That is a completely false statement
Posted By: KS Lead on 2009-05-07
In Reply to: You don't want to work for them anyway. sm - sonicfingers
I have been with KS for almost 3 years now and they are, by far, the most caring, employee-oriented company I have ever worked for, and I have worked for many MTSOs over the years. If you are dedicated, dependable, and a hard worker, they will bend over backwards for you. I don't know where you got the idea that they only care about productivity. If you have problems, you need to contact one of the HIM managers or HR. They are all very, very nice people. Also, the CEO is one of the most caring people I have ever had the pleasure of knowing.
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Once again, a general blanket statement that is completely false. sm
Many hospitals and clinics do a 100% complete outsource of one or more departments. The dumping and overflow could very well be at a company level. How do I know? I am a Team Lead at a big company and we do 100% of the work for more than 50 facilities.
Completely untrue statement! Medware is a great company.
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Absolutely false
TSSC has only ever given 5-6 voice files to test. ONE and only 1 of the files is an ESL. You obviously have no clue what you are talkinga bout.
False statements
Amen to that.
Besides stating that your DD is not there, when it is NOT there is not exactly a false statemtn. TT112 needs to get a life
false hope
There was a lot of talk about how much work there was going to be with the new accounts, and evidently it was all just talk. They are still playing the same games they have always played. I wonder how many transcriptionists they actually have to cover all the large amount of lines that supposedly they were going to have? They will eventually run out of transcriptionists to hire who will stay there with no work.
False security...DUH !
The email address isn't what they check; any dummy can use a false name. IP address and computer MAC address is what they check.
No anonymity.
That is totally false
I am an account lead there and have been with the company for 3 years, and I can tell you that is not the case at all.
Absolutely 100% false
That is completely untrue. It's one of the most ridiculous rumors I have ever heard.
Slander is when there are false statements. .
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That's an absolutely false accusation.!
Don't know where you got your information but you're totally wrong unless you worked for them and did something which was against their rules...or was fired for something, or could it be because you just come on this board and bash them all the time.
Would you care to expand on your reasoning for your hateful comments?
This post is patently FALSE
They did not keep only a handful of ICs to cover only what India cannot. Why would you spout such stuff without having facts at hand?
Also, CBAY is an American company with a subsidiary also in India (CBAY-India).
Their pay is on par with what most companies are paying. Payment is always on time. They are no longer doing employees, just IC status.
I didn't see any such postings and if there were, they're false
Why don't you use the time and energy that you use posting lies about one of the few REPUTABLE companies left and fix what's wrong with the company you're working for. I smell jealous management.
Go spread your lies somewhere else. This is utterly false. sm
There are three people who do the training, and it is very thorough. How would you know anything about the owner? First of all, it is they not she. Secondly, I have worked at KS for 3 years and have never had any contact with either of them.
I am training to be a lead transcriptionist, so I have talked to a lot of managers, other leads and transcriptionists. All are very busy, and the accounts are not overstaffed. Every one of the more than 20 people I have been in contact with are very happy.
There have been no accounts lost in the past several years. If you were really an employee, you would know that no one has pulled an account and that there are new accounts constantly.
Broken promises? Very vague, don't you think? The employee book spells everything out. There are no secrets.
Either they let you go for one reason or another and your are bitter or you were never hired.
I think that Keystrokes is the most improved company I have ever seen discussed here or on other boards. They did have problems when they started but those are in the past. Current employees are either happy or being worked with to make them happy.
I am looking forward to being a lead and to staying with Keystrokes as long as they will have me.
I think it's just the fact that she is posting under a false title
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Transcend false recruiting/low work
I was hired two weeks ago to do Cardiology, but hardly any Cardiology. I am stuck voice-editing the leftover clinic notes!! Potential Transcend employees, beware!! Recruiters will say anything to snare you.
So far as I know making false statements is illegal
See possible answer post..............now I'm going to work so I will have a paycheck to be deposited.
If illegal to make false statements, everyone would
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The only thing wrong with this is that the claims are false. sm
I have been with KS for 3 years. I am treated fairly. I was also the lead for the person who is named as the person putting in the lawsuit. That person was fired for quality issues and is obviously trying to get even with the company.
Lawsuits can be filed. Filing one or having one out there does not mean that the company is guilty. If that was the case, there would be no reason for a case to be filed; you could basically just send a company a bill for whatever you want.
Overhiring and giving new-hires false impressions that
they'll be able to make a decent day's pay is scamming too, cupcake.
False or incomplete information is what hurts this industry the most. sm
Keystrokes is hiring and has many openings. The ER account I am on needs 2 or 3 more people, the B4 account my SIL is on is short-handed and they are hiring like crazy because of new accounts.
If you do not have enough work, contact your manager or go above her/his head. There is plenty of work there.
I also know for a fact that they are hiring for orthopedics due to a large new account because they sent an email asking if anyone knew anyone who was looking for full-time ortho work.
They do not overhire. Quite the opposite, actually. We are always asked to work extra. I know they are looking to balance this out but will not hurt current employees by overhiring.
It may be harsh, but it is true. Too many people come into transcription with false sm
expectations. They expect to get paid to stay home, watch their kids, work when they want, make a fortune after 6 months of correspondence courses.
It takes more than that to be a good MT and a heck of a lot more than that to be a great MT.
With this economy, it would pay to fine-tune skills, work on typing speed, learn new specialties. The best will survive and I intend to stay one of the best.
Not everyone is good at everything.
Regarding SS statement.....sm
This happened to me but I was actually working in the hospital. On a SS statement, they had me down for 0 dollars for a year...and this was 15 years ago. Since the hospital had merged and those records are nowhere to be found, I simply took my W2 down to the local SS Administrative offices and told them...they wanted to contact this employer but I told them good look, they no longer exist..and that if the fed gov took my W2, they certainly should...so they did and corrected it. Take your W2 down there pronto and get it straightened out for yourself.
As far as your 401K, you should have been receiving quarterly statements from the company responsible for handling your 401K. Medware has a private company handling this...so do you have your statements? You should contact that company and ask them what's going on.
statement
Also, regarding this statement I will not work for a competitor for the next 12 months--basically stating that I will not begin to work for any company in the MT business and that I will not try to start my own business. Most companies need to give you an area (ex so many miles) that you would not work in. So try and get a definition of that statement as well.
I do not get your last statement..
what do you mean do not over committ, be conservative, but they appreciate when you go over your lines? Thanks!
Yes, I think in your last statement
Do not sign a contract that has you comply to a certain amount of lines because that is employee status. I'm very flattered that you took the time to answer and copy and past, etc., but I am just stating my opinion and how IC should work if you are truly an IC. A company cannot dictate hours, number of lines, minutes, set schedules, or anything of the such. The only agreement signed is usually the fact that you will be contracting for that particular company and not try to take their accounts and also go along with the privacy act for patients. I have never seen a contract for an IC that states you MUST do a certain amount of lines in a certain timeframe. If there is a contract that states these terms, then you are considered an employee according to IRS guidelines because that is considered control. 
What I was saying was her statement of a 30-day (sm)
waiting period for payment with Proveros was incorrect. So I stated the real truth, which, however one views it, could be good, bad or indifferent.
Your statement is probably the most
idiotic one that I have heard in a long, long time. There is no one that could just spell check and make corrections there. I can tell you probably hate the idea of going on VR although seem to be headed that way because your post is so off the wall. Your behind would be out the door in no time if trying to send in work like you state. I am laughing at you and anyone else should who reads your ridiculous posting.
That is an ignorant statement
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Where can this statement be found?
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Please qualify that statement..have you ever used DQS?sm
just tell me please before I jump into another rediculous platform full of demo screens to wade through before actual transcription.
This last statement is not entirely true. nm
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That--and make a statement with your OWN
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What a judgmental statement!!
Sounds to me like you could use some help with your manners too, Miss Southern Politeness! I'm willing to bet you've never even been to Pittsburgh but you seem to know how RUDE everyone is there.
What makes you an expert on regional manners and attitudes?
I agree with your statement!
Yes, there must be a dozen of transcription companies constantly running ads every day, week, or month for the same type of job, etc. You would think they would save all of the hundreds of resumes they get the first time, but I guess that's another story. This job is a scary field today than it was 10 or 20 years ago. With so many jobs being outsourced to India or going straight to voice recognition, I cannot even imagine getting a decent salary with everything going on. It's very scary. I think medical billing/insurance is the next Career Step we should take because there seems to be tons of jobs out there since all doctors, hospitals, insurance companies, etc., want to get paid!!! Might be something for us to think about down the road before transcription gets phased out.
Problem with your statement is
that in this job, I 10 years ago I was making twice what I make now. All my expenses have gone up, but earning power has gone down. How am I supposed to have a spotless credit record when they send my job over to India (happened with no notice at one medium-sized MTSO), raise my medical and dental ins. rates and deductibles, require me to furnish my own computer, my own internet connection, while they cut my pay rate by not paying for headers and footers, then not paying for spaces and returns, then redefining what a line is paying me the same rate cpl while making the line longer (esp. since they don't pay for spaces which means I don't get paid for about 1/4th of my keystrokes)?
I don't have awful credit, but I don't have great credit anymore because I have found myself with short paychecks because my employers overhired new MTs, delayed bringing on new accounts, etc. Many other MTs have experienced similar situations. Then, there are family members, and other situations that can result in ruined credit - none of which are any indication of how you handle money or how responsible you are.
They have work references to determine how responsible you are at work, not credit checks.
Besides, these credit bureaus and businesses are always coming up with new ways to mark up everyone's credit anyway. Now they mark it against you if someone checks your credit - absurd. People should raise h--l about the way we are treated in this country. We are treated like commodities for the corporations - as if we are mere consumer units.
The first statement is true. I obviously SM
cannot name names, but I'm talking about large facilities and not small hospitals in small towns. No offense if you live in small town.
I agree with your second comment.
I'd like to correct the statement about ICs (sm)
I'd like to correct the statement about ICs working for other people and not owning their own business.
I own my own business. I work as an IC for the clients I transcribe for. I filled out a 1099 and do the same work any other MT does with the exception that I don't work for an MTSO who is making money off me while I'm doing all the work.
I wouldn't dream of trying to acquire a client and then have them hold my hand. That's why I waited as long as I did to finally go out and get my own accounts.
Statement made that **** is SM
now working for Softscript. I thought she was working for Precyse. I know none of this actually matters, I'm just wondering.
you need to back up your statement with Why
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I am astonished at your statement
I am 66 years old and I would hope never to have started this job as a newbie, I would just blow the top of my head off. I started transcription in the 70s. What makes you think you know that only newbies like VR?? Surely to God you have better sense than to really think this. I cannot believe what I read here.
From your statement it seems like you are overwhelmed with ASR
I have been working on the same system now for about 5 years and no outsourcing on our job because of it. I still have corrections to make, numbering seems to be an issue some as I have been told the dictators when numbering should all say next and then the machine knows to go to the next number but the dictators do not always do that. I am saying I was told that, do not quote on that point. My pay was never cut 50%, I make over $20+ an hour on voice now and right from the start (again has to do with system and training) our system just seemed to be an exceptional one. Some people do not like, others like me love it. No I am not MTSO, never have been, no I have no stock in the company, no I am not a newbie (30+ years here) and no I am not a slow transcriptionist. Just thought I would answer all the come backs before they appear. The same ones appear over and over as to why a person could possibly like voice. If most at your company entered almost exactly alike, the machine would train itself. If everyone works differently, say 1 person indents for numbering, another does not, then there is the issue. Sorry you have had such unhappy time with your program.
That statement never made by the OP
She said she sucked it up.
Now I truly realize with that statement
Brillant, hehe. Associating with the group that is having those infamous tea parties- now the postings make sense taking up for her. I get it. What kind of nuts do you like?
Your totally erroneous statement about pay was
definitely out of line.
Question on ADP pay statement for DQS work (sm)
My check this time was smaller than I anticipated. On the old system my weekend bonus lines were included under the bonus heading, this time the only thing there were the NS hour bonuses.
Before I call payroll I thought I had better find out if this bonus is now included somewhere else. Maybe we aren't even getting weekend differentials anymore. Any input before I call and make a fool of myself would be appreciated.
Wanted to correct my statement - sm
I was reading above about the SS tax and now I know what the owner meant! She was telling me that as an IC I pay 15% SS. As an employee, I would only pay 7.5%, since the employer pays the other half. So, I'm fairly certain that GIMT does not pay the entire amount. Sorry about that!
Totally disagree with your statement
The dictated H&P, CS, OP, DS reports are not so the hospital can be paid. It is to provide continuity of care - aside from being a Joint Commission requirement upholding quality patient care. JC decides the time lines these reports must be dictated and transcribed within. It is NOT just so the coders can code or the hospital can get paid. I transcribed a lot of reports from victims of 9/11. They needed their transfer reports to go with them to their rehab or long-term facilities so the second facility would know the facts of their medical needs and how to care for them secondarily.
I don't know if you were around a few years back when many ER departments switched to a checklist to eliminate transcribed reports. When the hospitals were audited and failed documentation requirements, the checklists were abandoned and a return was made to dictated reports. The only checklists left in ERs now are for visits considered to be very low level triage patient not seen by a physician or PA.
Yes, there are rules about what must be included in all those reports, but that is a different topic and not linked to continuity of care.
Hope this clarifies some issues for you.
okay, what are your qualifications to make such a statement??...
There are several 100 MTs at Cymed who depend on their jobs and do not need extra stress right now. Who did you work for that this happened to? Does your situation truly impact the current situation? Inquiring minds want to know.
Editors need to make a statement by not
accepting these jobs. BY THE HOUR PEOPLE!! Tell these companies that pay by the line no way. It is **expertise** they are paying for here. I won't do it. I will get out of the field first.
The statement "you get paid
when we get paid was a big STOP sign for me. All I know.
This I find funny, your statement that is.... NM
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