I love that, GREEN-EYED MONSTER statement! sm
Posted By: TT2theMAX on 2008-04-10
In Reply to: BRAVO! Absolutely right. - momMT
I have decided that most of these rumors come from the ill informed and those who don't work or no longer work for TT. Shut up already!
You are 100% right about the green-eyed monster lurking on MTS. I get accused of being a golden child at TT. I often feel treated that way, but I have earned the things I have accomplished with TT. Just because you tried and failed at TT doesn't give you permission to slam the crap out of them, and you do it anyway, every chance you get! Shame on you.
I come here to take a little break, clear my head after a difficult or tiring dictation and go right back to work after about 10 minutes. You all seem to sit on here all day and fuel any fire you can find to wave your fan over. I know why I am getting my lines. Go ahead, be jealous, don't get your work done and be sure you come in here and be witches with a capital B. You aren't typing or making money, I am.
I am going back to work for the most honest, decent, caring company in the industry...
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Thanks, green eyed girl!!! If I end up getting a new job,
I hope I can count on you for help when all of my resources are exhausted.  How long have you worked for the company you currently work for?
What does jealousy(green eye monster) have to do
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Cross-eyed from VR
Okay, here is my spill about VR. The way VR is sold to the MTSO is that it is going to be wonderful and save them money. That may be true, because of course they are now paying the MT less per line which means the MT has to do more lines to make the same amount of money. When an MT used to produce 1000 lines a day, she now has to produce 1300. No matter what they say, VR is entirely different than transcribing. It is like playing a piano when someone has messed up the notes on your sheet music and you have to keep up with the band while transposing the notes and playing the correct ones when the wrong ones are written. It is very hard on the eyes and the brain, and is NOTHING like transcribing. If anything, they should pay us MORE as we never get into any zone, can never close and rest our eyes, and basically it is a miserable brain drain. Sometimes I feel like telling them it is like trying to ride a bike with two flat tires -- and you get paid by the mile. Because we refused to unionize we are sunk. To anyone who will listen: Go back to school, MTing is like being on the Titanic.
Legal-eyed Jane --
So how do we go about reporting these companies? I think we should be able to forward the link advertising these IC positions with set hours to the IRS for investigation. That would certainly make some of these companies think twice. Also, any job offer from these companies wanting IC with specific hours should be put in writing/email to be forwarded to the IRS.
This is bull and it's time we MTs stand up for ourselves.
For a while, they had an ad on Monster or CareerBuilder. Why not call HR and ask them so you don'
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I posted my resume with Monster.com
and received a few valid inquiries.
Have you tried ads on Monster Jobs and Career Builder w/your experience? nm
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Any info on MTS out of Green Bay?
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to green with envy
MDI is a terrific place to work. They have their priories right and are honest. Unfortunately, they are not accepting applications right now from what I was told by one of my colleagues, but, of course, that could change. Don't give up!
And they are the ultiimate green transportation.
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The grass is not green in Radiology
Your friend may make triple what you do, but I can assure you she/he is the exception, not the rule. I have many years' experience in radiology and I can tell you this is one of the hardest specialities in which to earn a living because it is the most vulnerable to voice recognition takeover. Don't quit the 'day job' till you really do your homework about rad jobs.
it's hip to be green these days, save the earth, etc. nm
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Medical Transcription Services, Inc. out of Green Bay, WI
any information would be appreciated!! Thanks 
Info on Medical Transcription Services, Inc. in Green Bay, WI?
They have an ad on the Jobs Board and I can't access their website. I can't get anything on Google, and I hate to jump from the fat to the fire.
Have anybody have any info on Medical Services Transcription out of Green Bay, WI
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Any info on Medical Transcription Services, Inc. Green Bay WI nm
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Anyone ever work/currently working for Medical Transcription Services, Green Bay, WI?? Offered..sm
new radiology account there, great people to correspond with, but info is extremely scarce....have a few offers to weigh.....anybody??? Merry Christmas! 
Check Monster, CareerBuilder, MedHunters.com. Check with the companies you see listed if they're
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Love, love, love TransTech! Not overhiring, just growing like crazy!
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Monster Jobs and Career Builder usually have a few path jobs. nm
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Regarding SS statement.....sm
This happened to me but I was actually working in the hospital. On a SS statement, they had me down for 0 dollars for a year...and this was 15 years ago. Since the hospital had merged and those records are nowhere to be found, I simply took my W2 down to the local SS Administrative offices and told them...they wanted to contact this employer but I told them good look, they no longer exist..and that if the fed gov took my W2, they certainly should...so they did and corrected it. Take your W2 down there pronto and get it straightened out for yourself.
As far as your 401K, you should have been receiving quarterly statements from the company responsible for handling your 401K. Medware has a private company handling this...so do you have your statements? You should contact that company and ask them what's going on.
statement
Also, regarding this statement I will not work for a competitor for the next 12 months--basically stating that I will not begin to work for any company in the MT business and that I will not try to start my own business. Most companies need to give you an area (ex so many miles) that you would not work in. So try and get a definition of that statement as well.
I do not get your last statement..
what do you mean do not over committ, be conservative, but they appreciate when you go over your lines? Thanks!
Yes, I think in your last statement
Do not sign a contract that has you comply to a certain amount of lines because that is employee status. I'm very flattered that you took the time to answer and copy and past, etc., but I am just stating my opinion and how IC should work if you are truly an IC. A company cannot dictate hours, number of lines, minutes, set schedules, or anything of the such. The only agreement signed is usually the fact that you will be contracting for that particular company and not try to take their accounts and also go along with the privacy act for patients. I have never seen a contract for an IC that states you MUST do a certain amount of lines in a certain timeframe. If there is a contract that states these terms, then you are considered an employee according to IRS guidelines because that is considered control.
What I was saying was her statement of a 30-day (sm)
waiting period for payment with Proveros was incorrect. So I stated the real truth, which, however one views it, could be good, bad or indifferent.
Your statement is probably the most
idiotic one that I have heard in a long, long time. There is no one that could just spell check and make corrections there. I can tell you probably hate the idea of going on VR although seem to be headed that way because your post is so off the wall. Your behind would be out the door in no time if trying to send in work like you state. I am laughing at you and anyone else should who reads your ridiculous posting.
That is an ignorant statement
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Where can this statement be found?
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Please qualify that statement..have you ever used DQS?sm
just tell me please before I jump into another rediculous platform full of demo screens to wade through before actual transcription.
This last statement is not entirely true. nm
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That--and make a statement with your OWN
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What a judgmental statement!!
Sounds to me like you could use some help with your manners too, Miss Southern Politeness! I'm willing to bet you've never even been to Pittsburgh but you seem to know how RUDE everyone is there.
What makes you an expert on regional manners and attitudes?
I agree with your statement!
Yes, there must be a dozen of transcription companies constantly running ads every day, week, or month for the same type of job, etc. You would think they would save all of the hundreds of resumes they get the first time, but I guess that's another story. This job is a scary field today than it was 10 or 20 years ago. With so many jobs being outsourced to India or going straight to voice recognition, I cannot even imagine getting a decent salary with everything going on. It's very scary. I think medical billing/insurance is the next Career Step we should take because there seems to be tons of jobs out there since all doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, etc., want to get paid!!! Might be something for us to think about down the road before transcription gets phased out.
Problem with your statement is
that in this job, I 10 years ago I was making twice what I make now. All my expenses have gone up, but earning power has gone down. How am I supposed to have a spotless credit record when they send my job over to India (happened with no notice at one medium-sized MTSO), raise my medical and dental ins. rates and deductibles, require me to furnish my own computer, my own internet connection, while they cut my pay rate by not paying for headers and footers, then not paying for spaces and returns, then redefining what a line is paying me the same rate cpl while making the line longer (esp. since they don't pay for spaces which means I don't get paid for about 1/4th of my keystrokes)?
I don't have awful credit, but I don't have great credit anymore because I have found myself with short paychecks because my employers overhired new MTs, delayed bringing on new accounts, etc. Many other MTs have experienced similar situations. Then, there are family members, and other situations that can result in ruined credit - none of which are any indication of how you handle money or how responsible you are.
They have work references to determine how responsible you are at work, not credit checks.
Besides, these credit bureaus and businesses are always coming up with new ways to mark up everyone's credit anyway. Now they mark it against you if someone checks your credit - absurd. People should raise h--l about the way we are treated in this country. We are treated like commodities for the corporations - as if we are mere consumer units.
The first statement is true. I obviously SM
cannot name names, but I'm talking about large facilities and not small hospitals in small towns. No offense if you live in small town.
I agree with your second comment.
I'd like to correct the statement about ICs (sm)
I'd like to correct the statement about ICs working for other people and not owning their own business.
I own my own business. I work as an IC for the clients I transcribe for. I filled out a 1099 and do the same work any other MT does with the exception that I don't work for an MTSO who is making money off me while I'm doing all the work.
I wouldn't dream of trying to acquire a client and then have them hold my hand. That's why I waited as long as I did to finally go out and get my own accounts.
Statement made that **** is SM
now working for Softscript. I thought she was working for Precyse. I know none of this actually matters, I'm just wondering.
you need to back up your statement with Why
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I am astonished at your statement
I am 66 years old and I would hope never to have started this job as a newbie, I would just blow the top of my head off. I started transcription in the 70s. What makes you think you know that only newbies like VR?? Surely to God you have better sense than to really think this. I cannot believe what I read here.
From your statement it seems like you are overwhelmed with ASR
I have been working on the same system now for about 5 years and no outsourcing on our job because of it. I still have corrections to make, numbering seems to be an issue some as I have been told the dictators when numbering should all say next and then the machine knows to go to the next number but the dictators do not always do that. I am saying I was told that, do not quote on that point. My pay was never cut 50%, I make over $20+ an hour on voice now and right from the start (again has to do with system and training) our system just seemed to be an exceptional one. Some people do not like, others like me love it. No I am not MTSO, never have been, no I have no stock in the company, no I am not a newbie (30+ years here) and no I am not a slow transcriptionist. Just thought I would answer all the come backs before they appear. The same ones appear over and over as to why a person could possibly like voice. If most at your company entered almost exactly alike, the machine would train itself. If everyone works differently, say 1 person indents for numbering, another does not, then there is the issue. Sorry you have had such unhappy time with your program.
That statement never made by the OP
She said she sucked it up.
Now I truly realize with that statement
Brillant, hehe. Associating with the group that is having those infamous tea parties- now the postings make sense taking up for her. I get it. What kind of nuts do you like?
Your totally erroneous statement about pay was
definitely out of line.
Question on ADP pay statement for DQS work (sm)
My check this time was smaller than I anticipated. On the old system my weekend bonus lines were included under the bonus heading, this time the only thing there were the NS hour bonuses.
Before I call payroll I thought I had better find out if this bonus is now included somewhere else. Maybe we aren't even getting weekend differentials anymore. Any input before I call and make a fool of myself would be appreciated.
Wanted to correct my statement - sm
I was reading above about the SS tax and now I know what the owner meant! She was telling me that as an IC I pay 15% SS. As an employee, I would only pay 7.5%, since the employer pays the other half. So, I'm fairly certain that GIMT does not pay the entire amount. Sorry about that!
Totally disagree with your statement
The dictated H&P, CS, OP, DS reports are not so the hospital can be paid. It is to provide continuity of care - aside from being a Joint Commission requirement upholding quality patient care. JC decides the time lines these reports must be dictated and transcribed within. It is NOT just so the coders can code or the hospital can get paid. I transcribed a lot of reports from victims of 9/11. They needed their transfer reports to go with them to their rehab or long-term facilities so the second facility would know the facts of their medical needs and how to care for them secondarily.
I don't know if you were around a few years back when many ER departments switched to a checklist to eliminate transcribed reports. When the hospitals were audited and failed documentation requirements, the checklists were abandoned and a return was made to dictated reports. The only checklists left in ERs now are for visits considered to be very low level triage patient not seen by a physician or PA.
Yes, there are rules about what must be included in all those reports, but that is a different topic and not linked to continuity of care.
Hope this clarifies some issues for you.
okay, what are your qualifications to make such a statement??...
There are several 100 MTs at Cymed who depend on their jobs and do not need extra stress right now. Who did you work for that this happened to? Does your situation truly impact the current situation? Inquiring minds want to know.
Editors need to make a statement by not
accepting these jobs. BY THE HOUR PEOPLE!! Tell these companies that pay by the line no way. It is **expertise** they are paying for here. I won't do it. I will get out of the field first.
The statement "you get paid
when we get paid was a big STOP sign for me. All I know.
This I find funny, your statement that is.... NM
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Can you support your RUN statement with facts please. sm
I have had no problems, everyone seems great, I type when I want, as much or as little as I want. So far no problems in the few months I have been there, what specifically should I and others look out for????
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