I think she's posted here on the site to defend the

• Is Carlotta still the recruiter for MDI-MD? - NM
  • yes she is, however, - sm
  • Another recruiter - mtmomma
    • You might have spoken with - blackswan
    • Typo in post - sorry - mtmomma
  • Yes she is, and for my money, - blackswan
  • as far as I know -- yep!!! - MDI4me
    • I think she's posted here on the site to defend the - company hasn't she? Or maybe I'm confused.
      • Well, I work for MDI and I am not - blackswan
        • Over the Labor Day holiday people were - MDIMT2
        • Most definitely NOT running out of work... - GothMT
          • Carlotta has always been - blackswan
        • same here!!! nm - MDI4me

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Like I said, I was confused by what you were asking for exactly.  I'm sorry if my post came across as snotty or critical.  It's great that you want your people to make more money.  However, my experience has been that VR or SR (speech or voice recognition) cuts into MT paychecks and increases income for the MTSO.  The reason being that editors aren't paid as much per line to edit as MTs are paid to type.  It's just not economically feasible because nationals are still trying to give the best price to the clients just to keep the work from going overseas.  BTW, if you mention voice/speech recognition to your employees, be prepared for them to think you're trying to cut wages or positions, too.

I've used Dragon myself with my own accounts, but it was faster for me to type with Expanders than it was for me to edit and "train" the software program to each dictator's voice.  Maybe in the long run, it might have been better for me but my clients needed their work ASAP without fooling around with experimental software.  I know of some people who redictate the dictation into Dragon, but that was too time consuming for me as well.  I'm not sure how the bigger nationals train their VR systems.  Maybe you could find some distributors of S/VR for a demonstration?

The service owner fees are posted in a UnionNow post (below), but here they are again:

SERVICE OWNERS CHARGE:

$0.115 - $0.25 per line for full transcription of acute care on 24/7 accounts

$2.75 - $7.65 per report for full transcription of pathology, lab, specialty operative notes, plain film and interventional radiology

$0.097 - $0.125 per line for VR editing

OF THAT MONEY, MTs ARE RECEIVING

$0.85 - $1.25 per report full transcription

$0.06 - $0.115 per line full transcription

$0.035 - $0.06 per line for VR editing

AS OUR PRODUCTION BRINGS THE MONEY IN, WE DESERVE A LARGER CHUNK OF THE PROFITS - OFFICE STAFF CAN BE TRIMMED INSTEAD OF THE PRODUCTION STAFF.  IF A RECEPTIONIST MISSES A DAY OF WORK, ANYONE CAN ANSWER THE PHONE IN HER PLACE.  IF AN MT NEEDS A DAY OR SO OFF, PATIENT CARE CAN SUFFER BECAUSE AN INTEGRAL MEMBER OF A HEALTH CARE TEAM IS UNAVAILABLE.

WE ARE STILL EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN THE HEALTH CARE PICTURE.  DO NOT SELL YOURSELVES SHORT.

IF YOU ARE AGAINST UNIONS OR INITIATIVES, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT YOUR OPINION, BUT BEG THAT YOU RESEARCH, SPEAK TO OTHERS, EDUCATE YOURSELVES ABOUT WORKERS UNITED.  WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE HERE; THEY'VE TAKEN ALMOST EVERYTHING FROM US. 

WE PROPOSE:

$1.25 PER REPORT TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.10 PER LINE TRANSCRIBED IN THE U.S.A. BY A U.S. MTs

$0.075 PER VR LINE EDITED IN THE U.S.A. BY U.S. MTs

But they had an ad on the big MT job board.  They're in Florida.

you get paid when we get paid by the client, pay 0.07 to 0.8 cpl, you must submit your own invoices, a 2-dollar charge for direct deposits...I quit reading after that. 

I don't work there but thatis what their web site says. 

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