The Power of ADHI
Posted By: EmmaMT on 2008-12-26
In Reply to: any thoughts (please keep it respectful) - curiousMT
IMO, is next to nil. They are not who decides that certification is a requirement. The industry would have to be on board with that. Since the MT industry can't agree on what a line is, what an MT is, how payment should be rendered, etc, and since it's heavily impacted by the dollar, it's not likely that you will see mandatory certification any time soon.
Health Information Technology positions will often request certification by AHIMA. It has taken AHIMA a long time to get where they are and ADHI is still years behind.
I have another profession and yes, for the most part, all fees including continuing education, as well as certifications fall to me. There are some employers who will reimburse or pay up front, however.
Look at how many ads REQUIRE CMT. And ask the question, who has not been hired because they didn't have it.
IMO, certification of offshore personnel is going to be designed to placate possible purchasers of those services by certifying legitimacy. You are more likely to find offshore certification required well before you see it here. (Which is unfortunate because there are many US MTs whose skills are severely lacking just as much as some offshore MTs.)
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ADHI NOT WELCOME HERE
ADHI turned their backs on us 4 years ago. I am not a member, nor are any of the other Initiative Volunteers - ADHI supports offshore, VR, EMR, and they threw us under the bus - they are run by MTSO's and administrators - NOT MTS.
We have made it quite clear to them this week that we will be a completely separate entity, will not accept support in the form of monies, materials or advice, and that MTs ONLY will vote for our choices, goals and boundaries.
USMLSU will not discriminate against MTs who are AHDI members currently, however, we would ask that they become completely informed about who and what AHDI stands for at this time. It's not your momma's AAMT.
All of our office space, equipment, and supplies are donated by non-biased, non-medical companies, office equipment suppliers who are quite accustomed to working with union personnel (shippers, etc.), and they are not intimidated by solidarity.
ADHI endorses anything
that will put more money in their coffers. That is all they care about now and all they cared about in the past. A useless organization.
ADHI endorses anything
that will put more money in their coffers. That is all they care about now and all they cared about in the past. A useless organization.
No, but they are ADHI Nazis and will use them to
rip us off when convenient.
is it true that ADHI is credentialling
overseas transcriptionists in places like India. I read this somewhere, but I cannot find where I read it. Thanks.
ADHI endorses offshore, where you been? NM
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Only problem is, ADHI would find some way to get into it
and then would sell us all down the river again. What a bunch of crooks.
ADHI pushes lots of things
IMHO, none of them are useful to the MT. Don't forget, this is the organization that supports offshoring.
yes, thanks in large part to AAMT/ADHI for
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Never have I seen such abuse of power
the ones who cake walked into their positions of power don't know what to do with it, there only about 2 really good account coordinators and QA forget that, it is all messed up
power hungry
Couldn't agree more, they don't want any communication going on but through them,because they want to be in charge, probably the reason for the breakdown in communication. No input is ever asked and in fact you are just downright steamrolled over. Everything hush hush, goes on in every company I have ever worked for. Don't know how these folks manage to get themselves to the top, they are the most incompetent idiots I have ever seen in most cases. Must be doing a lot of dusting under the executive desk, way down under.teehee
What power? QA has no real say sm
over whether anyone keeps a job or not. Your work is either correct or it isn't. If there are no errors, then QA can't really pick at you, can they?
because Uncle has all the power
and we do not! like it or not, right or wrong. It is illegal to not report the income. I don't guess I'd be making it public knowledge that I did that or was trying to find a way to do that. The fines/ penalties can be expensive. And afterwards, you can bet the IRS has your returns under a microscope.
Maybe you don't have the brain power...Or,
Ever consider those possibilities, hun?
Food for thought, anyway.
Knowledge is power!
I just wanted to thank you all for sharing. Every opinion and every point of view are valuable. The truth really will set us free --eventually.
MDI employees. I feel for you. One warning - you will get ADHI shoved down your throat
daily. I am so sick of that organization that has done nothing but help send more work offshore. But Transcend seems to love it. I will not be surprised when we are all required to become CMTs, even though it will not change the quality of work being done. It is just one more thing to have to buy, just to make the fat cat at the top fatter.
thats what ya call girl power!!!
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like I said below major abuse of power
only 2 account coordinators worth their salt, if they cake walked into their position they are on a power trip and don't know what in beans they are doing, QA is just a mess that is pathetic esp. the upper crust there.
The MTSO has no bargaining power with the
on a net 30 day basis. If you are lucky they pay sooner but there is nothing that forces them to do that. They are used to all their vendor accounts being net 30 days and that is just the way it is. That's the way the business world works. The IC is also in business.
I think it's the MTSO who most often gets the short end of the stick. I pay my subcontractors every other week whether I get paid or not. My clients can (and do) take 30 days to pay me. I still pay my subcontractors. The clients are happy; their work is done. The subcontractors are happy; they have been paid. Me - my mortgage my not be paid because I had to pay my subcontractors.
I currently work for MQ and I am doing everything in my power to get away from them ASAP. sm
I have feelers out to about 5 companies right now and will be sending out another batch of resumes this week also.
Working in the cesspool has taken its toll. I am fortunate in that I do not need health/dental insurance. One of the things that has kept me at MQ was the 18 days of PTO that I earn (yes earn) a year. Unfortunately, I wind up using a lot of that to make up for being out of work, etc, so it winds up not being truly *my time off*.
I just wonder if it is best to look for an IC position and just take time off without pay or try to find a company that has a good PTO plan.
Are there any companies out there that have a good PTO plan (definitely more than 5 days off a year) and how do they calculate PTO pay?
Thanks in advance.
I figure knowledge is power
I agree with you, I believe that it is to your advantage to be a well rounded employee. But, I also know that when you are depending on this as your only source of income (luckily I do not) you want to make as much as you can and ESLs make that difficult sometimes, especially when you receive different ones all the time.
I also believe that the doctors could have a little more respect and at least TRY to enunciate. Some don't even bother.
So I guess I agree with you, but I understand everyone has different circumstances.
Agreed. Nothing worse than Power-Hungry QA - ugh - nm
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Then quit. There are other jobs out there. Only you have the power to change your situation.
A company full of people on a power trip!
Absolutely correct, as well as the fact that most people who move up in that company are totally unqualified butt-kissers.
Yep.
Way I read it, it give MTSO the power to snoop in
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