I'm a bit late in chiming in, but congrats on your new job. I think KS is great! sm

The people are caring and easy to work with, and you feel like you matter, not just some insignificant cog in a wheel.  I don't have to have someone hold my hand and give me attaboys all day, but it is nice to know that things are recognized and appreciated.  I used to read on the board and think probably people were blowing smoke when they went on about how terrific Keystrokes is, but I have to agree -- they are wonderful people. 

Good luck! 

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  • Welcome to KS.... - OrthoMT
  • I'm a bit late in chiming in, but congrats on your new job. I think KS is great! sm - LTMT
    • I have already gotten that feeling sm - MT30+
  • MT30+, You are being confused, - pdo
    • I know she has me mixed up and I sm - MT30+
      • My bad BUT - Confused
      • Know what? - pdo
  • Your other post says you already started...? - Confused
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  • Did it not work out with Landmark? - Confused
    • for whatever reason we tried for sm - MT30+
  • Congratulations on your new job!! - Dee
    • Thanks! I too dread new training and sm - MT30+
  • Hope it is not a BAD account...nm - nn
    • these kind of attitudes are why I sm - MT30+
    • To nn, why post this? - MT
    • Keep positive thoughts! (sm) - NightOwl
  • Congratulations on your new job! :) - MT
    • you're gonna feel like a new human sm - MT30+
    • Congratuations to you! I know how sm - MT30+
      • Congratulations on your new job with KS (sm) - Cambria
        • Thank you! It seems I have been sm - MT30+
          • Amen! I learned to just ignore all the naysayers on here..(nm) - Cambria

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Let me tell what this ONE person achieved on her own and then you can imagine what many of us can do if we stand together.

Two years ago, I was working as an MT for a local hospital.  One day, we were told that our overflow was going to be outsourced to one of the nationals, just the discharge summaries and not even all of those.  Two months after they told us that lie, they called is in one by one and fired us because they were outsourcing the entire dept because it was cost effective.  The service they were using was a very large national who I happened to know had a reputation of offshoring.  And I just knew because our little hospital had easy as pie dictators with maybe 4 out of a staff of 200 that were ESL, our work would most definitely be one of the accounts offshored.

I was angry!  Oh, they offered us jobs at the service and told us we would definitely be working on our hospital, but I'm no fool and I knew it would be a matter of time before we were forced to take secondary accounts which would eventually become our primary accounts and our little hospital would just disappear from our queues. 

I refused the job with the service on moral grounds.  I refused to work for a company that offshored.  And then I decided to channel my anger and outrage into something proactive.  I wrote letters to every newspaper in my area.  Every small farming community newspaper this hospital served, and the big city newspaper in the big city close by.  I never dreamed that anyone would pay attention at one woman's rantings.  But a funny thing happened.  My letter was printed in more than one of the papers I sent it to, and reporter from one of the larger newspapers called me and asked if I would do an interview.  I said absolutely.

Long story short, they did the interview and then interviewed the administrator of the hospital.  They put him in the hot seat and asked him about offshoring health information to India.  He had no definitive answers to give except that he would have to look at the contract and make sure that it was stipulated that his hospital's work was not sent over seas.

It was a small triumph, but I took some satisfaction in it.  Two weeks after that and just when I thought all the hoopla had died on my little letter, another letter appeared in the newspaper -- from an HIM director at another local hospital who said as a result of reading my letter and interview, that she had received a number of calls from concerned people asking if their medical information was being sent and transcribed overseas.  She wanted to write the letter just to set the record straight that her hospital employed their own MTs and did not outsource to a service nor did they offshore any of their work to third-world countries.

And I'm still not done.  Still a few weeks later another letter in the big city paper was printed from another HIM director assuring the community that her hospital employed its own American MTs and did not outsource or offshore.

Now, everything has quieted down since then, but I managed to ruffle some feathers and make a point, and if I (one person, one middle-aged work-at-home mother of two) can cause that much ruckus -- think what a whole bunch of us can do.

I think we, as a group, need to take control of our industry and our career destiny and do something.  Maybe march on Washington DC protesting the offshoring of American jobs -- not just ours, but ALL American jobs that are being offshored.  There are more Americans out of work and losing work to third-world countries and corporate greed than just MTs!  Our government needs to hear our voices!  We need to MAKE ourselves be heard! 

Instead of sitting back and pasting little smiley faces in our posts and saying good luck with that we need to come together.  There is no room for MTs willing to accept lower wages, no room for MTs whose hearts bleed for our third-world counterparts, and no room for MTs who want to sit back and do nothing, but reap the benefits when the strong win the battle.  We've reached a critical turning point and it's time to take up the cause and change the future. 

let me know whether or not I passed the test or that they filled the position already!  Oh well, I suppose it was good experience! :)

The good new is, I was offered a position with 2 other companies (Echo and The Word Pros) and was able to accept both as The Word Pros is a p.r.n. position (sort of like a temp agency--you take work only if you want to).

I hope you love it at PMSI! 

Just Me

I am happy to see someone get a raise for a change even though it should have been more that what they gave.

I currently work for Spheris and it seems nobody ever gets a raise no matter what.  

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I tried to paste my resume on their website but couldn't, so I just emailed it to the HR dept and put MT position in the subject line. Did you have any problem with this?

Also, I see people saying about not having to punch a time clock. Do you work when you want and just have a minimum quota to meet or do you have to give them a schedule?

I hope things go well for you.  Now about the insurance question - pregnancy is not a preexisting condition.  You are correct that Bush (or was it Clinton) changed that policy several years ago.  I got pregnant in 2002 and had an individual policy at the time that I was no longer eligible for due to income guidelines.  Fortunately, I was eligible for group coverage through my provider at the time and it went into effect 13 days before my baby was born.  Talk about cutting it close.

I can't offer you much info in regards to places with good insurance plans as my  husband carries the benefits now, but I thought I would chime in on the preexisting question.

As for the others on the board who are you knocking about being pregnant, some people just derive joy from making other people hurt.  I'm 34 with 3 kids and had a tubal after my last.  I wish now I hadn't and would love to have 1 or 2 more.  I relish your opportunity.