Oh, I am playing with the "big boys" and have been doing this for 25 years darling!
Posted By: IC-MT on 2006-01-13
In Reply to: You obviously are not very experienced at this. - When you contract with a hospital or
You do not know it all, though may think so! I was just trying to let you know, some hospitals will honor your invoicing methods and pay you on time. Now, that may depend on whether your invoice goes through the purchasing department as a vendor or through the department in which you contract.
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I thought Etrans Plus was bought out several years ago by one of the "big three"
and very unprofessional.
Yeah, but those ol' boys make -
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Can we say censorship, boys and girls??
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Spheris' "Big Account"
Would that big account be some CHS hospitals?
The "big spenders" (getting worse)
The pricing fixing by the MTSO is getting worse. An ongoing list (copy/pasted and adding to it & posted) is a good idea to keep the MTs informed and also may just start to turn things around a bitt
Summit Med Trans 6 cents a line.
Synermet 6.5 to 7 cents a line
MRecord
5.5 per line 60,000 -100,000 per month (that is 625 lines an hour) Unbelievable!!)
Accuscribe - No spaces paid
you are putting on your "big girl" panties?
that is way too much information.
You are condescending and post like a plant.
This really isn't a flame, it's more of a comment about the tone of your post.
No matter what the situation is at MDI, and how you feel about it, your tone is rude.
Excuse typo girls and boys
OOP not OUP that would be.
LOL
Can you say, "not an authorized representative", boys and girls?
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A lot? You've got to be kidding. Name them. "Big schools" still don't equal experience.
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My bad boys were from Kentucky. My ears just couldn't get a hold of their speech. I'd rather d
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playing* oops
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Thanks for playing our game!
And all you get is this lousy :) icon
hee hee
Then instead of playing their game, just come out
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If you think LT is playing slots, you don't know her at all. sm
Now go crawl back in your hole. Obviously you have nothing better to do than spout lies. At least we all get a laugh.
If you like playing telephone tag after all that, I didn't. nm
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Not playing devil's advocate but something
...is that companies don't have nearly as much latitude to make exceptions to their policies as we might like to think.
This is due to the litigious environment that employment law has become over the last few decades. If you deviate from your formal policies or procedures, you will discover that you can be sued by other employees (or even former employees) for whom you did not make the same exception.
So, corporate counsel routinely advise their clients: Set a policy and then stick with it 100% because you're opening Pandora's box if you don't.
Sad, but very true.
John Brown is just playing with you.
He said, NOT OFFERING A JOB.
I have worked at MQ before and I would say that HIS has them beat when it comes to playing dirty!!
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As an PT EMT I can assure you playing hrs of euchre during calls
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Not to mention managers playing on the darn thing
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I meant to say playing euchre "in between calls." nm
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Transcend is playing games, giving gift cards
and doing contests (poetry) and others. There is a contest for a big screen TV.
Transcend cares about its employees
I talked to them today. They want 3 years in a hospital or 5 years combination sm
hospital and at home or clinic and at home. For radiology, they want 3 years full time radiology. I thought they were very nice and I have a few friends that work for them and are happy. The pay seems average to high for what I am seeing now. I think they are 0.08 per line or 1.08 for radiology. Beats what I will have with the new MQ program.
Honda is 11 years old, 190,000 miles . Toyota was 15 years old and 279,000 superb
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I worked on site for many years. I've been doing this for 10 years... sm
I've worked on site, at home, for small MTSOs, for nationals, for hospitals. I've been paid per line, per minute, and per hour. I've been an MT and a QA. I have ALWAYS worked weekends and ALWAYS worked nights for the shift differential because MTs can't survive on 6 or 7 cents a line. At least I can't and I type 105 wpm.
I've BEEN dedicated from day 1, sister, so you are barking up the wrong tree.
15,000 lines per pay period. 8 years with KS, 6 years on this account! nm
Not going anywhere else!
30 years - this WAS my career. The last few years you guys have ruined it.
You work 9-5? Big deal. I work more than you do. I bet I work harder too. Treat US with respect, lady!
Don't talk to us like that and don't expect us to kiss your feet. Kiss ours for a change!
See if you'll be producing more after 30 years of MT'ing and at 50+ years old.
I don't think so. My income increased every year also, until I reached age 50 and 30 years of MT'g, been downhill ever since.
It wasn't tough 5 years ago. Or 10 years ago, yet
How to you spell
G-R-E-E-D ???
All the shifty, dishonest, greedy pigs in this country belong in JAIL.
Did MTfor 10 years; QA for 2 years and now
doing editing of speech/voice recognition. I find all three to be very different. MT you start with a blank page or a template, QA you have the whole document and you need to give a good quick read and check for correct name, MRN, formatting, and all blanks, etc., and if you know the MT you do not necessarily need to give the whole document voice to typed - editing is a whole 'nother thing. From what I have seen so far - you have a document and you cannot count on anything being correct - you need to change almost everything in some cases - which is more difficult than a blank sheet as there is a lot of deleting and it is confusing. It can be helpful because some of the medical words are in there and some of the drugs can be correct - and although I have found easier on the wrists some days - still very, very difficult. You must match exactly voice to type because you cannot count on anything to be correct - JMHO
I think it just boils down to years and years of
If you kick a dog often enough, it's going to not only turn on you, but other dogs as well. Even though I made more money as an in-house MT, our managers were the worst. All greedy, self-serving women who lied, cheated, and made their way up the management ladder by stepping on those of us who worked under them. They created hostility, distrust and ill will in the office by pitting MT against MT (I suppose they figured it would keep the MT's from turning on THEM!), and the suspicion it bred created a hostile workplace like no other. I finally couldn't take it anymore and quit to work at home, for less than half the money. I'm lucky - I have an employer that at least treats me well, even though the pay stinks. But from what I've read here, that isn't the norm at all. So it's little wonder so many at-home MT's are ready to chew someone's head off. They're tired of being lied-to, cheated on line counts, disrespected, and at the same time expected to produce more and more work, with little to no mistakes. So it's little wonder we're all a mite cranky.
Some of us have been at MDI for years and years. Why should we have to start all the way at the bot
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2 years ago
I worked as a statutory employee about 2 years ago and quit after about 6 months or so because I got a better offer. The people were nice but I ran out of work a lot. Also they still have me on their mailing list as a stat employee. Obviously they still don't realize that I haven't worked there in almost 2 years!
4-1/2 years for me too nm
9 years.
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Over 7 years, OTI
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18 years.
I have no idea what is happening for others or new plans or anything.
I've just gotten started. I didn't ask about any of that -- I just know what I was given.
Been with them 8 years
9 cents a line - NO RAISE
A little over 3 years. (NM)
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been with MQ for eight years and
never heard of such a thing, is this new/old/specific to your office ????
Doing this for 20 years
I had one hospital in Florida I worked for and they started out at 15.00 per hour, but the more you typed, the more you made. Their line counts though were based on 55 characters with spaces so it was very easy. If you typed 2000 lines per day, you got 20.00 per hour, and then for any after that they paid 8 cpl bonus, so the average monthly bonus was 1500.00. I made 65,000 for the first 9 months I worked there. There are still hospitals paying 12-21.00 for in-house work. In-house would be really the best way to make any money. I went to working at home because of illness. I made last year just under 50,000 but it nearly killed me because it was 7-days a week and up to 18 hour days. Now, I have seen ads for LPNs (1 year of study) making 15-20 per hour, and in most cases the admissions employees in hospitals make more than we do transcribing. Salaries for at home people have gone way way down since I started working at home in 2000. I've seen ads for 6 cpl for people with over 10 years experience and as long as people continue to take those jobs, the other companies won't pay us more either. Used to be we got overtime as well, but now they are going to lines per week basis and will let you work extra, but with no change in the line rate. It's really rather sad how the trend has been.
I get 10 cpl but have known them for years
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About 4 years ago...
problems getting paid. Not sure if things have changed since then
I have been with OSi for just under 2 years
OSi isn't the most popular national around, which is basically why I just keep my opinions to myself, but . . .
I have a very simple account (lots of normals) as my main account. While it isn't really challenging, even at 7.6 cpl as statutory I make plenty of money. I have run out of work on my main account a number of times, but I have 2 backup accounts.
I am never hassled by QA or my coordinator. I pretty much work when I want, have no line requirements or day or time issues to deal with.
I have been very happy there. There are bonuses at least monthly, and that adds to bottom line.
Go for it.
IC MT with 8 years exp.
I have been working an account for the local ER for about a year now at 12 per line. Now they have over-hired in house, and I am only called when they get behind. I am looking for part-time or p.r.n. work that will either pay this or at least get pretty close. Any ideas?
YES for 6 years now.
My dear friend, if a person is mad, they can express themselves on whatever grammar they want to express themselves. Since there are rules and regulations in this forum i am not using any foul words to hit these very evil people. You can rant whatever you want but the things in my Post is always the truth.
Wow, 14 years. They must be doing something right! NM
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I also have been doing this for 25 years and all
Accounts Payable. All my accounts are large teaching hospitals. Maybe a small hospital would work with you, but a large teaching hospital doesn't have time to mess with that. It doesn't matter if you tack on a charge for paying later than your invoices says, or whether you offer a discount for paying early, they STILL pay on their own schedule. Which is fine - I know how it works. I just go ahead and make my invoices net 30 days because I know that's how they pay anyway.
Now a doctor's office - that's a different situation and yes, they will be more accommodating. But I prefer acute care myself, and I prefer a teaching hospital, not someplace that does appendectomies and delivers babies and that's about it.
18+ years
she probably thought you might get her preferred job.
OTJ - 19 years. nm
OJT - 28 years.
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