Not trying to bring down a company..
Posted By: Frustrated! on 2008-08-27
In Reply to: Why not send this to her email directly? - anon
but, it seems that since I posted there are many MTs out there that have been treated similarly and worse. NOW, it seems that maybe my posts are not representative of one but of many.
If there are major issues like this, why doesn't she get on, respond respectfully, and show us how great MDI really CAN be and not IS, because right now it is hurting a lot families.
Show us how we TOGETHER can get back on track and make a living.
1. Is there a way to keep working for MDI without the threats of being put down to a lower wage when work is so slow?
2. Is there a way for MDI to be more understanding about committments? For example when work is slow, don't come back and say I don't want to hear it because there was plenty of work on your back up accounts when there are tons of MTs already doing that work and it runs out in a flash....also understanding the learning curve we have to go through to refamiliarize ourselves with the account, therefore, still causing a major difficulty in living up to our committments.
3. Is it possible for MDI to let us in on one what is going on with the accounts, i.e. if they are in process of being lost to another service or EMR? Thereby, giving us a heads up so we know what to do to keep supporting ourselves or give us suggestions on moving to a new primary.
4. It is possible for Carlotta to treat us like fellow professionals when she addresses us and not as inferiors?
I think these are questions that we could all use answers to and not in a private e-mail. I think there is a healing that could happen for ALL to see. Please, show us that MDI is not the reincarnation of MQ.
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*bring* down
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I would definitely bring it to their
attention...I have had similar problems in the past, and I had to really stick to my guns and let the person know...Afterall, it goes through with our initials, employee ID or however your particular company does it...so ultimately, if the doc or whomever gets the report and thinks that it's wrong, your company is going to come back to you. That's what I worry about...although, I'm pretty sure (at least I hope) when it's QA'd, the QA persons initials or ID goes on their as well. Be we all makes mistakes, and even the QA person could be making a mistake and not really realizing it...so it may be helpful to them to get some feedback from us! 
Why do you bring it up then?
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thought I would just bring this to the top!
 I don't know who posted this, but I wholeheartedly AGREE! Tell you one thing, if MY employer ever thinks of short-changing me for my work, they will be in trouble with my bank.
(I think the time has come for these companies to be named. I know there are more than one but seems to me that we owe it to each other to name the companies who do not pay on time or who get the pay wrong each and every pay day. We work for a living and we do it to get paid. Even if we just put the first initial of the company, that is fair warning for others who are looking to make a change to be aware that certain companies are dangerous as far as their paying practices.
Recently I was talking to an MT who worked for one of these companies and said to me that she hated to quit because the pay was so good. That is just wrong. What pay is so good if you have to pay bank fees and overdraft charges because the money is not there. Something is wrong with that statement and wrong with that picture.
If there are any owners who are reading this that make the practice of paying late or wrong then read away. If you are doing this you don't know how to manage the company anyhow and it is my guess your days are numbered as a business but if you think we are going to sit down and take this treatment any longer without reporting to the proper authorities then you are sadly mistaken. You can throw posts in the faces of the posters all you want but when someone does not get paid for their work ON TIME, they have every right to demand that they be paid).
 
That way they can bring our wages down
even further. I think some company suits must get on here and use this as their forum as an excuse as to why they rip us off. Come on people, this is what they think of us? Yeh I would say getting our own accounts or better yet just stop working for the asses that rip off. I say lets list every company on this board that cheats MTs and everyone stop working for them. Thats the only way things might change is to unite in our efforts.
But your own clients bring many of your own
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Oh, please, can't you bring in those little cheer
That would so complete me.
Actually, I made more in the mid 80s than I do now, so bring it on, I say ...LOL. nm
Don't have to bring them down -- they are doing a good job on their own. sm
And thank you for the job advice. I AM actively looking, and the minute I find something they can kiss where I can't. I notice you ignore all of the things I have pointed out. You see like Marie Antoinette when told of the starving masses, If they have no bread, then let them eat cake.
Don't have to bring them down -- they are doing a good job on their own. sm
And thank you for the job advice. I AM actively looking, and the minute I find something they can kiss where I can't. I notice you ignore all of the things I have pointed out. You seem like Marie Antoinette when told of the starving masses, If they have no bread, then let them eat cake.
Is there nothing you won't do to find a way to bring up TT
And start another flame war? The WMX rate was brought up in a thread yesterday, you know what they pay. And there's no reason to post what company you're currently with. I see righ thru what you're doing...Just trying to stir everything up again.
I'm reporting your post to the moderator.
Wanted to bring this to the top--UE
I was reading a post on another page where somebody mentioned being eligible to apply for benefits if your hours are cut, etc. Does anybody know if it's possible to be eligible for UE if your hours aren't formally cut by your company but your work is low where you can't get your scheduled 40 hours in on a consistent basis?
Can't bring up the article - could you cut and paste - sm
it so that we could read it??
Thanks
Why can they not bring on acute care MTs?
Cannot get them or do not want them?
Funny you should bring this up as it reminds
The work was done in Word but I received progress notes where I had to line it up. The office would give me the last progress note, and then I had to add to that so it was just an ongoing chart note for each visit with the new date. In other words, this doc drove me to drink. So, I charged him $5.00 per page. He called me into his office to talk about this, and he said to me: I know I can afford to pay more than $3.00 for a pack of cigarettes, but I won't. He wanted to know why I was charging him so much because I guess he thought his wealth was the reason. Right then and there, I said I can certainly be replaced if you prefer not to pay what my services are worth. AND I NEVER LOOKED BACK. Just thought I'd share...  Come to find out, he still does not have a steady transcriptionist. They are still LOOOOKING. One girl lasted one day, one girl took one tape and never came back.... Need I say more? If that is truly the case that the transcriptionists in another country cannot afford the fee, then Americans should be given the same option since our wages are not what they used to be. Maybe it should be based on income especially since it is such an incentive....  YEAH RIGHT!!! 
Bring your own foot pedal...
SPi just told us former Cymed emps that, from now on, everyone has to provide their own foot pedal. (CyMed provided software and foot pedal; we've always had to use our own computers...but I'd rather do that and keep some modicum of my privacy instead of using a CO computer where big-boss-brother can watch my every move) :S
Then why don't you bring this to them??? A big problem in this industry is that sm
if someone has a problem, they vent on here rather than to the source. If you are unhappy there, why do you still work there? There are other companies to work for. If you think they are cheating you, let them know. Give them a chance to fix it before you assume that they know what you are working and how many hours.
Are you HIM or radiology? I am in radiology and have a set schedule. My friend is in HIM and is flex hours.
bring MT jobs home
With the economy tanked probably a great time to contact your local senator/representative and ask that all of the jobs which were shipped overseas be brought back home. We can no longer afford to subsidize foreign countries when we were are broke here at home.
Can't bring up anything on MD-IT. Does anyone work there or have information
regarding this company? I am thinking of applying.
Why not just bring up another topic to discuss sm
and let them bicker amongst themelves in the their own threads? Seems a whole lot easier just to start a totally new thread. No one is obligated to read their posts.
Sorry to hear GP....try to ignore NM and others who try to bring you down ;-)
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Hospitals! and Clinics! I said are who will bring it back
individual practitioners.
I have to bring this Psych Eval topic to the top. sm
Personally, it is a waste of money and time to have psych evals for prospective MTs. I have seen many postings by MTSOs on this board who are so unprofessional and sounded "crazy", that it made my eyes pop out!
Any successful business person knows, good judgement is the key to success. If can not rely on your good judgement, than you should not be in business. Why would any MTSO waste the money and time for such a screening? That is demoralizing to our transcriptionists. They are not applying for a job at the pentagon!
Now, there are some people who have major "issues"; however, that should become apparent during the interview process if you interview properly.
I do believe this company is way off base in doing this; however, if you the MT feel its okay and the company meets your needs and pays well, than go for it.
I think what happens is the MTSO's company gets so busy and the MTSO gets so stressed out about meeting TAT, they hire anybody with working fingers. There lies the problems. If the MTs have the experience needed to do the job, they pass the transcription test with flying colors, and you are satisfied with the personal interview, they should be hired. Maybe the MTSO needs to replace whoever it is they hired to screen the candidates and the MTSO needs to be in on the interview process. That sounds like more of a solution to weed out the unstable individuals then a battery of psych evaluations for prospective MTs. Good Grief! Where is the common sense in this?
That is all I have on this subject. I feel bad for those of you who need a job! Good luck.
I have realized that many recruiters will say ANYthing to bring you on. Then you find out they are
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so what does 500 VR bring 4cent/line $20. pooh!!
or maybe even less per line. I tried it with Transcend and quit, can't make a living and was totally worn out totally redoing the pages.
good for you, considering that they want to bring us down to Indian clp!. (I am being sarcastic!)nm
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So I would expect to bring home around $1000 every two weeks
give or take
Oh, Transtech wouldn't be able to bring all those people into the office
IF they weren't paying us MT's one-half or more for doing ASR work. It's P:USH, PUSH, PUSH to do ASR.
Why do you think they want so much ASR -- money in their pockets -- definitely not in the MT's pockets.
Just what I was thinking. They'll bring in the newbies to replace
the higher paid MTs. The writing is on the wall.
The date is September last year. Why bring it up now that it is being dismissed? sm
Companies get sued by ex-employees for things that are not true all the time. Ask any lawyer, look at the # of dockets in a court every day. The percentage of suits that are true is less than 8%.
This is someone trying to stir up trouble.
Keystrokes does not have ICs.
Monthly, I bring in $3500-4000, about $1800 every 2 weeks.
I work about 5-6 hours a day, Monday through Friday. Sometimes I work a little extra if I didn't get the line count I wanted that day due to dictators, etc. Consistently, I bring in this much as an IC. It hasn't always been this way, you need to get to know your accounts and then it will come. I have the same accounts and dictators every day working for a national.
Agree with this. And bring in your own noise-cancelling phones so you don't have to hear her. nm
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Bring up again - companies that allow small pool of doctors versus
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Egads. You're the type who bring working conditions and
pay down for the rest of us because you're soooo willing to be treated badly & thank them for it.
Wow-40%! No wonder we're short on work. Let's bring those billions back to the U.S.!
The Medical Transcription Market
Market size
$12 billion total market (includes hospitals, clinics, physicians offices)
Approximately 40%, or $5 billion, is outsourced
Transcend target market: 4,900 community-based hospitals in the U.S.
Estimated target market size: $2.5 billion
Fragmentation
Several thousand companies – mostly with revenue in the $1 million range
© 2009 Transcend Services, Inc., all rights reserved
Few with revenue greater than $20 million
Competitive Landscape
1. MedQuist (MEDQ) $277M transcription revenue, 11% share of target market
2. Spheris $167M revenue, 7% share of target market
3. Transcend $67M run rate at 4/1/09, 3% share of target market
4. Others Nuance (NUAN), CBay, Webmedx, Heartland…
SO right! People who get paid to bring people on-board -sm
to these companies (few, if any, are 100% honest, it seems), are going to be honest and tell you anything that isn't rosy and sugar-coated. Having a good prospective MT walk because the company isn't so great means less green dollars in their bank account every month. They're not going to tell us anything that DOESN'T make them more money.
I've been with the company almost 10 years. I know the truth. Hawaii was a company-paid vacation.
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They do not offshore. The owner's original company was bought by MQ; started a new company, whic
That's about all I know. I would give them a try. They sounded good!
Great company. I've been recommending this company for a long time.
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Must be a small company. I have never talked to the owner of the company I work for. sm
He wouldn't have time. Why would someone talk directly to the MTSO? Most do not know (or care) about the details just the big picture.
I hope my company flies under the radar. This is horrible what happens to one company sm
after another on this board. The owners must have very thick skin. First TT, then Amphion, now Keystrokes. No one is safe. I hope everyone takes all they read with a grain of salt. I have met a few of the owners of the some of the bigger services, and they are all very nice, including those that own Webmedx, Keystrokes, Execuscribe, Medware, MDI and Transcend. I hate to think how they feel when they read things on here, even though they all say they don't read the posts here and advise against it. I don't know how they don't read them; I look just to make sure that no one mentions mine.
Maybe QA made the decision, not the company, and the company managers are not aware of it. sm
I started with a company that did the same thing. When I went to the manager outside of QA, she fixed it right away. Turns out that the QA manager had made a decision to do that and had not told anyone else.
It does make sense to do that though. Find out if it is a few days or longer and base your decision on that.
Can we ask which company or at least which state they're out of?
Unfortunately, I am going to be looking AGAIN due to offshore.
or maybe it's really a good company. Give me a break. If a company isn't talked about sm
on here, good or bad, it's probably too small to matter and does not offer benefits or anything at all.
Ask insider if her company is in position to take on MTs from other company who are familiar
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Loyalty has nothing to do with it until you find the company for you. Be loyal to THAT company.
:p
Let me know if you pursue this company. I would like to work for a MN company as an employee?
Let me know! Thanks!
Chasing work from company to company - Have any of you ever watched (sm)
5 year olds learning to play soccer? The ball is in play and no matter what the coahes say ALL the kids go running for the ball. Maybe we are like that, masses of us going from company to company in search of work. This company has a new account BOOM here we go. Now it is out. Let's go here.
Yep, I think it is a big game someone is playing with us. Not a particularly funny one either.
Why would you want to work for a company with no QA? Anyways the only company that comes to mind is
I worked for in the past which is Medquist NJ Radiology.
Love this company - want to retire with this company...sm
Been with them for nearly 2 years now and absolutely love them. I make my living with them - I don't do this for fun money. I think the dictators are pretty decent - you will always have your good and bad ones. You just have to get used to them. I love the account I am on - been with the same one since I started. They are a VERY fair company to work for.
They are not a Fortune 500 company. They are a past INC 500 company. There is a
HUGE difference.
Just FYI ... the article was in the Rochester Business News. It notes that the person charged with everything was the owner's husband, not Linda herself. It was something that was done at the company that he worked for, not Execuscribe. If their biggest client is going to fill-in reports, I am sure they will bounce back and get something else. I doubt they do not know that it is happening. Any MTSO worth her/his salt keeps an ear to the ground AND has enough contact with their accounts to be up-to-date on changes about to happen, good and bad.
Perhaps you should not be so smug and instead focus your energies on figuring out WHY your customers were able to be taken from you. I hardly doubt that a good business person could be an ex-MTSO because of another service. There is too much work out there.
You can' ask a question directly TO a company. About them, yes. The company isn't going to ans
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