That's a $42 a day per diem on TOP OF SALARY ... reading comprehension, people.
Posted By: weeeeee! conclusions! on 2009-08-07
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Not every offer on the job board is suspect. Chill.
My bet is that it's a really good deal, and if I lived in the PNW, I would look into it (I'd love to live in Alaska for a minute).
I had a pharmacist friend who was looking into going up there and working for a year or two - just the sign-on bonuses alone were $100,000.
Alaska, though, is known for it's crazy, antisocial population.
Sounds perfect for transcriptionists. Heh.
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Reading comprehension people. It's part of the job.
My reply to the above was in response to the fact that we don't see physicians rushing through work and effecting the quality of patients. I disagreed. Stop reading what you want into it and calling mine spin.
Reading comprehension D-
You do have a reading comprehension problem.
The topic of the thread that I was posting on was not to bash your precious company, nor was it about tarot cards, nor am I raving about my company. You need to stick with the subject, and not let your anger/hate blur your mind and vision. Again, your about-face evil personality change just supports our skepticism about the picture you paint - you are damaging your own credibility. And, NO, I have no interest in working with you! So not to worry.
My reading comprehension is just fine thank you.
the same. Write on behalf of yourself in order to help boost AHDI's standing. It's all related to the upcoming requirement for electronic medical records, not the transcriptionist's job. Get out much?
Your reading comprehension is very poor. No wonder you ended up with that bridge - sm
The message is to write to your representative on your own behalf.
Obvious lack of reading comprehension (no surprise there)
I am not management. I do VR; the term 'these people' refers to those who refuse to even CONSIDER doing VR and would rather jump ship than learn.
Honestly, I wish EVERY account at TT would go to VR to weed out all of those who can't comprehend a simple post. I'm not surprised so many of resist doing VR; the lack of reading comprehension which is vital to VR is obviously missing in many of you.
Sheesh, now I know what my dad meant when he'd refer to someone being 'stubborn as a mule' or 'head as thick as a rock', lol!
per diem
You know what, there are a lot of us who would love to work per diem if offered. Why do you make it sound like some awful thing?
Only per diem
I hope they don't force my hand to go PT, FT or quit. I would have to quit.
Per Diem
Might I ask what per diem is?
Do you have a comprehension problem?
I have my own accounts and I have gotten them ALL by word of mouth. Everyone is always open to BETTERING their situation. My own accounts can be very stressful and demanding at times. I have looked at nationals as an alternative. I have worked for one part time for many years. If I hear of a good company, I will apply to see what I am offered, and if it is better than I have already. So far it has not been. I applied with DSG. After what I have seen on this board the last 2 days, I am abundantly happy that they did not call me back. I doubt they'd have been able to match or exceed what I am getting already, but I thought I'd see. I wasn't desperately waiting to hear from them; I really didn't care. I have a very good deal the way it is. After what I've seen here, I would NEVER work for DSG, no matter what they offered.
I met someone who works per diem (sm)
not sure though of they offer true part time though or not...I will ask and re-post later. :)
Line pay for Per Diem
Hi everyone. I was offered a job per diem at 7.5 cents a line. I am an acute-care with 29 years experience. I think this is entirely too low. People said that would consider increasing to 8 cents per line after a couple of weeks, but there is no guarantee. My hubby went through the roof when he heard how much they wanted to pay me.
I have a job right now that does not pay for spaces, rate is decent though 10 cents to 10.5 centers with no Sat work unless there is OT. I have another job offer where I have been hired to start in Dec which pay will be 9 to 9.5 cents working Tuesday-Sat first shift and now this per diem job. Per Diem job really offered me this job full-time, they have PT too but benefits were better at the job starting in Dec. I do feel I am worth more and I just wanted to use them PT just for pocket money. I told them I would try it for 2 weeks, and she said lots of MTs do that and then they go FT. They do pay weekly too. I am torn if I should even take this job at 7.5 as there is no guarantee they will give me more money. I would just have to trust them and if they do not I know what to do. Any advice. I am supposed to train today. I also have to decide if I want to stay where I am at 10 cents a line or go to a job that pays 9 cents a line with spaces counted and they do not care how long you work. My 10 cents a line job now does not let you go past 40 hours. Decisions, decisions.
No per diem at Transcend
There is no per diem work at Transcend as far as I know and health insurance is only for full time people.
READ for comprehension
I said I have not heard of editors getting a pay raise for CMT. I didn't say lines!
not inferior work because I want per diem
I do not have to pay the rent. I do not want to work full time. And no it is not demoralizing to know that I have reached a place in life where I do not HAVE to work but rather can CHOOSE to work.
Anyone know of a company that is hiring per diem or very flexible IC
I am looking for very flexible work. I've got 13 years experience in acute care and I need work that is very flexible, about 20 hours a week. Does anyone know of an individual or company that has any work like this? Thanks!
Salary
When I went to school 13 years ago for MT (I know, back in the day) they always emphasized that the best situation was to work in-house for a few years before attempting to work at home. That option is pretty scarce now, and I keep wondering what the longterm effect will be as far as potential excellent MTs giving up without reaching their goal.
Salary
I average between $18-20/hour for acute care and have been doing this for 12+ years. What I don't get is when are these services going to wake up and pay for experience. I would think that it would be more cost effective to pay a higher rate for an MT who does not need a ton of QA than to pay a lower rate for less experience and then pay QA on top of that to correct the report.
QA salary
Yes QASs are paid hourly.
Salary
Thanks to those who have answered so far. I am hoping that the responses point a realistic picture of this career good/bad and also by identifying the companies that fairly compensate their MTs, giving credit where credit is due. I should I averaging around $17 an hour working for a private larger practice, with benefits, at home, and this includes insurance. I am not all that happy with the hourly rate, but in my case the benefits are a major factor. There is a chance for incentive which I am struggling with.
Salary
We have a production minimum we have to meet and then anything over is paid on incentive. It is basically a fair system for both the company and the MT. I like that I have the opportunity to push it and make a little extra - put I really do have to push it!
Salary
Our minimum is actually based on minutes. I want to say around 20 minutes an hour, which sounds like it should not be much but we do a lot of retrieving info from the EMR and putting reports into different files, etc. If this was straight transcribing I would be making a great salary - but way more involved on the clerical end of things, plus tons of little 30 second reports which really kill you on minutes. Nothing loads at all so pulling info from the EMR for each individual patient. It can become very frustrating.
How is salary?,...nm
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salary
In some parts of the country 15K would be an acceptable income, not good but the best available.
According to Salary.com
mean expected salary for a US medical Transcriptionist is $36,956. I am curious if anyone is actually coming close to that. I know I sure the !#1& dont't.
Average salary for MT
Hello,
not sure if it matters from state to state but i live in NY and would like to know what the average income might be for a MT thinking of going to school for this so I'm not sure what the variables would be as far as income. I know that some work for hospitals or private practice would like to get a round about figure for the average.
TIA.
Try salary.com to get this info. nm
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The Salary Is Correct
The typo was not the salary. That is really what I am earning.
Withhold 10% of salary for 401(k).... sm
and never deposit those funds in employee's retirement account. Repeatedly hang up on employee who is demanding Show me the money! Wait for Labor Dept. to hold feet to fire, dragging resolution out as long as possible.
Salary Survey
Looking at the post below about who loves their company, I am hoping to take this information a step further with what I hope is a fair survey. Working 40 hours a week, what is your salary, acute care versus clinic, benefits versus no benefits, and what company do you work for? I think it is very hard to judge what the individual companies are offering, and a lot of the opinions are based on what works for one does not work for another. Thanks to all who are willing to share this info.
Also, has your salary gone up (ha, ha), stayed the same, or gone down over the last 5 years? Thanks again.
Salary is fine
Salary is fine ... how are you?
What do you consider an excellent salary?
If you don't mind me asking. I've never made less than $22/hr average on production and would like to keep it that way.
now it's being paid salary?? oh, my, please
$800 for 2 weeks at salary equals an average of $400/week equals $10 an hour - oh, this bizzaro drama just gets sadder and sadder and the ridiculous bar keeps getting pushed higher and higher... or is it lower and lower...
if my salary is $ 100,000.--, I would all forget about
ham sandwich and alcohol, etc....
BTW, with the right 'connection' foreigners can get everything, over there, so I have heard.
We work well with our recruiter who also is on salary. We have
open communication and we allow her to do what is necessary to get us the best MTs possible and she has. We do not have a revolving door and never have. We personally have received compliments on the way she has handled our potential MTs and the ones we have hired. One part of her job though is to be liason between those MTs that are hired and the mgmt staff and in doing so, whatever that might be wrong (very little has been) can be fixed. So far all are happy and we are happy. Even though she does not work in the office, we have open communication daily and any questions that need answering are fully answered. All paperwork is shared through our server so it is not necessary to have the paperwork in office for one thing because we trust her.
MT supervisor salary, how much do you make? nm
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Anyone have a ballpark salary for managers?
Two years ago I made $51K as an MT, and it is gradually going down because of line scalping. Thanks for your input.
typo being your monthly salary
ROTFL
As I recall, anything over 1x year salary SM
required proof of insurability.
Hardly any jobs out there post the salary.
I don't think it matters if it's transcription or what. I can't imagine testing for a company before calling them and flat out asking what the pay rate is for the position being offered. What a total waste of time for both the company and the applicant.
...and I personally do not think it is inappropriate to laugh at a ridiculous rate and slam down the phone either. I think the asshats out there who are offering a nickel a line need to get laughed at and rudely hung up on to boot. None of this PC politeness garbage of thanking them for their time either if they pull a number like that out of their hineys. A man sure as heck wouldn't stand for that kind of pud pullin'...why should we?!
Hourly and salary are not the same thing. lol
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more than double my yearly salary
Always knew I worked harder than most - now I get paid like it.
I also have doubled my salary with production.
what MT is making a "huge' salary sm
so much that they need to get into their medical records? That is just one more invasion of privacy. Besides who intereprets what they read. Someone may have a chronic illness that has no effect whatsoever on their job. These people are not God and cannot predict how long a person is going to be around.
More and more invasion of privacy!
Wonder what the *average* MTSO VP's salary is...
And if PB is paid more or less than *average*... javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');javascript:editor_insertHTML('text','');
Too bad the MTs don't get to vote on THAT decision. Instead, if this is all true about a pay cut, the MTs are going to give up what once was a better than average cpl rate so PB (and JH) can keep on making the big bucks and keep on doing whatever it is they do.
Wonder what the *average* MTSO VP's salary is...
And if PB is paid more or less than *average*...
Too bad the MTs don't get to vote on THAT decision. Instead, if this is all true about a pay cut, the MTs are going to give up what once was a better than average cpl rate so PB (and JH) can keep on making the big bucks and keep on doing whatever it is they do... but they'll be doing it with less capable MTs. Good luck with that, ladies.
You can make a decent salary but
you have to have good platform and not a lot of people training. I did 750 the first hour today, times that by 4 and see what it came up to.
Well I do earn a pretty decent salary
and I am not talking anything under $50,000. I have heard of some of you recruiters who earn $30,000. I would not do it at all for that. I know one woman who earns $58,000 as a recruiter. I know another who earns $42,000. I know another who is paid per head and I won't do it because that forces you to hire anyone.
For what I earn, yesI will keep an open phone line to an excellent potential employee.
I hope the typo is your monthly salary. nm
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Yeah I did look it up and that is the way I took it.. 1x your annual salary..They do also have long
and short-term disability which may be of help if you are out of work for any length of time.
The ones who don't NEED the real salary are killing it for the rest of us.
The ones who have the husband with the fat salary who pays the bills are the ones taking whatever pay they're offered instead of standing up for the salary we deserve. THOSE are holding us down!
It's NOT the olden days, as you put it. It hasn't been that way for a few decades.
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