Furthermore, I would like to know how the Indians remain HIPAA compliant when there are 27 of them
Posted By: living in one hut. on 2007-09-08
In Reply to: If the Indians weren't all glomming for our jobs there would be more of us. - MSCMT
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Might violate HIPAA ... MTs have to sign a HIPAA (nm)
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This is just HIPAA on steroids. Cant enforce HIPAA
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"ICs remain so"
Okay, now I am getting confused. Who are you quoting? Also, I thought we were all statutory, as we do have OASDI and Medicare taken out of our paychecks. Indepent contractor means you have absolutely no taxes taken from your gross pay, you received the whole amount and then have to pay your own taxes, all of them.
Did you ask her for how long it would remain the same?
See, there are lies, and then there are lies by omission.
Of course, your pay has not changed YET. Therefore, she technically did not lie.
Now had you asked her for how long your pay would remain the same, I'll be you would have had an entirely different answer...If an answer at all.
I really don't mean to be snarky, but were a lot of people really so naive as to buy into this merger from the get-go? Maybe I've just been through so many of them that I'm jaded and know what's going to happen a few steps before it's actually announced.
I assumed they would remain the same until 1/1/10
And then who knows whether those who chose to stick it out will have a pay cut...or if they'll even have a job at all.
Not sure legally because we're under contract until 01/01/2010 if they can tamper with or wages until then. You can bet once that magical day approaches, IMO, the cuts will occur. DEEP cuts.
Where did you go and remain at that rate?
I am only at 10 cpl and cannot find anywhere that pays close to that.
Which three offices will remain open?
Do you know?
they will remain 2 separate entities
cbay and MQ. As far as buying them out, Cbay has bought 70% shares from Phillips Electronics who originally had the interest of stocks. Cbay was only able to do this through 2 huge financial corporations one located in UK and the other in the US. we will remain under the financial guidance of cbay holdings who is currently going through changes in management.
I have steady work and see my primary work steadily throughout the day with 2 other accounts. The pay could be better since they reduced the rate when doing ASR work but it is still higher than other companies pay for ASR. You have to speak up for yourself when you feel you deserve a raise. They won't come to you so make sure you go to them when you feel its time. I try to stay positive and throughout the major changes which started about 2 years ago I have remained here when I thought I would not last and there were always people doubting they would not last. I even went to work for another company and decided to go back to MQ. Maybe it was not the right fit but it takes time finding the right one and I still might explore other opportunities but I have gained so much experience here as far as medical transcription is concerned.
Hope this helps a lot. good luck to you.
I agree 100%. People should know better, but those of us are who loyal will remain so.
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I'm not ready to leave yet, so will remain anon sm
but I did want to just say that not any one company is all that for everyone. I personally know at least three people who have not had a good experience with this company, one of which is me. I choose to remain anonymous because I am still working there for personal reasons but will be making a change here in a couple of months. I thought they were wonderful at the beginning too but things have soured for many different reasons. I don't say this to argue with anyone but just to say that this company is not for everyone and not everyone who works for this company is the greatest.
Just found out I have to buy error/omission insurance to remain IC. So long MDI.
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HIPAA???
How in the world would you think HIPAA applies here? That is for HEALTH information, not employment information!
HIPAA
fast fingers.
HIPAA
All the Homeland Security stuff you are saying is great, but remember it's HIPAA (not HIPPA), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
That has nothing to do with HIPAA
HIPAA
The HIPAA agreement will also protect you. I would never work for a company without one. It is illegal. Voice your concerns to your new MTSO and explain to them you will not work until you sign a HIPAA agreement. I am a service owner and no one works for my company without one!
Its HIPAA.
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It is actually HIPPA, and not HIPAA
The contract I signed stated that I could hire assistants at my own expense. My husband is a great techie and also can lend a listening ear. I do not agree with your post. JMO. 
The myth of HIPAA
I'm not sure why we put so much faith in HIPAA even at home. This is a Federal statute that relies on Department of Justice prosecutions. That would be the office of the US attorney for your area. Check this out to see just how seriously it is being taken and who is getting prosecuted for what:
http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2007/(DM)HIPAACrimCharges.pdf
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The myth of HIPAA
I posted this below, but I'll move it up here since HIPAA seems to be the neverending mantra.
I'm not sure why we put so much faith in HIPAA even at home. This is a Federal statute that relies on Department of Justice prosecutions. That would be the office of the US attorney for your area. Check this out to see just how seriously it is being taken and who is getting prosecuted for what:
http://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2007/(DM)HIPAACrimCharges.pdf
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HIPAA compliance, I believe. (eom)
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Would this be a HIPAA violation?
Supervisor went away for a week, so her husband (not an employee), sent out the work assignments for our accounts. I thought computers had to be secure from access by others, including family.
I would think there would HIPAA issues with that.
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Question about W9 and HIPAA
I was recently offered an IC position and was supposed to have started already (some on the account have - my computer crashed). This MTSO is hounding me but never gave me a W9 or HIPAA agreement to sign? Is this legal? Any thoughts on this?
HIPAA Stops the the border
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I stand corrected. It is HIPAA
You signed nothing? Not even a HIPAA agreement? I would think she sm
would be in hot water over that. Generally, you sign the HIPAA agreement and the contract at the same time. DId you talk about pay at all and make a verbal contract?
I agree with everyone else. Until some sort of pay is establishied, I wouldn't work anymore, PLUS, not sure I would want to work there anyway with all of the phone calls and drama that you described. It sounds like you would be signing up for a duty in Hell.
I'm sorry you have gone through all of this. Good luck to you.
I'm sorry to ask this because I should know the answer but what does HIPAA say about our medical
going to foreign soil? I'm sure our info is SUPPOSED to be protected, but is there anything that makes this even at least questionable? I'd be livid of my info going to another country regardless of what my profession is!
This is why I say HIPAA is a joke.Edited offshore
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Got another, unrelated question...speaking of HIPAA...sm
Working for an MTSO, is it confidential who the clients (the clinics/hospitals) are who you are typing accounts for? Or is that just the MTSO's own rule? I have always kept it quiet but I wondered if this is a HIPAA thing or a company thing.
Agree with poster above, not related to HIPAA, but
most MTSOs do not want you sharing their company specifics, accounts, etc.
First, their HIPAA officer is an idiot and says to use MSN messenger for pt names.
ANYONE with any brain knows that MSN is not a secure environment for patient names, but when confronted and asked, she said yes we could say patient names in that. A friend of mine who worked there at the same time told them that she would NOT use patient names in messenger.
i wish she had reported that idiot to the bulldogs!
HIPAA requires damage, not just a loose report...
and HIPAA has basically no teeth anyway. You are talking itty bitty fines like $500. Which is less than $600 a year for liability.Everyone gets their undies in a knot about HIPAA...the only thing ever close to a HIPAA violation was that Indian MT trying to get paid. So let's get reasonable about HIPAA violations.
Satellite is not a stable connection. Not in terms of HIPAA or sm
privacy but in terms of stability of speed and signal. Because the signal waxes and wanes, it can cause disruptions in connection. They might not seem evident when you are surfing the net or checking your bank balance, but a VPN connection such as one that is needed to do transcription for many hospitals needs a solid, stable connection. This connection can be fast or slow, as long as it does not go faster and then slower and then faster and then out and then in. A satellite signal does this constantly, by the second, and it causes disruption in the flow.
I betcha it IS HIPAA regs that rule out wireless
Doctors etc. cannot use cell phones to dictate their reports, right? If this is true, I bet the use of wireless to deliver their dictations to at-home transcriptionists is considered potentially not secure. Well, two modems it is for me and I am really glad I asked this question. Thank you all for your feedback.
HIPAA protects the patient; you can mock employees
Unless they were saying something completely fabricated and the employee was identifiable, at which point you might be able to make a case for slander, they can pretty much have a field day at the expense of their employees. As pointed out, though, working for people willing to have a giggle fest over their dismissal of employees leaves a little something to be desired.
It has nothing to do with Indians
It has to do with any MT of any nationality that will accept to work for peanuts. We had that saying IN-HOUSE back in the day before anyone had heard of off-shoring. Please don't try to look for racist meanings when there are none. What the saying means is that if you pay little enough, you will get a worker (no matter the nationality) who has the knowledge and abilities of a monkey. I have known plenty of that variety right here in the good old US of A.
EXACTLY! HIPAA protects the privacy of your health information IN THIS COUNTRY!
Once your protected health information leaves this country, your privacy is no longer protected. So while you may not trust your neighbor to know your medical history, you can trust that if they breech your privacy, you have legal recourse and you can have their jobs! In India, if someone holds your health records hostage and threaten to publish them on the internet because they didn't get their 2 cpl, you are basically screwed!
I think that's because you don't have to pay the Indians to sign on - sm
and yes, I am being sarcastic!! :)
The Idots are the Indians.
What about editing the Indians?
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indians editing
THat is not true.... we QA editors never get Indian work, and some companied they get edited twice India and then final editing in US, and it is still crappy.
I'm sure the Indians who devised it, will not
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Indians...Are they really that good?
if you like working for Indians you will like it.
all Indian all the time.
Indians = monkeys?
Regardless of how I feel about Indian outsourcing, that's a snide remark.
GIVE IT TO THE INDIANS
You are so right. And to take it further I have to say, we as MTs let this happen. Granted, it was the old frog in the pot situation, but the water is boiling now and it's time to JUMP OUT! MTs as a whole simply need to REFUSE to put up with all this cra...nonsense.
I only work my own accounts, as well as some work for a wonderful, small service owner. I tried Spheris and Transolutions a few years back only to experience all the horrors lamented on these boards, and quit both of them in a matter of 2 or 3 weeks. Life's too short to be miserable and broke. You're not making any money anyway!!!!! Have you ever figured out your hourly wage? Especially when you're sitting there all hours just hoping some work will come in! This has been going on for so long, it's pretty clear that it's not going to change, so LET THE INDIANS HAVE IT!!!
Unbelievable! The Indians
can't even MT very well, much less do QA!!! What's this business coming to...
I'd rather edit Indians than VR because sm
I did that and made a lot more money on it than VR. They actually get all the words right except our slang.
Blame it on the Indians! LOL ! Like everything else! LOL..nm
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