Specialty, IMHO.
Posted By: im ho ha on 2008-09-04
In Reply to: acute care vs specialty - caretaker
I've done both, and I think specialty pays the most, mostly because you do the same people often, so you can really build up your shortcuts and whatnot. I, however, have never done inpatient OPs (to any great degree) but I've often wondered if that doesn't pay much better, because of the normals.
In any case, I'm making 9 cpl doing specialty (cardiology) and have no problem whatsoever (when I apply myself and don't stop to read this board) typing 400+ lph.
But that's just me. I'd like to hear others who have done both, because I've often wondered if that's the norm.
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I have been concerned with these type of issues for several years now and have recently decided on an approach that I believe will be effective...Like many others it seems on this board I was involved with the UCSF mess and it did get a lot of attention...but those ripples have since subsided..
I believe this: the first thing to do is to adopt the city, state and locale of your acct...contact their tv stations, radio stations, local newspapers, any other sort of venue that you feel applies...simply make it known without giving acct or company name that local citizens are having their sensitive medical information outsourced with not only questionable quality but questionable privacy safeguards..for the most part this does generate a reaction and local discussion..once the information about outsourcing has been given the light of day, the next step and the more difficult one is unionization...with structural and strict pay tiers, cpl designated for each and every type of report imaginable, and union bureacracy and detail enforcement brought full force into this industry that has simply become a plantation...with most MTs seen as nothing more than menial labor...that, in my estimation, is the only only way the profits that always seem to travel upward are ever going to bring forth for the day to day MT benefits, protection, fairness and job security..then maybe there will be a quality for quality exchange that will benefit everyone...
IMHO
They dumped the leads so they wouldn't be able to see who was getting all the work (Non-US MTs) on Job Lister.
IMHO
Your perspective is meaningless. Glad you moved on!!
what does IMHO mean?
I keep seeing it on here but have no idea what it means. 
IMHO - nm
It is never, never a good idea to be paid like that for your work. Docs can be VERY slow in paying. Do your bills wait? I don't think so. RUN!
Only that they are the best company out there IMHO and
all the best to you, they truly are a wonderful place to work and they take care of their MTs. Let us know how it goes :)
Transtech. IMHO.
I have tried nationals, locals, the only close that comes to inhouse acute care and gives the ability to get anywhere near what I used to work is Transtech. And yes, I work overnight, and weekends, and whenever the work is there, but I like those schedules.
How about your specialty?
What specialty do YOU type? Platform sounds cumbersome, ....but cpl seems worth it? 
Maybe a specialty?
Maybe they are trying to hire for a specific account, for a specialty? That's the only thing I can think of, unless like some other posters suggested they are super picky. I work for MD-IT, and I have found the QA staff to be very fair and easy to work with.
Fantastic company IMHO. nm
Of course, it depends on the companies, but IMHO....sm
It has been my own experience (almost 20 years now) that I have been happiest, on average, with smaller companies versus large ones. It seems the larger companies are big on hype, big on promises, have fancier websites, but when it comes down to working conditions, how valued the employee is, communication with the company, being MT-centered, the local or smaller companies have ALWAYS been better for me in pay, supervisors, administration, and even the little perks, so much more personalized. Of couse, this is a generalization. It seems the larger the company, the more you are a number, the more they can lie and shuffle you around, change all the rules on you, etc......and again, just my opinion and experience. I also learned so much more from smaller companies because they were always willing to explain, mentor, help, which busier, huge companies just cannot do. Anyway, very good luck to you, rooting for you either way!!!
Yes, mine was there are usual. TT is still the best IMHO.
Glad to be there. Glad to stay.
SoftScript is great IMHO -nm
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still slow and clunky imho. nm
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What is the difference between specialty
and work type. I am filling out an application for OSi and they want to know my favorite specialty and work type. What is work type? Duh! I guess I am having a too-soon senior moment, must be the stress of job hunting. Thanks!
Nothing to do with knowing a specialty...SM
It's the sloppy, lazy dictators we MTs have to pick up the slack for. If you can't understand it, it doesn't matter how well you know your subject. 
May I ask which specialty you type?
That depends on specialty
When my rad account went to VR, I asked for and got an HIM account until more rad accounts became available.
Do you work for KS? If so, tell them that rad is your specialty. sm
They have more radiology than anything else and always have. From what I heard from my lead, there are more radiology accounts coming on board in the next month and more the month after. It is the majority of the new accounts they are getting.
acute care vs specialty
For those of you who worked radiology or other specialties and worked acute care, which paid the most? I realize voice recognition enters this picture as well.
Supposedly Spheris is sending reports out by specialty, SM
except don't expect the same rate of pay as MQ. With Spheris, or any other company where you must use their piece of ---- equipment, the line counts can be, shall we say, variable.
I really wish you luck. If you don't need benefits, try a smaller company. Put resume out there. Might get some hits.
Supposedly Spheris is sending reports out by specialty, SM
except don't expect the same rate of pay as MQ. With Spheris, or any other company where you must use their piece of ---- equipment, the line counts can be, shall we say, variable.
I really wish you luck. If you don't need benefits, try a smaller company. Put resume out there. Might get some hits.
Dermatology typically an easier or more difficult specialty? Thanks. nm
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Yeah, that's exactly what I thought too. Rate is way too low for a specialty and also IC status.
Just not worth it. I've made 13 cpl doing my own accounts locally for ortho doctors. I'd do that before I ever took 7 cpl or even 8 cpl for ortho work.
Is there an industry average cpl for multi-specialty clinic work? sm
I'm with this decent company and they actually are thorough and wonderfully organized with their employees, policies and procedures; however, I am typing for two hospital clinics with a total of about 70 different doctors and 15-20 specialties at a rate of .074 cpl and my reports load in randomly, not batched by doctor or specialty. I've been there a month and still can't make my daily line/hr goal that I need to make to be able to maintain eligibility for bennies. I get maybe half of the amount done per day right now but am slowly building. I'm wondering if 4-5 weeks should have me more productive by now based on the number of doctors/specialties I have, and I'm wondering if my line rate is lower than average.... I'm an employee so I work a set shift as well. Just looking for the norms here; I have no idea:) Do you ever get to a point where you say, I can't do this job? I've been an MT for 10 years and never had this problem, nor do I know the average rates with a national. Thx!
You'll encounter ortho words in almost every specialty, clinic, xray, etc.
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