On the MTIA website, those entries are dated July/August 2006! Now, in 2008, if you write your...
Posted By: Txs on 2008-05-24
In Reply to: Then how come MTIA - mtgrrl
congressman in support S. 810 or H.R. 1653, you are supporting an act governing federal grants for scientific research or abstinence teaching in federally funded sex education programs,
And, I'm not saying I don't support those two issues. I'm just saying it has nothing to do with outsourcing. In order of effect real change, we must at least sound like we know what we are talking about. Writing our congressman in support of a two year old bill that no longer exists or writing out congressman about outsourcing and reference bills that have nothing to do with outsourcing, makes us all look like uninformed weiners!
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Ad on MTjobs dated 06/23/2008. nm
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August 2008 we were sold to CBAY after the announcement in May.
Check it out. As for me, I'm still here, still loving it, doing great, always get my account, making 10 cpl. I'll stay until I get fired.
If you click on it, it takes you right back to their dated website, too. Maybe the banner is old?? n
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You can use all of your autotext entries
nm
Then how come MTIA
the Medical Transcription Industry Association has it listed on their website as a bill that could affect their industry?
The bill may be in limbo currently, but action on it could be revised by Senators and Representatives who have it brought to their attention and care about the issue.
It has a dictionary, just not Stedman's. You will need to add some entries as you go along, but
overall, it catches the incorrect spelling of words, it just doesn't give a lot of suggestions to correct spellings. That slows me down a bit as I rely on my Stedman's and have for many many years.
Autocorrect entries into Emdat?
How can I get my MS Word autocorrect entries into Emdat Inscriber without having to enter them all over again? Thanks
I'm with ya, too. If MTIA causes me to lose
I'll just have all that extra time (while collecting Unemployment, of course) to help you push them over the cliff, too. And the last thing those self-righteous biddies in AHDI/MTIA want is to tick me off. Notta good idea.
AHDI/MTIA
is not nearly as powerful or influential as it likes to think it is. It is a legend in its own mind.
Does Precyse include the ADT entries or headers in
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chartscript and importing autocorrect entries
Can someone tell me how (if even possible) to import my autocorrect entries from MS WORD to the chartscript expander? I am using ShortHand in there now and it is driving me CRAZY as 90% of the time it partially expands the words.. Guess I could import the entries from shorthand if that is easier…
Wave of the future, thank MTIA!
Read MTIA's statement on SM
credentialing.
Position
MTIA believes healthcare documentation workers (i.e., medical transcriptionists,
transcription editors, speech recognition editors, and quality assurance
coordinators) play a critical, interpretive role in accurately and securely capturing
patient care encounter information – information upon which further care decisions
are made, reimbursement processes are determined, and risk management
programs are dependent. For that reason, MTIA strongly supports the
development of a credentialed workforce , whose entry-to-practice and level II
benchmark skills can help transcription service organizations (a) deliver highquality
data capture and documentation to end-user clients and providers, (b)
embrace a service value proposition based on quality, and (c) educate end-user
clients about the need for a skilled, interpretive knowledge worker in the evolving
clinical documentation domain, particularly in the face of growing documentation
complexity and emerging technologies that might suggest human judgment is not
required for accurate health data capture and documentation.
Note post on main board re: MTIA forcing credentialing. Can we say police state?
??
Dated 12/19/05 nm
nm
Welcome to 2008.
made in China? Well then live with off shoring. It's not that big a deal. No one wants to work for cheap, but I think inflation has added to our tale of woes.
Let's talk about under bidding right here in the US.... I think off shoring is the least of our worries.
Believe me, there is always another US MT/MTSO that will underbid what you think you deserve in a New York minute.
If you don't like off shoring, then get out of the business. Because a lot of what we have especially is made in other countries. So, just take a deep breath! God Bless!
P/S: I've seen posts of an MT complaining she had to print on sticky paper for goodness sakes. We are to please the client, not our self rightousness. If you think it's worth more money, then charge and it and quit belly-aching. 
go to page 4 in here dated 05/17/07
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Thanks CMT, MSMT, and CMT 2/2008 (SM)
Whew!...What a relief.
I left there in mid 2008. Very
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Wow. Ever since the end of 2008? 2-3 months?
You sound like the folks that had the utter gall to offer me 0.0625 cpl after 30 years of transcription. Go fly a kite.
I dated a stutterer once...
He was the P.M. supervisor of operations at the hospital I worked for.
I found it rather sweet when he'd get excited about something and start to stutter. It never bothered me in the least, and I certainly never used it as a barometer for his intelligence.
We all have our quirks. Some people stutter, some people bite their nails, some people twirl their hair. I kind of file them all under idiosyncracies, because we have have SOMETHING that makes us unique.
Hang in there, offendedmom, your son will be A-OK.
end of august, NM
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Email was from the president/CEO, dated 6/19. nm
I left in April 2008
For me, it was the schedule. I hate to be tied down. On top of that, I hate being tied down and working on accounts that aren't mine. Towards the end, though, the account situation was getting better for me. I was getting mostly my primary and only 1 or 2 other accounts.
Leading up to that was the paycut. ASR was great in the beginning when we were getting paid regular pay for it, but when they cut us down to 70% and then took away the daily bonuses, my paycheck was pretty skimpy. Add to the fact that I had gotten a raise in 5 years, it wasn't a hard decision.
People leave companies for all kinds of reasons. Some we understand, some we don't. The only one it should really matter to is the person leaving the company. MQ was great for me in the early years, but it just went through too many changes for me. I'm just glad I got out before the pandomonium of CBay hit. I must have had a guardian angel looking out for me.
I left in March of 2008 sm
They had switched from MTWorld, which I loved, to Emdat Inscribe, which I loathe.
My biggest complaint has to do with the team managers. Most of them are NOT MTs and are clueless. The more MT clueless they are, the more they micromanage. The MT manager...well if you had asked me when I had been there a year, I'd tell you she was a peach to work with, but I had not been able to say that for the last 18 months I had worked there. They grew a little too fast and lost that personal touch they used to have. Also, they are management top heavy. There are too many of them, too many QA people, too many IT people who aren't that great, and too many heads of this and heads of that. No way an MT company needs that many managers.
To top all that off, they have gone from the 8.5 later 9 cpl I was paid to 7.5 and 8 to start, from what I understand. No pay for headers and footers, even if you have to fill them in yourself. They like to issue MTs a fine for not following instructions and do so without giving a warning or two, just an instant fine.
I have a check from an MT Company that is dated 2/16. I have not been able to-sm
cash it because when I call the bank the funds are not available. What recourse do I have?? I really could use the money. I know I can't get blood out of a turnip though so I realize I may be out this $$. Someone told me if I deposit the check and it bounces I can report her to the DA for a bad check. Is there anything I can do just knowing it is no good???? Thanks.
original post was dated 8/12 --sm
and is stuck between *has Spheris moved* and WMX post. It had 90 something views.
I left MQ for OS in August
Couldn't be happier! I started out at a higher rate than I was making at MQ after 3 years. I have 1 account and 1 secondary. You can actually contact QA if you have a question. If I have a question for my supervisor, I hear back from her in less than hour. Sometimes in a matter of minutes. I like my job again, and even DH commented earlier this fall about the change in my attitude.
I got a phone call last week from MQ asking if I was interested in coming back. Uh, noooo. And no I don't want to hear about all the wonderful changes you made.
I am waiting until 1 August
and if it is still this low, I am asking for another account.
When I searched, the only replies were dated 2004
NM
For 2008 they got better insurance for nationwide. Not just local.
But from what I understand transcriptinn is slow right now. Do send in resume for the future. I worked on that account and thought it was great. I'd go back if I could. Especially with the new insurance the hospital has for people all across the country. Good luck :)
Passed in Feb 2008-CMT Review Guide
No, you're in the year 2008, where the results of
most kids being raised in daycare with 2 parents working 24/7 are showing. Kids are a mess and the American family is a total mess, divorce rates 50%, our country going down the tubes, and YES a lot of it has to do with kids being left on their own while mommy works and goes to school, etc. I don't know the answer, but for sure the results being disastrous are evident all around you. I stayed home with mine and am more than pleased with the results. Just because children survive and grow into adults does not mean that they are healthy and happy adults.
Saince, Inc is hiring. Last post aug 2008. Anyone
have anything to report, good or bad, on this company since last year? Read one old post where someone was getting their first paycheck a month after starting. Very little else in archives here. Thanks in advance.
I started with Keystrokes at the end of August (sm)
and I like it...very nice people to work for and very helpful..
Left MQ in August...still getting e-mails. (nm)
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Their ad is still there, dated 7/12. Probably bombarded with 100s of resumes and hired the
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Their web site is dated 2002. I never got an email reply when I sent one within
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And DRC has a fresh ad out for hiring dated yesterday. Hmmm...nm
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Wonder if they folded or got sold. Their webpage is dated 2002! nm
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TransTech health insurance rates for 2008
I thought I had found the perfect job in Transtech. My bubble just popped. Anybody else out there in cardiac arrest right now over the just published rates for open enrollment. As I need a family plan, unless they can come up with something quickly (she said they are searching for some better options), I will have absolutely no paycheck to speak of.
I hate to consider leaving, but it is a strong consideration!
interesting, it's back on board dated today
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When I applied in August, he said they use only in-house staff. nm
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It's quite low, too. Check posts here from back in August. sm
Posts from August said editing was 1.5-2 cpl and there were comments that pay wasn't on time. I've never heard any positives about this MTSO, so if I were you, I'd keep looking.
No India? Most of the work goes there. I quit last August SM
could not make any money there.
I started with MQ in July as an SE (sm)
My incentives? Well, it starts once I make my required lines of 6000. It goes as high as 2 cents a line if I type 16,000 lines.
Yes, I will get quarterly bonuses.
Why?
Yes, in July 2001. nm
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Ad from July said ICs for 2nd and 3rd shift only. Don't know anything else. nm
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Very slow July
I've been with my company for a long time too and it has never been this slow. I have hardly worked in July. I am looking for another job. I can't hang on like this. Yes, they said it was the summer slump.
slow July
I don't get it. Aren't people still getting sick, having surgery, getting x-rays? Is Voice Recognition or outsourcing reducing our workload that much? This seems to be affecting everyone.
Their last job opening on the other board isn't dated. They were using Vianeta &Arrendale? soft
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