I wouldn't make that assumption...
Posted By: GothMT on 2008-12-16
In Reply to: My goodness, see how others feel about this - Janet
It might not be that the poster is using her time unwisely, it could simply be she has drawn the proverbial short straw and has nothing but horrid dictators who probably shouldn't be in a voice recognition program.
I love the Escription program too and never had a problem with it, but I was sufficiently lucky to have a pretty decent group of dictators whose style of dictating worked well within the voice recognition system.
I don't think all MTs have such luxury, though.
I'm giving the poster the benefit of the doubt on this one...If I'm wrong, you're perfectly welcome to say you were right, Janet :-).
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I wouldn't be so quick to make that assumption.
Administrations change, some contracts post date that event. People forget.
2-3 cpl for VR? No way. You wouldn't even make
minimum wage. VR is a ripoff, and they keep trying to lower the pay for it until they have us all working for minimum wage. Top-heavy greedy corporations have ruined what used to be a good industry.
Probably wouldn't make a difference. sm
They put my line rate in writing in my offer letter, and did a bait and switch later. Buh-bye gross line rate and accounts, hello new rate and new accounts. I did the math and it didn't come out right. I sent them email about it, and they didn't make it right. Rather than take them to court, I quit.
Wouldn't stand for that crud! Like you said, you can't make
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Re the new hires of 40-50 MTs, wouldn't it make more sense
to cross-train the existing MTs who are begging for work on the new accounts since they're already here and familiar with MDI, and then if the accounts they are currently on that don't have enough work pick up, to then hire new MTs to replace them? Why hire 40-50 new MTs when so many are looking for work? They will have to train on the current accounts where people are already scrounging for work. I thought the owner told people it would pick up once the last 32 that were training on their accounts went to the new account. Has that still not happened? If it has, why is there still no work? If it hasn't, how will it be any better once they move on to the new account if 40-50 new ones are brought on? The problem will remain the same, will it not?
Wouldn't do it. That and your SS info, driver's license, etc. Someone can make fake
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It was my assumption that there was more than one
Did you try contacting them? I guess it doesn't matter now since you have already taken a job but I was just curious.
Too much assumption going on here
we're just having a conversation about MT week, what should we ignore it? We are MTs and we're talking about MT week. We're not asking for the world here. I don't understand this underlying hostility re this subject.
WRONG ASSUMPTION!
 Looks like there are more unhappy MDI transcriptionists than you thought! Your assumption that I am JMO is TOTALLY INCORRECT, and I’m not even sure who JMO is. Nevertheless, I think it’s pretty funny how you all actually believe that there are only a handful of transcrptionists who are unhappy with MDI. Maybe MDI should consider the fact that they are NOT so PERFECT after all.
I know, I know, now everyone is going to say "no company is perfect" but believe me when I say on a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being the best, they are about a 3. The only real thing MDI has going for them is the fact that the pay is always on time.
Your wrong assumption
You are assuming I was talking to you? I was not. I was not even talking about MDI at all and JMO works for the Transcend side of things. 
Wrong assumption
It is a wrong assumption to think that outsourcing medical transcription is more expensive or delivers less quality than in-house transcription.
While we know MTs that work in the hospital setting tend to make a little less, the hospital pays much more for their benefits, their retirement, the space to keep their work, their IT, their systems, their workers compensation, their unemployment, and their education. As a matter of fact, if you ask a typical hospital nonprofessional (and, yes, MTs - we are unfortunately still considered to be in this category) - They still work at the hospital because of the "benefits," which are usually significant.
On average, a medical institution can expect to see a 40% savings to outsource. The benefits don't stop there.
HIPAA issues are significantly easier to deal with. An outsourcing company signs an agreement to keep all the medical records information secure and within HIPAA compliance from start to finish, taking ownership of the responsibility from the hospital for the transcription portion of the medical file. This also decreases not only cost but liability.
The assumption that the medical transcription done from an outsourcing company is not as good is inaccurate as well. Ask any MT recruiter hiring for a full-time acute care position as a home-based MT which one they would hire: An MT who has experience typing for a national for 3 years, or an MT who has been typing at the hospital for 5 years. Of course we know the answer - they'll take both, right! But, if they HAD to pick - It would be the MT who has the 3 years of experience with the national. Why?
Hospital MTs will get better feedback from the physicians, be able to correct the reports to his or her standards, but all in all, at-home MTs have to be more flexible, know more terminology, and are more adaptable. Most at-home MTs are also required to have some kind of acute-care experience or education. Most hospital MTs can be hired without that prior experience.
Regarding fixing our abysmal situation with the lower line rates and lack of professionalism, etc., I am afraid you're looking to the wrong place for salvation, if you're looking to the medical profession, and the associations, and the hospitals to come to your rescue. Unfortunately, most doctors feel like those of us who work at home are barely qualified to help our children with their homework, much less handle anything regarding medical transcription, but rest assured, they feel that way about everyone except themselves. The HIM directors and owners of the hospital care about one thing - their own pocketbook, and how much money they will save. Individually, they can be all be wonderful people. As a group, they are collectively concerned with nothing but saving money to add to their own quarterly bonus. Nurses and paraprofessionals working at the hospital barely understand the concept of outsourcing, how we do our work, and what challenges we face, but understand that they are much more wrapped up in the monumental challenges they face with their own professions, which honestly probably pale to ours.
And, that’s a fact.
Oh no, ASSumption again?? How clever--NOT.
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I wish people wouldn't be so encouraging. Then maybe we wouldn't constantly run
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At my company I'd ask for $18; probably wouldn't get it, but I wouldn't go lower. nm
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I doubt you will make enough money in 5 hours a week to make
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I make 4 cents a line, work part and make
over $500 a week on part.
Great post! I make 0.085 at Keystrokes and make more than at any sm
other company in the last 5 years. Why? Because there is always work for me. I love starting work each day, knowing that the company I work for appreciates me and has plenty of work. Transtech and Keystrokes sound very similar; those of us that work for either can count our blessings that we are not part of the cesspool or huge corporate mess that makes up the biggest few companies. We do not have to worry about our jobs getting sent overseas and we see a future in this business!!!
Yeah, but we don't make what docs make. nm
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I wouldn't do it again...
I was trained on one portion of an account (4 new hospitals they got), and it was GREAT! I loved it, told my husband I was SO happy working with them. Then, training ended ... I got switched to the hospital I was hired for (although no one told me that during training), and OMG - it's AWFUL. I can't make a dime. It's either all ESLs that I absolutely cannot understand (and I've been doing ESLs for a long time), or English-speaking guys that are terrible. My rate has gone down tremendously. And, if you have tech problems - you have to e-mail tech support and wait for them to respond. So, like this weekend, I have tech problems and am sitting here with my thumb up my nose waiting for a dopey teckie to get on my problem. I begged them, in an e-mail of course, to CALL me so we could resolve the problem and I could get back to work. Still waiting for that phone call, and it's been since yesterday evening. So, no $$$. About a month ago, I would have told you - GREAT place to work. Right now, I'd have to tell you to RUN AWAY!
I wouldn't do it
Diddles:
To me these things are a big red flag about a company. My reaction would be that they are very controlling and if they are trying to control your speech on the Internet there will be many worse things to come.
I believe a lot of these companies make you jump through hoops, i.e., testing, paper work, etc. before they give you any answers about specifics just so you WILL feel like you have already invested a lot in time and emotion and will not turn back, which is another very good reason to not allow them to silence us on the Internet. There is very valid information to be shared about companies which is neither bashing nor praising but just that - information allowing us to make a decision about whether a company would be a good fit for us or not - BEFORE doing all the testing.
You must have some doubt in your mind about this or you would not be here asking the question. Go with your gut instinct. There are many good companies out there who do not impose these types of restrictions. 
LOL - wouldn't last a day at TSI.. is that
supposed to be a compliment? LOL....
I wouldn't say that...sm
most companies do not say how much they pay because anyone that was any good would not even test then. They also do not base pay on how well you do on the test. You could ace it and still get offered 7 cpl because that is what they start at, no matter how much experience and knowledge you have. Raises are also few and far between. jmo
I wouldn't
It took 7 weeks of my waiting around to get work and then they finally got me on an account and there was no work. One problem after another. Passed between departments, no one ever giving the complete story.
Sad way to run a business in my opinion.
I wouldn't even consider it!
There are MUCH better companies out there...and ones that pay every 2 weeks as opposed to monthly! I would NEVER take a job that paid only once a month!
...nm up there. Pay wouldn't go over 9 cpl not even with
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I wouldn't...
I am an experienced MT with 30+ years of experience. I just left this company. First of all, they outsource ALL of the good job types/dictators to India. Secondly, whatever the Indians can't do, they send to ASR. If you are happy to be relegated to an ASR Editor making peanuts, or transcribing the really, really bottom of the barrel reports, then go for it. If you are looking for respect, honest and open communication, plus decent pay, I wouldn't touch this with a 10-foot pole. I wouldn't send my worst enemy to Precyse.
you wouldn't know...
you are not morbidly obese. Until you have lived a day in my shoes, save your opinions for someone who cares.
And they wouldn't be the only
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I wouldn't run s/m
I would politely tell that recruiter where he could put his job and that would be where the sun doesn't shine! This should tell you what kind of integrity this company has. Congratulations to you for doing the right thing and giving appropriate notice.
P.S...... and I wouldn't be doing this for a
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Me too, and wouldn't want to be anywhere else! sm
I can't believe how many MTs on this board are so miserable and getting SO ripped off! Direct Deposit is always on time for us at Webmedx, pay rate fair, good incentive plan. And I have plenty of work (most of the time, you have to admit that everyone runs out occasionally).
Why wouldn't you ask up sm
front in order to avoid wasting yours or their time what the pay scale was, or at least ballpark. The time allotted doesn't sound unreasonable to complete the test. If you bring experience and skill it's do-able. Someone who cannot complete in that time may not be the best match. Definitely ask up front next time about pay scale and if it's in line with your expectations. If not, you thank them anyway, but no thanks and move on.
I wouldn't be so sure about that,
Check the labels in all your clothes, check the boxes the toys came in, check everything. Very little we buy (even at godalmighty walmart) is made in the US. Just because you buy it here, don't be sure it's made here.
Exactly why I wouldn't do this with others.
Sounds like your mom and your sister want the benefits of having their own accounts (higher pay), but want someone to do the extra work for them. Not the type of people I would want to get into business with.
I wouldn't, because it seems that all
that is a joy in your life you would not be able to participate in. Our pets are just 4-legged children and it would take a lot for me to have to get rid of any of them. You do what you have to do, especially these days, but I would have to keep exploring options at this point.
I wouldn't think so...sm
Im having almost the exact same problem. Im short on work, have sent emails to owner, etc..no answer. Looking for another part-time, no luck so far.
I would think that would be beneficial to them..being you are already trained and will require little if any startup time.
WMX wouldn't be so bad if...
ChartMatrix wasn't as slow as molasses. Don't know anything about Enterprise though. Is it faster than CM? Any rad accounts for Enterprise?
you probably wouldn't want that job anyway.
Probably has a LOT of ESLs, so that is why they test that way, to see how you do. Of course, we are all cold testing and that is always daunting. I hope you hear from one of the other companies. 
I wouldn't say more than what has (sm)
been said. There are people from the company (not us peons) here daily and you are lucky to get what little info is given here. You can keep asking but I doubt very much anyone else is going to go into any more than what is here already.
I wouldn't do it.
Sounds like they are getting their work done for free.
Ten reports is an unusual number for testing purposes. Just 3-4 is more like it.
I know, but wouldn't you just like to know? (sm)
I have been lied to from a company before as to why we were getting a pay cut. I guess curiosity is getting the best of me. I am thinking the MTSOs are charging like 15 to 16 cpl, which would mean that most of them are keeping half.
It definitely wouldn't be for everyone
But I know there are several of the fundamentalist Christian groups that would do just fine, and I'm sure there are at least a few muslim MTs. If I didn't like to drive, smoke, schlep around in jeans, and have responsibilities here that required daily attention, it would probably be worth considering, at least for the short term.
No, I wouldn't. ESPECIALLY if it's as an
IC rather than employee. I wouldn't do it just on principle. That's too low of a line rate to pay an MT with 17 years of experience. These MTSOs are getting much too greedy.
I wouldn't......... sm
Although there are some on this forum that say escription is a good platform, I doubt that, between the learning curve and the decreased pay rate, you will benefit by staying. That's just my 2 cents worth. Individual mileage may vary.
hey yen, don't feel bad, she wouldn't like me either
I am divorced and remarried. My first 2 children are half black and I'm white so they are mixed and my 2 youngest are all white because their father is white. I'm married to him but my first husband was black. I also have worked at home and SPECIFICALLY chose MT so that I could stay home. Hey, it happens!
Now, go get your spitoon and set out there on the porch and wait for your boyfriend Larry the cableguy to get home from his REAL job!
I wouldn't know, I'm not a "greeter"
My job is to type acurate Medical Records.
It is true...just ask 98% or the Transcriptionist there. That's why they all have taken on second jobs to keep some money coming in. This new program they have has everyone losing money.
Wouldn't be able to get hired anywhere?
Frankly, if you can make it through training, you're a danged GREAT MT!! Toughest QA grading I've ever seen. You have to know your stuff.
Wouldn't surprise me any
If they have "QA to QA the QA'ers," you can bet that each step of the QA-ing will have the QA'ers who are QA-ing the QA-ers who QA the MT finding all the work "they" didn't QA to be crappy QA-ing. LOL
No, I wouldn't do that. The company
you work for should pay that expense. That's my opinion, at least. I certainly would not pay for the license agreement to use the software they want/need me to use.
You wouldn't be a qualified IC if they did.
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If MQ were for sale it wouldn't ....sm
necessarily be a negative thing for the MQ employees regardless of who a new owner might be (same goes true for any company being sold regardless of the industry).
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