Following basic grammar is nit-picky? Maybe I misunderstood.
Posted By: Not sure I follow on 2007-12-05
In Reply to: I just went back to MQ - Justlooking
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What is so picky about them? I don't think wanting accuracy is picky...
It is professional...
Very picky
She didn't know what she wanted, would gripe about everything under the sun, and would send 20 emails a day asking the status of work that wasn't due until the next day. They were usually in all caps in a screaming tone.
Pay was .06 per actual line which was ok I guess, but definitely not worth the hassle of her constant emails and nitpicking. Hope this helps you some.
Maybe I am just too picky...
I see Cbay in Annapolois (their spelling not mine) is advertising and one of the things they want is nero-ophthalmology. What's that? Hmmm.. .
Picky, picky
I have transcribed and done QA for Medquist for 20 years. I went part-time with Transolutions for a little extra cash and it was the most frustrating experience I have ever had. As stated previously, you receive about 9 binders of stuff to read through. The apex system was okay, but way too much to do on the patient information page. You have to copy every physician mentioned in the report plus fill in many fields on the ADT taking away tons of time actually transcribing. QA is absolutely ridiculous. In the short period of time I worked for them the issue was grammar, mainly commas. They take off for everything, reducing your accuracy percentage way down, I am talking in the 70s just because of punctuation errors. I was astonished with my paychecks which never got any better. I think they are also on line counts with no spaces included as it took forever to get anywhere. I hated it and would never recommend Transolutions to anyone. 
what do you mean by picky?
I didn't think they tested, just on QA for 2 weeks.
Yes, exactly. The picky nothing stuff
I have been reviewed now for 5 months; been in the "Exceeds Standards" percentage; and that is ridiculous anyway, 98-100%, etc.
I have been an MT for 25 years. Why am I being graded. We obviously do not know what we are doing. I thought I finished grade school along time ago.
Yes, picky and wrong about their QA. nm
If you're asking if QA at DSG is picky... (sm)
Yes, they are, because we have high standards and like to keep our accounts happy. If you're asking how hard it is to actually do QA on QASAR, I have no idea. I am an MT with DSG. I hope this answers your question from an MT point of view.
not picky about punching in right when you are scheduled,
just so you get your work done. Also, remember the time clock and punching in out keeps track of your lines per hour which the more lines per hour the more you are paid. Its not bad at all!!!
2006 posts said QA is VERY picky here. Pay was 6-9 cpl. Under
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AAMT standardization, not picky
I work from home for a hospital. I have also worked for regionals/nationals, clinics, pathology, etc. I work for a hospital that has the JCAHO accreditation which means that every department is compliant, not just clinical. I'm proud of the work we do in my transcription department. We have VR and it's rarely on because we have a top team of professional MTs. We all make a minimum of $20 an hour and most of us make more because, yes, we get paid per line. We are a 400-bed facility and only require a team of 16 transcriptions (about 50/50 FT and PT MTs). I believe this is because we have standards that we know we can refer to if there is ever a question. It also makes it so we don't have many questions. We type it the AAMT way. It creates a professional and consistent-looking document. No room for anyone to question: Doctor, MT, manager, or even the Q&A department. No one. Period.
AAMT integrates JCAHO standards, as well. AAMT isn't some persnickety transcriptionist who wants to have a say in what we all type. The effort is there in order to create a standardization in the work we do. I still believe we do an important job, regardless of the jobs that are sent off-shore. Until they're all gone, this is how I make my living and I want to try to be as professional as possible. I'll bring AAMT guidelines to whatever job I hold and I doubt very much that my work will be called into question.
JMHO
Thank you miss picky....jeesh!!!
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I think what happens when companies want that little QA submission and are really picky is
that you tend to relisten to all your reports and end up making much less money because you become paranoid about the whole thing. That is what is happening to me at the place I am working. They are so picky to the point of being ridiculous. AND, it is very stressful and not fun.
Nasty team leader, nit-picky QA, sm
mounds of account specifics and company instructions and I mean 7 binders each 3 inches thick , constant busy signals dialing in to get work, slow PC-company supplied, slow tech support, impossible to make line rate. Dock you big time for errors.
Yeah Mary picky pants.
Made yourself look a little foolish eh?
That's very, very basic MT! nm
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I could see basic four, but all others? I don't
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Basic MT course
Hi,
I have already been through a what you call a match box MT school and I feel I need more training but do not need a complete course again. Do you know any place that offer a basic course in MT that is legit?
Thanks,
MT
Basic course
MTEC has a basic course and a premier course. You can also go on their message boards and ask questions there.
Basic Course?
Medical Coding. Can you work from home. Do you have to have experience before you get a job? I know you have to have experience as an MT before you get a job.
Thanks
Not when you have so many accounts and no work. How do you like the picky nothing stuff they deduct
off for the 98% QA. I have never seen such BS in my life. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Has no bearing on what an MT can or cannot do. It is all designed to get rid of more QA people and to make sure no one makes the bonus. No doubt about that. Has anyone tried to discuss this with them or is that impossible.
response to bounced checks and "too picky"
Please, do not let those untrue postings affect your decision to work for The MT Group.
This is Melanie (the one who posted the job for The MT Group). The MT Group was started in 1996, and we have NEVER EVER EVER EVER bounced someone's check nor shorted the check. We ask all of our ICs to turn in their line counts at the end of every pay period. If they do not match what we have, I contact the IC so that we can compare. Very rarely do I need to go that far. When I put in our job post that we are honest and fair, I was being honest. I was very discouraged to read that posting.
As far as pickiness about spaces. It is common knowledge that there should be two spaces after a period, and yes, we do expect that. I can't help but think that the person who posted that reply just had a big problem with using two spaces.
And moodiness?? Who was moody? The transcriptionist?
I have worked for a company that is SO picky and you have to do so much demographic work
before you ever get to the report. Then you have to switch screens, take out an underscore in 2 places, change the worktype in 3 places if the doc doesn't put it in right, IM someone to look up the name for letters (which is about half my worktype), change screens again to get the billing number, paste it in, and THEN you can start the report. Ahhhhhhh!
All for 1 cent more per line than the reports I do for another place that all I have to do is enter a MRN and I'm there, in the report, and no medications, no demographics. Now one of these days I am going to be brave and just switch altogether to this company.
I left, too. Incredibly picky account rules. No $$.
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You listed the basic ones
Let's not forget about burping, yawning, coughing, sneezing, chewing/eating....... the list goes on.
It is basic four using Softscript. (sm)
I will have to ask about the margins. Thanks.
You misunderstood me.
I meant that the company sounds strange because they did not get back to me on my mistakes of what I did on their test. A good company with a good style of quality should let the Transcriptionist know their mistakes, so that we will know better the next time if had to test again!
I am sorry if you misunderstood,
this was not an attack. I have worked for the government in the past. I have also worked for different Big companies that required new skills for each job. There are no employers who you will not feel dissatisfied with at one point or another during your employment. For me, the reason I chose to be a MT was to be home. You take the good with the bad. You either enjoy the work or you do not. Soon enough, if your only interest was in the pay, you will leave MTing and venture into other avenues of employment. I sincerely hope you get the answer you are searching for on this board. Maybe, we may convince you to join the wonderful world of the MT.
May have misunderstood, but I think OP is still there at TT.
That's probably why she is happy.
you misunderstood
She charges clients 9-12 cpl and pays her ICs usually 7 cpl, which I agree is too low (and hence I don't work for her). I think she'd be better off working for a national and not have the headaches of running a business, but she's determined to make it work.
Sorry...I misunderstood what you were saying
nm
you misunderstood what she said -
she said the company would not use the Book of Style because AAMT changes the rules so they can always sell new books and make money off the books. She was not talking about her employer working off the books.
Maybe I misunderstood but...
On Friday she told me she liked me a lot and definitely had a position open for me on a Vista platform, and would contact me over the weekend or on Monday about hours, etc. The date came and went..I was disappointed because the company has such an awesome reputation, I was feeling lucky to be offered a position!
Anyway, about 10 days later I got a note in my email thanking me for my interest in Keystrokes, and that they did not have any Vista positions available at that time. *frown*
Not sure what happened...certain it was not on purpose. Probably just overloaded and what have you...I'll keep my fingers crossed that they will contact me when something on Vista opens up! *smiles*
I might have misunderstood, but --
I thought when he said aging population he meant in general the population was aging and that it would require more and more MTs to keep up with the dictation that would be generated as these people needed medical care.
Did I misunderstand? Was he talking about the aging population of transcriptionists?
think I was misunderstood SM
Judging by a couple of comments below, I think it was misunderstood about the name I used in my post. The name had nothing to do with the post itself, just the screenname I use for a lot of things, the reasoning being a VERY long story
I think you misunderstood
I am not exactly sure which company you are talking about, but it sounds like the one I am with. I too received an email yesterday along this line....what my email said was the primary account that I work on was changing platforms and that it could not differentiate between speech and traditional, so you would be getting both. Therefore, that means you will be forced to do some speech....and it made me furious. FORCED is what I am PO'd about. How the heck can you go along in your day calculating this traditional report at one rate and this speech at another...I don't see how I could possibly know where the heck I am at any given time. IMO, this is just another tactic to force those who have refused to do speech into it.
I think you misunderstood............ sm
She, and I am assuming you are referring to GP, said that AAMT was supposed to advocate for the MTs and that in the beginning they did, but that she no longer supported them.
I certainly hope others treat you better than you have treated Gourdpainter.
No, I do acute care/basic 4 ... so I don't know
about the radiology part, but give it a shot. They've gotten rid of some bad eggs as I understand it, and as long as I've been here, which is under a year, things have been fine.
This is basic medical terminology 101.
She WAS complaining about basic answers.
A direct quote from her post above:
I can't seem to get basic answers to my questions without it being an educated guess or noneducated for that matter!
There are a lot who also do not know basic English skills. Example: (sm)
the difference between their, there, and they're. Affect, effect. Basic skills of sentence structure. Just knowing some medical words does not make you a good MT.
Acute care basic 4
Yes you can. I have to go at a slow pace because of arthritis in my hands and I still get a decent line count. Wish I had the speed I used to have, I would really be making it big!
all this to yes, yes, yes pertains to basic 4, not radiology.nm
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What is the basic 4? Does it include op reports? NM
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Years ago posts said they were extremely picky & hard to work for. Haven't
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Well, I guess I misunderstood.
It seemed to me that you were trying to say that what I was saying was not true, and that was offensive to me because I have not reason to lie about anything. I TRULY hope you will be okay in the future with the cut in pay, but I just am not happy about it. I think it was too much. Anyway--good luck to you and no hard feelings or anything. I just wanted the truth to come out for all to see so that people know what they are POSSIBLY getting into. Later--leaving for real this time.
misunderstood my post
My contribution to the discussion was to point out that all these internecine issues are not where the essential problem arises. Corporate policies in our country are working steadily to increase the wealth at the top while giving less and less to the workers. This is happening in many industries. The solution is not fighting amongst ourselves. We are not valued -- we are cogs. People quit and then are rehired at companies several times. In the past, that would have not happened. Companies do not care if you are unhappy or ethical - just crank out those lines so they can make their money, sell their company to someone larger, and sail away while we are working harder and harder for fewer -- or no -- benefits and line rates that are sinking daily. Whether Betsey is working two jobs or not is of little relevance to you and your family's future.
Sorry friend, you misunderstood a bit
I don't have any problem with a premium rate paid to scribes for harder dictators, but don't penalize the rest of the team by *lowering* their rate.
That means the client pays more for more difficult dictations, allowing the premium to be paid to the scribe.
No matter what type of dictation, easy, medium, or difficulty, transcriptionists are highly skilled, and should be paid accordingly.
Sounds like you misunderstood to me. No one from any
company would have told you to get Vista as it is incompatible with at least the majority of platforms.
Honestly, you have misunderstood something
I have no employees, beloved or otherwise. I just think that this person, whoever he or she is, has turned this whole thing into an online version of the Jerry Springer show. It belittles the dignity of our profession to settle disagreements in the public square. If she didn't like her place of employment, there are plenty of others out there. And integrity demands that she handle internal matters internally, that is, with whomever she feels wronged her. The people on this board have no power whatsoever to help her. I truly hope she can find another position that meets her needs. Perhaps if she spent as much time looking for one as she has slinging the hash here, she would find something good for herself. I hope she does, and can.
Maybe you misunderstood my post
I obviously feel I deserve more than 8.5-9 cpl. But that's what I'm getting. No arguments, no negotiations, no talking them up to that rate.
Yes, we have all lost work overseas. Yes, we have all lost work to VR. But to announce on a board that is known to be frequented by corporate hacks and their minions and announce that they'll take whatever job they toss their way for 7 cpl diminishes the ability of anybody else to make a living wage if someone is suddenly setting the new ceiling for American MTs at 7 cpl.
I don't know about you, but I don't like having to work two jobs. And that's at the current industry average of 8.5-9 cpl. How many jobs do you want to work at a line rate of 7 cpl? Especially given that not all of them are going to be 1 or 2 doctors M-F?
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