up to 2%. Employees are required to work at least 1 weekend day every week.
All of the hospitals/clinics have a lot of ESLs, that's just the way it is. But a lot of them also use canned normals, which we love.
There's a lot more to consider than how much the medical plan costs.
I've been there almost a year.
Anything special you want to know?
That's odd. I've been there a year and only
ran out of work once.
I've been there less than 1 year
and make 8.5 -- I started at 8 and then was raised up to 8.5 after I was done with training and probation. I am told I will be elligible for a raise to 9 after 1 year. The company is VERY nice. It is based on production, not hours. I average 16,000 lines every 2 weeks. I'm on ortho and don't have a set shift -- I have 3 doctors assigned to me and I just have to have my work done within 24 hours of downloading.
i've been with them about a year
and very very seldom have work flow problems. I think its the best place there is to work.
I've been with them for a year --
and I'm quite happy. My pay is not the greatest, but I have a good account, they're fairly flexible and the benefits are pretty good. I've never been this happy overall with a company and the account I'm working on.
I've been there not quite a year and don't know him, but
if he is still there he is not in QA.
I've been there for a year now
last time I checked I lived in Georgia (the state, not the country!)
Our tech support is located in India...but so is Dell's, Microsoft's, most of AT&Ts, should I continue the list?
If you're 100% anti-India then yeah, don't apply. But if you want a job with a decent pay and not a lot of stress, then apply. We have issues like any other company, but they are always willing to work things out and they do take what the MTs have to say into consideration.
I've been there a year
I enjoy it. Work is pretty steady, slows down around the holidays sometimes. Every now and then things get hectic, and the tech support and file support is in India, so talking over the phone is sometimes difficult but that's just because of different accents.
They are growing as a company, so sometimes we have to work together to get bugs worked out, but they listen to our ideas and opinions, and understand when you have family emergencies, sick kids, etc.
Like I said, I've been there for a year, and I'm not one to stick around a job if I don't like it, MT or otherwise.
Good luck in whatever you do!
I've been with OSI almost a year
My QA scores are consistently 98.9 to 99.6. I don't feel their QA is unfair or stringent. In fact, it seems they don't really sweat every comma, but rather are looking for a correct quality report that doesn't contain any terminology errors or major grammar/punctuation errors.
I've worked for MDI over a year now
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I've been there over a year at 7.6 cpl (statutory)nm
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They've been advertising for about a year -
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I've worked there for over a year
yes we have Indian counterparts who handle our IT department, but our MTs are in the US. At least I'm pretty sure Georgia is in the US last time I checked....
I like the work, everyone I work with is pleasant, a few hiccups along the way but nothing crazy.
But hey, to each his own. Last time I checked just about every other US company had their IT based out of India, the Philippines, etc., but I don't see anyone going after them!
I've been doing that for a year, and HATE it.
So I'm looking for something else, some type of office job. Unfortunately, that's the way the MT biz is these days. The MTSOs make these ridiculous schedules because it's easier for them than trying to get people to work on weekends, in my opinion. You will also notice that the people in the office work M-F 9-5, with all holidays off.
My line rate was better than any I've seen posted
before. I haven't been there long enough to get a raise, though I think someone asked this question last week and the answer was you do get raises.
Yes I have children that I raised alone
and the last one grew up and left in 1994. Back then people did not take junk pay for work. They refused it and back then we got what we asked. Maybe you were not a QA person then (neither was I BTW), but when I decided to go for it, I got still only half what I earned as an MT with over 25 years of acute care experience, any work type. It's not the average wage in your town. It is national and I find that no matter who you work for, you can get a decent wage...well almost...if it weren't for you who take less money. It was easier two years ago.
It's all in how you learn to negotiate.
Please rethink that $14 and not a penny less than $15 bottom cuz if you do take $14, that makes them think the wage is ok.
I am on your side, but please think hard about this.
The fact that she said *raised*,
as if by taking them to daycare 6 or 8 hours a day 5 days a week is considered raising kids, was rather insulting to all moms who have ever had to take their children to daycare. It's meant to cause guilt, which isn't what the OP needs right now.
Daycare facilities do not raise children. They care for them while their parents are working and trying their best to support them. In the end, it's the parents who make sure that their children are raised, not daycare.
What's wrong with that opinion?!
I've worked for them since July of last year...
and I started out with Express Scribe software and no foot pedal. They never told me that I had to buy anything and they did provide the AAMT BOS, and medical spellchecker, and drug dictionary amongst other stuff that I am too tired to think about at this point. Just an FYI.
What they mean is that your PTO hours do not start to accrue until you've been there a year. The
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I've had concerns for at least a year. I'm a long-term
QTer so I have seen lots of changes. Not that I expect anything, but we've always gotten something for MT week and this year not even a card and the whole stink over Christmas. The IRA thing doesn't have me really concerned. From what I understand they only hire ICs now. I know they've had some long-term people leave who might have been employees, so it might not be cost efficient to continue the program. I haven't had a raise in several years and these days I'm just glad to have a paycheck. I don't know how much of the work is being offshored, but you would think that would free up some $$, unless they have had to hire extra QA people. I like not having lots of e-mails/phone calls, but I also would like to know what is going on. I denied for months they were offshoring, but when I got proof it was a slap in the face and I felt like we should have been told about it. There seems to be plenty of work on my account so the offshoring hasn't affected me directly. So far the checks are always on time and have never bounced.
Things have definitely changed and I don't think for the better, though I've interviewed with several companies lately and haven't found one yet that is better than QT. I just try to do my lines and be thankful for a paycheck and just accept the fact that the company will never be what it was.
Marilyn - I think we're on the same account...I've been with KS for over a year (sm)
and was given this as a backup account...I can't make ANY lines on it at all...I've already given up for today.
I've only been there a year. I like it. Was with YOG, eaten by MQ for 10 years and then with Futu
As others have said, no company is perfect, but Webmedx has a nice incentive plan, and you can make decent money and acquire decent benefits. I have received positive feedback from my supervisors there--a rarity in this industry. My only concern with them is, like all MTSOs, they seem to overhire at times. I have 3 accounts--and would be happy to take more--but I have run out of work a couple of times this year that were not the typical times were all expect. Good luck to you.
You'll get over the good feelings. I've been here over a year now. (sm)
And if you had seen the subtle changes they have been making, you may agree they are moving in the direction of becoming the new MQ (pre sale to India).
Great place to work. I've been there a year.
Exactly what do you want to know?
I was born and raised outside of Philly...sm
all my family is still there. Live in Oregon now, but would go back in a heartbeat! Nothing like being close to New York, AC, Washington DC, not to mention all the great food in Philly and the wonderful WaWa! Mmmm, TastyKakes and cheese steaks!
Medware raised premiums
Medware no longer has good benefits, at least as far as affordability goes. They recently increased the premiums and if you live in certain states, they are extremely high. Expect to pay between $100 to $200 a month in premiums depending on which state you live in.
AccuStat...any new info? I've read the archives that are a year old...
Very difficult and they raised the minimum lines per wk. nm
my first year I made 16k. Doubled that second year. Going on year 6 with (sm)
two local accounts I earned 23,000.00 and a national I earned 35,400... 58,400 this year. Don't ask me how many hours, though, I really have no idea. I'm pretty motivated. (When people ask me how many hours I work a week I reply as many as it takes I'd say 40-50/week. I am also a fitness instructer and personal trainer, about 5 hours a week or so. Decent money (sometimes under the table!) but mostly I just do it for fun and to be social and wear cute work-out clothes.
that first year was a rough one... but I consider it part of my education.
I'm pretty motivated.
for MQ STAT employees tier rate applies to ME rate as well and how calcluated?
for a STAT MQ employee: Does anyone know if the tier rate is going to be applied to the ME rate as well or are they going to go with the 80% of the MT rate for each tier level? If the tier rate doesn't apply as well to the ME rate then going by the 80% of the MT rate is less than if the tier rate would be applied. I'm sure that MQ is going to go by whatever keeps money in their pockets. Guess this is a question for the supervisor tomorrow.
Their line rate was less than my current nat'l rate, even with mucho experience. nm
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VR rate is 1/2 rate of traditional typing,I believe it is 4 cents line.
Last year, there was a letter sent that told us what we earned the previous year. sm
In the past, it has been all or nothing; if you did not hit the lines for full time for the year, you did not get PTO. I talked to my lead this morning about a last-minute vacation and she told me that the yearly packets are going out in a week or so and that the new policy will acrue PTO by the pay period or month. I like that a lot better, but she also made it sound like they are upping the amount of lines needed to acrue PTO. I normally get between 15 and 20,000 lines per pay period, so I am sure that will be fine but I am worried about the periods that have lower volumes, like most of January every year.
I took that to mean you can get to that rate after 1600 lines and that is not the starting rate.
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Webmedx ASR rate is 70% of your regular line rate. sm
So if you are on a 9 cpl account, you get 6.3 CPL plus any bonus / incentives / shift differential.
From the current editing rate not typing rate
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Webmedx lets you carry them from year to year sm
You can accrue up to 140 hours (I think) before you stop the accrual process. Don't have to use it all in one year.
I would stick it out, most places are slow now through the end of the year every year (nm)
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What good does it do? They've lied, they've betrayed us.
They've taken all they are going to take from me. I am not going to waste any more time being angry. I hate the way things ended, but I refuse to accept the blame for any part of it because I know that was a lie too, even though they did try to blame the MTs. I know part of the problem was quality issues, but QA wasn't to blame for that either, although they have been.
It is time to pick up and move on. I think mgmt will reap what they sow. For those who worked on the main account Webmedx is still hiring, though the best time slots have already been taken.
What the heck? I've never heard that in the 8 yrs I've worked here. sm
Go back to your STM or over his or her head.
Last year $36K part time, going to make more this year full time BUT sm
I AGREE it IS getting harder to make money. I used to make $24 very part time 10 years ago and now...well it is Word and platforms versus WP5.1. I got 7.5 cents a byte line then and I get 9.5 cents a character line now. That IS a huge different in point of fact.
OH I WANT MY WORDPERFECT 5.1 BACK!!!!! Bwaaah!
Since you've brought it up, I've stopped SM
giving the negative info because every time I have in the past I am called a disgruntled ex-employee or told that my experience has no relation to what the company is like today.
I won't repeat the information I've given in the past, anyone can find it on searches. I've decided to just let the people have their experience with the company and that experience will validate everything I've ever said about those people.
The same people own and run that company--they may have new names doing the management, but it still runs the same way.
You've got it ~ you've hit the nail on the head....
I can Google until dawn and still not find John Smith in NY - you know the neurologist... Cut me a break! I've now learned to ask my online company for a list of referring physicians (since none of the accounts are in my state) and also ask for websites for the hospitals, but I still don't take more than 5 min of my own time to find referring physicians. I send it right through with a verify cc:...
As far as making an educated guess, I would only do that if it was my own account and I know the dictator well. For the online company, it is their responsibility to make that educated guess as it is their client, not mine. I leave that up to the company to make assumptions; this way it is on their back, not mine when it comes to the legality of the report. Ultimately, the physician is responsible when signing that report or there should be clause on those reports that state dictated but not read. If that clause is not there, then it is the physician's responsibility to know the content, not the MT. An MT can only transcribe what they hear and really should not be making educated guesses on anyone since we live in a world of sue-happy patients and their malpractice insurance is so high. If there is a question, it needs to go the dictator to resolve.
JMO - been doing this for over 20 years. 
I've been a QA 15 years and I've never heard
of any company only paying for the actual Keystrokes of the blank. You would literally make less than minimum wage that way. Waaay less.
is the VR line rate 60% of the regular typing line rate?
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I've come here for as long as I've been...
...an MT, for the same reasons all of you do. I don't scan the boards looking for false accusations, but when something comes up that does involve me, I would like the opportunity to defend myself. That's all...
Is the ASR line rate 1/2 of transcription line rate? sm
Reason I ask is that I assume if they have ASR now that eventually all will be ASR except of course for the awful dictators as this seems to be the norm.
Pay rate
Thanks!!
Pay rate?
How many years of experience as an MT do you have? Our old contract was based on that - wondering if it is still going to be that way.
TIA
rate
Are there any companies who are offering 10 cpl or more for new hires on employee status these days? If so, I have yet to hear about them. From everything I have seen, with experience, 7-8 cpl seems to be the norm with shift differential and production incentives on top of that, plus, of course, any benefits offered.
I have also been very happy at MedWare. I do ER work for them along with some acute care. I have no plans to change jobs anytime in the near future.
Don't be put off by what you see. If you're at all interested, contact the recruiter. He/she can give a much better picture of what is available. Most of the time, on message boards you tend to get a higher percentage of negative comments regarding companies because the people who are happy don't typically take the time to come and write praises, while the people who are not happy are quick to vent. JMO, of course.
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