There is an AAMT solution.
Posted By: MT-INFO on 2005-12-06
In Reply to: Got Doped BIG TIME!!! - LITTLE MT
you could report this to AAMT, but it would take weeks to process the complaint. Also report the website to them. But its a great thing that you have posted the red flags. great work.
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No solution is Precyse Solution
So sorry about what you had to go through. I truly feel for you. As good as we are, no one should stand for their crap. I certainly didn't. I could not get rid of their equipment fast enough. The day I quit is the day I boxed up their computer, called Fed-Ex and had it sent back, and then I got a new job the next day!
I believe AAMT guidelines is 65 chars. with spaces. Maybe go to aamt.org and see if you can
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There is a solution to the what you think is
It is very simple. DON'T READ THE POST if it will upset you that much. If you already knew it would happen, don't pour oil on fire by telling people not to talk about it. This isn't the Transcend forum where people aren't allowed to talk about what bothers them. If you feel uncomfortable with the posts here, stick with the company forum and maybe you won't be in so much pain.
I think that was the solution they came up
with for keeping up with TAT. For years, I never had any problems - then new management steps in with new ideas such as overstaff every account so they not only keep all accounts current, they also don't have to pay bonuses or overtime.
MQ MANAGEMENT HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THIS JOYRIDE WILL LAST FOR YOU?
SIGNED,
FRUSTRATED CHICAGO FULL-TIME MT
P.S. COMPLAINING ONLY GETS YOU MORE BACK-UP ACCOUNTS. I MADE MY LINE COUNT WITH NO PROBLEMS WITH ONE ACCOUNT FOR A LONG TIME AND NOW I HAVE 3 ACCTS ON 3 DIFFERENT PLATFORMS!! AND HAVE TO WORK 12 HOURS TO GET IN 8 HOURS OF WORK. I ACTUALLY HAVE 5 ACCTS BUT I REFUSE TO WORK ON MORE THAN 3. IT'S NOT WORTH IT...
WHAT'S A GAL GOT TO DO TO GET A STABLE ACCOUNT AGAIN?
THANKS FOR LETTING ME VENT NOW OFF TO SCROUNGE AROUND FOR MORE LINES.
My solution........sm
I had almost 100 dictators who used normals. As you know, it could drive you crazy not to mention put you in the poor house. I finally decided to make separate folders for each doc and used MS Word to make a separate document for every normal exam. It took me over a week of my own time, but well worth it in the long run.
And here's another solution
I work for a hospital who pays up to double the lines for the difficult docs. People seem to like to get those docs (I sure do), especially when they've invested the time to get good at doing them.
If you never learn them, and never get proficient enough to do them independently, you don't get the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
It's a win-win situation, I think.
no - and the solution to this
is in the voting booth not the company board.
SOLUTION
Keep the computer and/or other equipment until they call you for it. Then, explain kindly how you kept it back because you heard that there was a problem with the company reimbursement and wanted to avoid that problem for yourself. Then let them know that you will return it in PERSON if at all possible and expect a check that same day. You could write any trip expenses off on your taxes and be sure you are reimbursed at the same time. Once I did this a few years ago for the same reasons, different company. I did receive my equipment deposit back on the spot.
I may have a solution for you ...
Please EM me.
So, the solution is... SM
Just don't answer our phones???
First I was paranoid about getting a pay cut. Now I'm paranoid about NOT receiving a phone call from The Power that Be. Maybe some of us fell through a crack... or maybe the fierce anti-Acusis posting of the last couple of days changed someone's mind about delivering bad news to all MTs at the same time. After all, if we all quit at the same time, who'll be around to learn the CDFIZ or whatever the heck the new program is.
so your solution would be?
If you're an IC *YOU* should be calling the shots, not someone you work for.
Everybody here has options.
The MT can acquiesce and work the hours her EMPLOYER is requiring her to.
The EMPLOYER could be human and work with the MT or NOT.
The MT COULD take action against the EMPLOYER for a) offering medical advice, b) treating an employer situation as a contractor situation and not paying taxes.
So it's not a matter of being in this MT's shoes. It's a matter of being a savvy MT and knowing how to run your CONTRACTING BUSINESS or sucking up being paid like an IC and treated like an employee.
Simple solution
As long as Cymed can continue to find MTs who will put up with this crap and accept their positions that don't pay for spaces, they will continue to do what they're doing.
Why would a quality MT accept a job that doesn't pay for spaces. Why would a quality MT stay there?
Low to no MT work is all over.... Here is my solution!
I have been working as an employee with a company and for the past 4 months the work has been low, with the last 1-2 months ridiculously low to no work at all. There is a 1000 line requirement for benefits.... and I need benefits. I work a part-time IC position, and guess what, it's low to virtually nothing also. So this week, I took on a 3rd IC job, so where I normally would transcribe 1600 lines with the employee position, I only give them 1000 lines, just to keep the bennies. I will do 1000 with the third IC position, and continue to do the 600 lines with the 2nd IC position. Thank goodness, there is no hourly requirement with any of these positions. It takes me 3-1/2 to 4 to get 1000 lines on employee position, 2 hours to get 600 lines on 2nd IC position, and about 4 hours to get 1000 lines on 3rd IC position. I have purposed this year to not work over 10 hours in a given day, give or take an hour or two. So far, the past 2 days it has worked.
Offshore solution sm
Why can't a company give the client a chose. Excellent client ready work at a higher price, and I realize this would exclude many US MTs, or work that has been offshored at bargain rates. This way everything is on the client. Either they are going to say no way do they want their records going off shore and pay the higher rate, or they agree to offshore. The good thing about this is the doctor cannot deny he did not know the work was being offshored if he agrees to that to get rock-bottom prices. If the client wants work done in US, he can have that but at a somewhat higher price. US MTs will be able to make a living wage at their profession. I think this idea needs some tweeking but I think it might be something to think about.
Simple solution -
email me.
The Best Solution to the 30 days
TYVM for such great input. I believe here is the problem. Any MTSO has the obligation to (if they have one sub or 3 dozen) to negotiate a contract the right way with their account to be able to offer their subs a decent arrangement. There isn't one business (hospital, doc, etc.,) on earth that can't cut checks to a vendor at will, or at least set up a unique situation if they really want the vendor to work for their company (vendor being the MTSO). As it turns out, this company I considered is a subcontracted company to an MTSO who actually has the hospital account. This subcontracted vendor has virtually no negotiating position with the account. They are at the mercy of the MTSO. I believe there's a time that a big or small service has the obligation to the MT team to not take on a crummy contract unless they get a pre-signing commitment from their MT subs that they can live with long-term payments. I don't think it should be done the other way around. Though at this time I was just looking for some part-time filler work, I too have hired subs for overflow work in the past. I made sure whatever the account was that was paying me did so within a time frame in which people could work and survive with money--including myself. I don't have a husband or other type of income. That's neither here nor there. It's in the contract negotiations, and having enough courage to sometimes say No to an account, to pass on the deal for the sake of what's right and not roll over all the time. That puts it in a true underdog position from the onset of the contract. Needless to say, I'm not going to take them up on their offer. But very interesting what's going on, what everyone thinks, and how it's still kind of the short end of the stick on the real production end -- the MTs that do all the work. Thanks to all who replied.
A simple solution...
get a fake email address. go to hotmail or yahoo and just make something up. i will never know who you are. :) I do understand your hesitation. I wouldn't email me either. LOL I'm safe, I don't work there anymore.
Line counts?! Um, yeah. Encouraged to be dishonest to the MTs regarding that also went against my grain.
My solution to low work
I (thankfully) left MQ and found I had low work at the company I picked, which I liked otherwise. So I took on a second job. When there is no work at company one I just switch to company two and back and forth and I am never out of work. In talking to several of my long-time MQ friends, they ALL do this. Sure, it's sad to have to do it (and it ticks me off royally) but I have a family to feed and this is how I am doing it.
Simple solution:
Don't work for them.
Simple solution:
Don't work for them. I don't.
a simple solution
Next time it happens ... just invite the person over to your home and give them a shot at actual transcription. Try to give them a dictator who is midway between fantastic and a nightmare. Don't leave any medical books around for reference. Tell them they have 15 minutes to do as much as they can.
And then post the results here. Should be good for a laugh.
well please let me know if you find a solution since i haven't. sm
have spent 2 days with tech support with dictaphone and still not fixed. i don't have the time to spend now cuz i gotta bring in some money, LOL.
Solution for their ILLEGAL activities
The next time they call me to work on my day off I will do so and I will record my hours knowing it will put me in OT. When they yell about it and say OT was not approved in advance I will document by email or phone call that I was asked to work and if they refuse to pay me OT I will definitely report them. They have already been reported by at least 2 other people with documentation. They will either cut the BS about not paying OT or they will see the feds.
I'd still contact the solution center
I got the email from my STM this week as well (bet we have the same one!), but I have not been experiencing any problems. It is still very possible that the reason you are having so many difficulties is something to do with your router (if you have one) or ISP. I know how frustrating it is when the platform keeps freezing up on you. I was having so much trouble until I changed the settings on my router and now it is smooth sailing. Definitely contact the Solution Center and see what they can do to help you. There's no reason to suffer through it if there is a fix out there.
information on Transcription solution of SC.
any information on Transcription Solution out of South Carolina? TIA
SOLUTION TO OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING
Since offshore outsourcing couldn't be stop why don't we just outsource the dictations coming from these freaking speaking doctors. We need to screen the accounts and all those accounts with difficult doctors to understand, we outsource them. I think we will be more productive, the only problem I can see is that most of the doctors here in America freaking dictators.
It isn't a solution after you've already returned
the computer. I was glad to get rid of it, but I want my money.
Simple solution: Notify the IRS.
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Time to find, my solution
will be to have two companies on board. My current work (a small mom and pop that has managed not to be eaten by a big company) frequently runs out of work, so I decided that since I am the breadwinner in my family, I will take on another job as well. Of course, my original company won't like this because I will not be available for extra when it is needed but I will do what my contract says I am to do and no more. I am tired of sitting here looking at a blank screen.
There's a very simple solution to MTs that don't improve
You put them on warning after so many same mistakes and then if they continue to make the same mistakes, you follow through and LET THEM GO. End of sob story. As QA, part of the job is weeding out the inept. Why any MTSO would keep an MT that continually made the same mistakes and compromised quality to that degree is beyond me. Highly nonproductive and bad business practices, IMO.
Offshore is not a good solution
These are people who come from a completely different culture. They have very little regard to human life and therefore it is hard for them to comprehend that we do and have it extrapolate out to providing a conscientious medical record. Please do not think that I am criticizing them for this. It is just a fact. I know a little of what I speak because I have seen the product that comes out of the offshore community and India and Pakistan to be specific. Did you see the movie Slumdog Millionaire. Did you see the screenwriter's analysis of life in India? He said everything is extreme over there. If it is sweet, it is very very sweet. If it is spicy, it is very very spicy. If it is poverty, it is grinding abject poverty, living underneath active outhouses. If you see the movie, there is a segment there where it portrays a call center and the lead character tells the customer that he is just down the street from her and he is looking at a map of her area. But then he messes up and says the wrong thing. This is the type of culture with which we are dealing. They think nothing of lying through their teeth just to keep their jobs. Do we actually think the clients here in the US even know that their precious heretofore confidential medical reports are even being sent overseas? I think maybe 20% of them know and the other 80% are blissfully unaware. That will change.
Solution: Shut down hospitals on weekends.
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My solution to the feast or famine syndrome
I work part-time with a daily number of lines to complete, no set schedule. My work is usually pretty steady, but over the holiadys when things slowed down, I decided to get another part-time job. I ended up in direct home sales. I make more money at it than I do MTing and I get to set my own schedule. I usually do 2 shows a week, averaging about $150 to $200 per show. The shows take about 3 hours in total and the computer work is about an hour or less.
It also gets me out of the house and gives me a break from my kids. I will say that I'm pretty fortunate that my husband has a M-F 8-4 job, so he's able to be home with the kids on the evenings I do these.
I keep a separate checking account for my business and it's really neat to watch it grow. I'm saving the money for a rainy day (or famine) and when I get to a certain amount, we're putting in a pool. I'm halfway there already.
No way would I stay attached to my computer. If things are slow, I put that time into my new business and work on getting new shows booked or party games or invitations. There's always something productive to do.
The solution center's memo of an upgrade to the system SM
in the next couple of weeks (not on company computer right now so don't remember exact date) includes release notes that says the issue of the platform freezing will be corrected. I hope this fixes some of my own problems.
Just marry a guy who has a great income, that was my solution, who wants to work that hard!!
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Nothing much... can AAMT do anything?
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She said AMA not AAMT, and (sm)
they will be taking American out of the name, as there is a committe in place to work on a name change for the organization.
AAMT
Not only is not AAMT not ashamed of what they do, they are PROUD of it! And MTs think AAMT cares about them? They're only in it for the money, kids.
AAMT
And you trust HIM? AAMT has gotten to be one of those companies who are out to make money, be it from India, Phillipines, who have you. Everything that falls from his mouth is NOT gold. Read 05/11/2006 post for notice on India trying to get him to come over - I would bet my bottom dollar this wouldn't be his first trip.
AAMT
How about if everyone quits supporting AAMT as in stop paying dues and stop signing up for their useless CMT exam? The only thing greed understands is cutting off their money. And as for the politicians, how about FIRING them? Useless bunch of scumbags anyhow. Republican or Democrat, they're all alike. We need a leader...anyone remember hearing about the Boston Tea Party? That worked then, it'll work now.
AAMT
As of right now, I am canceling. Was going to take their CMT test, but why can't another company be started or asked to create a CMT exam? Why is it only the AAMT that has the exam? I will no longer have anything to do with AAMT on a national or local basis. I have given them enough of my money for a magazine that comes four times a year and a discount to go to the national meeting. Big deal. It's not enough.
AAMT
One reason offering offshore membership is because they sre losing American MT members. Whole group needs to undergo complete change.
AAMT and CMT
In reality, the CMT does not open all that many doors. All companies care about is if you can get the job done properly and correctly. The CMT is nice but by no means necessary.
AAMT
If AAMT members really canceled rather than just talked about it, we might get somewhere. I know so many who just complain.
AAMT
You are SO right. AAMT needs to take an A out of their name. I dropped out years ago, after being certified for 15+ years, when what's-her-name spent her time flying around the country going to conventions, etc., on our increased dues money and the organization stopped dead in their tracks. AAMT never did anything for me, but I was proud of my certification (which means crap now). My work ethics and quality of my work are, and have been my own and the companies that I have worked for have been smart enough to realize that I am a person who knows what they are doing and that I take pride in my work. AAMT did not do that for me. I did that for myself and all AAMT did was give me a piece of paper that said basically the same thing. I am nearing the end of my job years and I'm glad because this job is NOT what it used to be and I believe with all my heart AAMT is largely to blame for lowering their standards, increasing their dues and not standing up for the integrity of CMTs in THIS country. They should have been fighting to keep transcription here and not allowed the travesty that happened to use to have gone unaswered. The companies who bought into this concept and the hospitals need to remember - you get what you pay for and the hospitals who are allowing sensitive, LEGAL documents to be shipped overseas to people who can't even spell USA let alone understand anyone from here, are going to find their little backside cheeks bitten some day and it can't happen too soon. And for the future reference, I ALWAYS bought Dell. No more. My American dollars go to American made products. My local guy made my last computer. I know the components were probably made in a sweatshop somewhere, but I get an English-speaking person when I call their place of business. AAMT and outsourcing companies, can bite me.
AAMT
AMEN, SISTER. I have been an MT for over 35 years and I cannot think of one thing that the AAMT has ever done for me. I am not a CMT; my college education, (at the time when English grammar and usage were still of paramount importance), and 4 years of high school Latin got me my first MT job. That, plus a lot of hard work on my part, continues to get me jobs. I have worked at several facilities that never heard of AAMT and many others that wouldn't have paid me a penny more if I was certified. I don't care what rhetoric AAMT wants to use as far as MT being a respeceted profession and all that garbage. The fact is we are still the ladies in the typing pool as far as most clients are concerned and we are treated as such paid accordingly. AAMT has done nothing to try to change this image and I am actually making less money now than I was 10 years ago. AAMT is all about money...for it, not for us. As far as I'm concerned, it belongs in the same category as the rest of the big corporations out to screw the American Worker any way they can. Yet we can't blame it all on AAMT. We, to some extent, are responsible for what has happened to us. Right now, there is a lot of talk about doing things to try and remedy our situation because of Heartland. There has been a lot of talk before and nothing has come of it. I do hope this time people will do what they are saying they will do and write to politicians, letters to editors, etc. Michael Moore is making his next film about the healthcare industry and is asking for horror stories on his web site. I sent him 12 pages a a couple months ago. Also, do most of you know that you can join the National Writer's Union (www.nwu.org)? I am a member and feel that the cost of joining and paying the dues are well worth it, particularly because I can get health insurance through it. The NWU would like to work on behalf of MTs, but there are very few MTs who belong to it. No matter how you may feel about unions, you must agree that we need as many people and organizations on our side as we can ge right now. I do not have lot of faith in the politicians at this point, and none whatsoever in the current adminstration in Washington DC. By all means, write the politicans, but don't expect too much from them. I think letters to editors, and I am talking A LOT of letters to A LOT of papers, are a better idea. Hospital and clinic admistrators read the papers, as do their medical staff. Here are a couple useful sites: www.usnpl.com and www.refdesk.com. Also, you might want to talk to the newspeople at your local TV stations. Here's hoping that THIS TIME we can make enough noise to get the hearing that we have needed and deserved for so long.
Who says so? The AAMT?
THEY say who can and can't be certified? THEY say they're the only ones who can give certification? THEY say you're not certified unless you do it through them (AAMT)? Big, fat, hairy deal!!!!!!!!!! I say, screw 'em! They have no control over my life. They can't tell me what I can and can't call myself. I'll call myself The Queen MT if I freakin' feel like it--and there's not a dam* thing they can do about it! I have had it up to HEEEEEEEEEEERE with the AAMT!!!!!!!!!! Sheesh.
AAMT
Yea to everybody canceling.
Had it with the AAMT
Me, too. I voted with my wallet and left. I encourage all others who are against offshoring to do the same. Why finance the hand that is helping to slash your job?
AAMT
I did think AAMT was a day late and a dollar short, and I only posted that so those that would like to participate, can. I pulled my membership and heard from their president today which is how I got the information on the webinar.
AAMT and HIS
If you had been following what was going on, you would know that most of us are not blaming AAMT for the problems with HIS. However, many of us are upset about AAMT expanding into the off shore market, and considering offering credentials to people in other countries. I for one feel that if they title themselves American, they should stay American. And while I have no prejudice against people from ANY country, I find it very upsetting that an organization that wants to promote American MTs is seriously looking into promoting our competition. When an organization starts taking food from my table, they lose my support. If you choose to support them until you no longer have a job, that is your privilege. I wish you luck with it.
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