Keystrokers - question on getting started

How long did it take you from hire to actually working?  I was offered a position week before last and there's been a couple of snags with the paperwork along the way, but now that's all done and I'm starting to get a little frustrated with the delay.  Everyone there is really nice, though, when I do talk to them, so I really want this to work out.  But I got bills, and was really hoping to get work before the 15th so I could get a little money on the 1st, you know?

Thanks in advance. 

• Keystrokers - question on getting started - new KS MT
  • all starting to come together now... - new KS MT
  • Thanks all for your feedback - new KS MT
  • IME & IMO - don't quit your other job until you (sm) - current KS'r
    • And it isn't a pay "delay" it is lead time (sm) - current KS'r
    • Uh-oh! You know about the PP's (sorry! nm) - current KS'r
      • That's okay! LOL it *is* Monday! - new KS MT
        • You should call KS and tell 'em the situation (sm) - current KS'r
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Would someone who works for KS on the new occ. health account(s), please tell me what platform will be used for the new occ. health accounts, and how difficult this dictation is.  I have never done this type of dictation before.

Also, anyone who is working the new hem/onc account, please let me know either via e-mail or post here how you like this account and platform.

Thanks for your help.

exactly?  You dial in the number to the hospital and the report then comes up?  How is it really working with Meditech?  It must not be so bad that it can't be mastered eventually, everybody gets good line counts fairly easy with it.

THANKS!

a year ago I was offered a position with KS.  There were lots of rumors going around about my company so I started looking, but I fell for the lies my MTSO told and stayed put.  The rumors became fact and I had to find another job.  I just cannot make decent lines with new company.   I went from gross line to 65 characters, which by itself can make 100+ lines a day difference.  The platform is boggy and I prefer to do Ops only, but doing everything but due to my scheduled work time and the tight TAT of Ops and I'm just not happy.

I  was hired for an acute care account doing Ops at KS, but I can't remember any of the other details (other than of course pay).   I'm thinking about calling them to see what they may have to offer (they said call if I changed my mind), but don't want to have to start all over again only to find myself in the same situation I'm currently in with no able to make lines.

Also, what kind of Expander can you use.   New job uses SH and I really don't like it. 

a month ago and can't afford the $125 to quit.

Do they still charge you $125 to ship back the computer if you're there for more than 45 days?

but have you tried cut and pasting document into a Word document just to get a rough idea?  Or is that what you did already?

My first year as FT IC, when I had the accounts set up I did a guesstimate of my income and expenses, go ahold of the required Federal tax forms, and did a mock-up. This gave me a ball-park figure of what taxes would be due the Feds. After the first year when I paid it all in one lump sum in April (having stashed the money monthly in a savings account), then the Feds sent me a pack of quarterly payment slips.  From that point on I paid quarterly.

You can pay as much as you want to the Feds (they'll take it!), and I tried to hedge on the side of caution, so sometimes I got a refund. Most of the time I had paid my taxes fairly accurately.

The advice to talk to an accountant for your state is a very good one, especially if this is your first at-home business venture. Usually CPAs don't charge a horrid amount for a consultation and it can make things a lot easier for a newcomer to Schedule C.

You can e-mail me with more specific questions, will help if I can. Good luck to you! 

Lots of work.  Decent dictators for the most part (in my pool).  I like the management team.  They answer  your questions and are very nice and very  helpful, as are the QA people.

I opted for full time and work Sunday through Thursday on the day shift. They are very flexible too if something comes up during your shift. You can pick a schedule that fits your needs and don't necessarily have to do 8 hours 5 days in a row.  I like having my two days off together (Fri and Sat).  Haven't had that happen in a looooooooooong time.  :)

The platform takes a bit of getting used to, but my old platform (MQ) was cemented in my brain for the past 4 years.  The team and QA people have been very helpful with that as well.

It was only my first week, but it went very well.  I like it much better than my old job.

Good luck!! 

Okay, I graduated from a branch of CareerStep in 2000, but the company that did the training was only training for one physician group.  The training was very localized to acute care (so I have trouble with other specialities, but I am learning) and when I started working it was acute care.

Problem is that once I was given this job I found out they didn't offer benefits if you weren't full time...and they couldn't move me to full time.  I left to start working in high tech with medical benefits.  Since then I have worked per diem (The company would call and ask me to cover for MTs on vacation or for excessive workload) but I was paid cash or off the books; so I can't use these companies as references.

So many companies say no newbies...but I am not a newbie.  I also have trouble passing the tests that others give because of how limited my training was.  I score a 92 and they want 95 or I score 84 and they want 85.  It's so close!

Any ideas on what I can do?  My last few job positions were with small companies (really just one MT saying they own a company which is really just a group of MT's using this one person as a recruiter)  and the lack of support or even professionalisim is appalling.  I was actually accused of lying on my resume with the last one.

I took these per diem jobs hoping they would result in more permenant employment, but no such luck. 

Any suggestions would be helpful, it seems that I am somewhere between newbie and experienced even though I have 9 years of experience!

Thanks