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Mt's are not allowed to see line count per report.
We have no way to see by job numbers after the report leaves our hands. We never see that job # again, not even on our paychecks, just says piece work.
You get paid for the whole line count in the report.
Only on QA do some companies (GRRR) pay for just a certain amount of lines or what you actually type in the blanks.
VR is the same line count as text reports - and the whole report. Hope this helps you. You might want to check with your company to confirm though, lots of weird stuff going on with some of them;-)
How's your line count today?
Documented line count each report, then compared to ichart end of day
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WMX - line count. Was working along and noted line count accumulation (sm)
signed off the report I was typing. Those lines didn't add immediately, but sometimes they do that. What concerns me is that when I signed that job off and the next one came up, not only were the other lines not added in but they were LESS than they were before I signed off previous job.
I thought I noticed this happening the other day, but figured I just wasn't paying attention. Today I definitely noticed it. For some reason it changed it's mind and took 8 lines off my line count. What the heck?
Am not really ecstatic with the way things are going anyway and then this confuses me.
Please, someone have a realistic explanation so I don't feel paranoid and cheated here.
I think counts show up only once the report has been received. Maybe doing it too soon? nm
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Then company should set line count per day with incentives for above that. If get line count done
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I pulled a report I did today. I get paid 65 characters.
At 65 characters it was 110 lines and at 55 it was 130. If the 65 is employee status and there are other benefits that would be the one I would choose. If you don't have benefits it would probably be 6 of one and half-dozen of the other.
Sorry couldn't be more helpful. Having to make a decision too. One job pays more per line but no benefits, no bonuses. The other job pays a little bit less but has incentives and good benefits. Sounds like a no brainer but it is still hard to decide.
I would look at how productive you could be. I know you probably don't have any idea if you aren't familiar with the account. I'd also look at the stability of the company. There are no guarantees, but if there is a mom and pop company, versus a 300+ MT company, that may play a factor. Check the boards on both companies (I'm assuming it is 2 different companies but maybe it is just pay scale difference) and see what others have said about them. Tons of ESLs, hard to make lines, very inflexible with schedule, etc.
You can take job #1, but there is no law that says you are there for the next 2 years and maybe job #2 will still be willing to hire you.
Ok. So for each report you wrote down the word count?
then compared it? Just wondering. I probably won't do it because that would just take up too much of my time but wondered how you did it.
Don't know. I do it before I sign it off and assume that report isn't in count
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The count varies, but today
in my first 2 hours I had over 1000- I think only 58 of those were straight and the rest VR, but according to the work, I have done over 700-800 an hour. It is possible and if you know the work, easy to get at least 500 per hour.
Pick a relatively short report and do a manual count of characters
including spaces if your company counts them. Then divide the total by 65 or whatever your lines are defined as. If there is a discrepancy between your manual count and their systematic count, you have a problem.
I did this recenty on ExText and find I am getting shorted about 1-2 lines per report. 
Line counts - the lower the line count requirements
the harder the account and problems with trying to get production off the platform the company uses.
Line on each report..
I was not given that info. I guess that would vary though, wouldn't it? These are acute care reports. Thanks anyway.
pay is per line not per report..
once you get the hang of the docs, it's easy and good $$. Rad
pay is per line not per report..
once you get the hang of the docs, it's easy and good $$. Rad is
By Line or By Report - sm
After reading the posts below, I feel I need to add another opinion. I have done radiology both ways - by line and by report - and you can make money both ways, BUT, the platform that you type on is the deciding factor. If it is slow and not user friendly, forget it. If you have to add lots of demographics, forget it. If the spellchecker is awful, forget it. If you cannot use a text expander, forget it. You won't make good money either by line or report if you don't have a good, fast platform with lots of text Expander entries and a good spellchecker. Just my 2 cents.
Per line or per report
Opinions please. I recently had to move on from what I considered a great account (extremely well paying), because the transcription service lost the account and they are focusing on full-time position whereas I want PT. I am working with a company who pays 0.08 per line and was offered a job with another company who pays $1.20 per report. I usually work in the mornings about 5 hours, with Radiology. Does anyone have suggestions as to which is better? Thanks. I don't want to mention the companies because I want to keep it to the subject not start a company bashing. Thanks for your input.
Rad by report, HIM by line
Rad is paid on per report basis, whereas HIM is by the line. It depends on the account as well.
How does MDI pay for Rad, per report or by the line? nm
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Line versus report
I do radiology for a large national and a small service. The large national pays per examination not report and the small service pays per line. If the large national were paying per line, I would make a lot more than I do now due to the fact that most of the reports I type for them are very long (some as long as 15 minutes!). If I were being paid per line, I would be happy to type these long winded reports, but I am not getting paid like that by them. The small service pays me per line and when I get a long report, instead of thinking, Oh no!, I am thinking :CA-CHING!! Every account is different but this has been my experience after 11 years. Good luck to you.
line versus report
I am getting paid by the report and have always gotten paid by the line. Maybe thats my problem. I make my quoata most days, but when we have a lot long reports back to back, I only get half of my quota and that's my big concern. Even with short reports, I usually type 1600 to 1850 lines per day and with the long reports, making only half my quota (64), I had 1240 lines and was just discouraged, as I only make 1.05 per report. 
I know Precyse used to pay 1 line for each report; don't know if
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I know a place where they doc you 1 line for every report sm
for headers and footers. IF is really 65 characters, fine, but mostly it is not. On a short 3-line report you end up paying the company for allowing you to type it.
some rad accounts pay per line/some per report.
I would call and ask them these type of company policy questions. They are nice people.
This place is for the hands-on side of day-to-day working for a company and those experiences encountered.
Most KS rad accounts are by the report with a few by the line. sm
By the minute in radiology would kill your pay as most are under a minute.
The only reason the one MedSurg account is by the minute is because their system has a lousy line counter that was not accurate, so KS managers told them that we could not use it and they figured out a way to do it by the minute. I have worked on that account in the past when they were in a bind but I do radiology 99% of the time.
Welcome to Keystrokes! They definitely have the best rad accounts out there!
NEVER believe the company line. Do line count for yourself.
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Transhealth rad-paid by report or by line? sm
Anyone know? Thinking about applying.
Radiology by the line for one account and by the report sm
for another. I make more by the report though.
radiology line versus report
I think the answer is to ask your recruiter at the start about the account you will be on and hope she will be truthful. I was outsourced from a hosp. not long ago, offered a job with the company hospital was going with so already knew the docs and reports. These were very wordy docs and the new company was going to pay us by report. Didn't not take the job because I knew ahead of time the reports were much too long to be paid by report.
Would have taken the job if
only they had paid by line.
Asked up front next time about account and was told
reports were mostly short
and normal. I was lucky
enough to find truthful recruiter. Hope this helps.
I have a by-the-line rad report with them and have great counts! sm
I think that some accounts need to be by the line and some by the report. My backup account has short reports and by the report makes more sense by primary has a lot of rads who like their own voices so by the line is definitely better. I do a minimum of 1500 lines a day and I do not work over 8 hours as I have a disabled husband.
$2.50/report own account - .17/line small MTSO
Their ads say .09 per line, 1.10 per report, which you could have saved yourself time by reading.
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Rad pays by line and by report, depending on the account
I have had rad accounts at Keystrokes pay both ways. I haven't heard of one that pays for reports over 2 minutes, but it all depends on the client. Your starting rate typically depends on your experience. Everyone at Keystrokes is super-nice, you will like working with them. Agree with poster who said get a backup account from day 1. Getting IDs for your account can take quite a bit of time, so be prepared to wait. Good luck.
Futurenet AQ not paid by report any more? Going to line rate.
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ExText Users: Can we look up line counts per report?
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75 characters per line?? Today I called about a job
and the pay started at 7.5 cents a line ----- but 75 characters per line. Has anybody heard of that before? The job is acute care with high amount of ESLs. What will they think of next? 
Phoenix MedCom shows you every report and every line counted,
with Word verification. They use 2 programs,internet for the newer programs, and a word-based program for those on Lanier and Dictaphone. But their programs show the verification of the job and line count no matter which platform you transcribe on. They have two rates...the internet platform pays for spaces, and the other is not with spaces but line rate is higher.
Anyone else at Transform having issues getting line counts today?
My line count has not updated all afternoon and this worries me. I know the system was down for a bit early today and since that time my lines have not been updated at all.
LIne count
I have had the same accounts for up to 15 years. On my surgeons with even charging 12 cents a line I can often make $50 to $60 an hour with their consults. I think it is fair. They pay within 48 hours, never a bounced check, got $500 Christmas bonus. I can do them in my sleep. They never question my line counts. It is 60 characters to a line and gross lines, not character count. On a consult for breast cancer, that is 3 to 4 pages, probably type 50 lines as the physical is so standard. If I charged more I would feel like I was ripping them off. I make a decent living and so pass it onto them. I gross over 11,000 lines per month with them and work 5 to 6 hours per week. They like the smaller amount per line. My other is a clinic that I have a lot of auto corrects set up and still make $35 an hour and so why charge them an arm and leg when I am making decent money. My sub's make close to $25 an hour as they aren't quite as fast as I am and don't use as many quick corrects but at 8 to 9 cents they average 250 to 350 (psych reports) per hour. So we are all happy. Half way through the year I myself have made $26,500. And that is with a slow June.
line count
I have always understood that gross line pay is better than character counted. This could be false, however, depending on font used and size of font, as well as the format of the report. Sorry, don't know info specific to Meditech's system, but have read "To convert Gross Lines to Net Lines multiply Gross Lines by .70." This obviously reduces gross lines by 30% to a net line count, but it does not make sense that this formula would be accurate all the time considering all the variables involved (those mentioned above as well as the fact that character counted net lines are not a standard 65, and could be whatever number the client has agreed to pay on).
line count
How can you get an exact count by Word? Even the different Word programs vary.
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