I love QA, but I'd only do it for a good hourly wage that

• Considering QA - Advice - QA
  • I QA'd a 4-minute report yesterday with over 100 blanks - Going back to MT'ing... nerves are shot NM
  • I love QA, but I'd only do it for a good hourly wage that - is as much as I make MT'ing. nm
  • QA - Not for me - GothMT
    • I've worked both per line and hourly..sm - Bayou MT
  • Nobody out there does QA and finds it rewarding? - QA
    • There are some things that are rewarding (sm) - moon1010
    • You see the same people sm - who can be happy?
    • QA - Shelly
    • I do QA and MT and I like doing QA... - MtMommyof2
  • Did QA for $20 an hour 5 years ago and will never do it again for any amount! sm - DLC
    • i would take $20 an hour in a heartbeat! - x
  • Thank you! - QA
  • Normal pay for QA? - About 50% to 75% of MT (NM)
    • EXAGGERATING A BIT, NO?...SM - NC MTtoo
      • not exaggerating - moon1010
  • Wouldn't do QA again for a million dollars. (sm) - BTDT
    • Actually, yes...lol - QA
      • Think carefully about it because sm - who can be happy?
        • She is meaning you will see lazy MTs while doing QA that no longer care - MtMommyof2
        • what a nasty shot at QA people - QAer
          • I also found that remark uncalled for - QA
            • I agree...and that is the way I look at it too.. - MtMommyof2
            • Sorry...I misunderstood what you were saying - QA
  • My biggest challenges (SM) - frustrated editor working for peanuts
  • QA - Just my experience - Zville MT

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I also did not know that they had editing.  QA position?

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 do believe it has to do with the accounts though.  I've used it for 4 hospitals and have made great money, both VR and straight typing.  VR gives me more than double the lines of typing but I do think it is an acquired skill.  Learn the shortcuts and use them.  It is also only as good as the team training the VR. 

On the other hand I've used it on a clinic account and the lines were just not coming in like they do in AC.  A very heavy, 90%, ESL verbatim account and I lasted all of 2 weeks on that account. 

I'd say I do about 90% VR and 10% straight typing and all in all I'm impressed with the accuracy of the VR. 

good benefits.  The pay could be more, but at least there is a production incentive tier that is not too tough to achieve.   Overall, I would say this is probably one of the best places I have ever worked.  If the no work situation continues, I guess I will just have to call them and ask for a secondary.  Everyone in the office has always been very helpful and supportive.   I just get nervous when it is not a holiday or anything and no files are available.  That is just my little thing, I guess.  I still would not hesitate to recommend the company to anyone.

Hope this helps.

In NY minimum wage is now $7.15, so that is not min wage here either.

I thought I had read something recently that stated Nuance/Focus was developing some software that would completely do away with transcriptionists in the next few years.  I worked for Focus 5 years ago and they were a terrible company then to work for, I see they have just kept getting worse.  You are entitled to minimum wage if you are an employee. If your line count does not come to that contact your local DOL and apply for unemployment benefits.  if you don't you are hurting yourselves and other MTs who come after you.

The most you can expect to make at Medware is 0.08 a line.   Medware has some extremely difficult accounts with a lot of ESL doctors.  It is very hard to make a good line count.  Additionally, Medware watches how many minutes you work during the day.  You must work a full 8-hour shift.  If you have problems and need to call your supervisor, need to email your supervisor, create samples or go over files from the editors, have a problem with pay or vacation time or anything similiar, you will do it on your time.  You have to put in your 8 hours TYPING, nothing else counts. 

You have hit on a point that the service owners did not plan for.  Pursue this with the DOL office in your state:

USMLSU Initiative
Washington,  DC

ONLINE, REAL-TIME CONFERENCE CALLS/MEETINGS BEING SCHEDULED FOR THE FIRST WEEK OF 2009 !

Respect, reasonable compensation, and humane treatment for all U.S.A. Medical Transcriptionists

I don't know about you, but when I see 7 and 8 cents being offered for independent contractor work, I scream a little scream inside me and then implode for a few seconds, and then I move on as that is too insulting for words.  How can a person take out their own taxes with such low pay?  It's really not worth it, when you do the math, figuring out 25 to 33 percent is delegated to tax. 

If a person does 6000 lines for a 40-hour week and takes out 28% taxes, this leaves them with $8.65 an hour for their effort.  My 18-year-old son, whose part-time job while he is in school is sweeping the floors at movie theatres in between shows, makes $7.00 an hour.  I am a grown woman with 18+ years of MT experience and would make only $1.65 an hour more than my son if I had this job. 

How's that for a come-down?   

You cannot by law make less than minimum wage.  If you are making less than minimum wage I would tell the company, they have to make up the difference.  If they don't then you should call the labor board.