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They weren't good for me. Their Mosaic plan dropped my pay down to an unacceptable rate, so I

Posted By: left. ExTTech'er on 2006-02-06
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MOSAIC plan?? What's that?? (sm)

I work there and have no earthly idea what you are talking about.  Please explain.


eTransPlus has the MOSAIC bonus plan. nm
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They do not explain. And their VR rate is unacceptable. NM
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How do you think this new pay plan will affect that rate. Any ideas.
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My account has an 800# but I have a flat rate plan because of sm
my college kids and it is only a few dollars more a month than not having it. I set it up as a business line with unlimited long distance when I started with KS at their suggestion. It only costs me $54.99 per month and I have kept it because of the kids. Long distance charges aren't like they used to be. I used to pay $400 a month a few years ago with a different company. This is so much better.

I honestly dont think MQ would pay everyone a base rate of 9.50 even on the new pay plan because
they hire a lot of new inexperienced people and a lot of people do clinic versus critical care etc etc. People have been making on 8 and 9 cents a line for years and they have refused raises why would they all of a sudden given people a base rate of 9.50. Find that hard to believe unless they are going to throw everything on ASR and then reduce your income by 2 or 3 cents a line. Hard to say.
No Long Distance Charges...they pay flat rate phone plan or use internet
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mosaic!!!!!!
I do not like the mosaic. I was part time so I was getting shafted and could not even get the shift differential making my pay 6 or 7 cents a line. That is ridiculous!!
US Transcription has a good BC/BS plan....

that I think is relatively affordable - I pay $110 a month for single coverage, the deductible is $1500, office copay $20 ... all in all its about the best I have been offered or seen around. Don't know much about family coverage with it.  US also offers Flex Spending Accounts which some folks use to offset health costs.


When I left Keystrokes their insurance was very expensive .. I have heard rumors they have found a better one, but rumors do tend to abound, so I would take that with a grain of salt.


Hope this helps - good luck!


E-Transplus has a good incentive plan
Even extra money if you do all your lines in your schedule every payperiod, extra money for shift differentials, plus a generous incentive tier. Also great benes.
Good plan. You know they troll these boards, so
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Unacceptable work
It would make the most sense to ask the person in charge of hiring exactly what is considered unacceptable.
Before I quit, 4-5 cpl. Unacceptable. nm.
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That is totally unacceptable business practice.

Glad you're sticking to your guns. We all need to turn down these unacceptable offers!
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that is a good rate, is it IC
do they pay spaces and how is the work
It's a good rate af pay
and what I see more often.  First, it is not only $8 per hour as you say in your post, but a base of $8 plus the production incentive.  I make as much as I did before the new plan and I am very happy with my position.  They must be doing something right as we always have work and I enjoy editing the reports on my account.  The people at Medware are great.  As I mentioned before, if you do not like the new pay plan why do you not transcribe?  Medware's line rates are competitive and they have a good insurance plan. 
Not really a good rate at all. VR can be
just as challenging with its small errors as MTs. There are many VR reports that have to be completely redone by the editor.

The pay is an insult to the profession. Line pay is an insult to the profession.
Would this be a good rate? 7 cpl at
A line equals 55 black-characters per line, whatever that means.

what is a good rate
To this poster and anyone else who cares to reply, what is a fair line rate for a very good Transcriptionist with 3+ years experience, who types clinic notes in a variety of specialties (10+) also op notes and ER reports...at 65 characters per line (spaces counted), with about 10% of notes sent to QA, who is accustomed to typing for 8-9 different dictators in an 8-hour shift about half of whom are LEP--limited English proficient (both English first-language and English as second language)? I'd really like to hear your thoughts on what such an MT should be earning. Thanks
What is a good rate for ASR
5-6 cpl is the most I've heard of.  Generally half of straight line rate.  ASR puts in words that aren't there, leaves out ones that are, a lot of complete nonsense.  Occasionally it does come up with a word you might have to look up, like an instrument name. Usually have to retype 50-75% of it.  Not worth it for the time it takes to do.  Just another way to lower our pay and increase the MTSOs.  But it's the wave of the future, until they come up with something else.
Is this a good rate?

I will be interviewing with a local transcription company tomorrow and the owner has offered the following rate: 5.50 per 1000 words with each 5 Keystrokes counting as a word. Has anyone been paid this way and, if so, was it fair?


The platform they use is Microsoft Word, but other than that I do not know any further details.


 


Is this a good pay rate?

I was offered a position doing primarily clinic notes and letters to referring physicians at a rate of $5.50 per 1000 words.  I know much depends on the dictators, time spent looking up referring physician info, etc, but wondered if anyone else has been paid this way and how it might actually translate into dollars per hour.


It seems everywhere I haved worked they have a different and creative way of paying their transcriptionists!


 


Its a very good starting rate
I just wanted to know how they start NEW MTs at 9.5 and can only pay the old ones 8-9 cents?? Just don't seem right.
Is 8.5 cpl w/spaces a good rate?
What about 10 without spaces
So, ETMT, what is a good rate?
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Is 5 cpl a good rate for eScription VR? I have no
experience in this VR software and have no idea if this rate is good or not.  Please help.  TIA
What is a good rate for editing ASR
I'm sure there are many different platforms, and I don't have any info on the platform I will be using, but I have been told on the account I currently work on, I will soon have a choice of editing Speech or typing.  Can you all share recent experiences with Speech platforms and per line rate?  Thank you!
Their pay rate is pretty good........
BUT they do tend to run out of work.  Everyone that I know, myself included, got started at 10 cpl for typing, 5 cpl for voice recognition.  The PROBLEM is you do run out of work too often and they REQUIRE you to clock out when out of work and sit at your keyboard waiting for work.  It is possible that you could work 8 hours and make only 20 bucks.  So.....if the work was there I guess you could make a good living, but my personal opinion is not so much considering their work flow.
Don't worry just find out and then have a plan A and plan B
I have gone through something like this but not with that company. I too am the insurance provider for my family and there are preexisting conditions, so a private policy is no good.
First of all, I work elsewhere but had the same situation. I fell short of line count, but not because of me, because they did not have enough work, and I like many others cannot make quota because of the way they count lines. Then, on last paycheck there was a negative on insurance money taken out of check. I thought I lost insurance, but found out at the end of the year, they did an audit and found out that I overpaid all year and so I actually was owed money that check.
In the meantime, I found another job but have to wait 90 days for insurance. Can't find a policy to bridge the 2 jobs, insurance is on my mind all the time. My heart is with you. Personally I am getting the 90 day meds, working on my second job which will become my real job and if I lose the insurance, Cobra will kick in in case of disaster so that is like major medical.
Sorry such a long post, but I suggest: Not to panic. You probably did not lose insurance. Call the benefit provider to see you are still covered, not the employer. If you are not still covered, get 90 days of Rx if your plan covers by mail and be billed, immediately get another job which is a better place to work anyway (I found one) and in 90 days you will be okay. Some places like Disriter cover the first of the following month, but I would not necessarily suggest you work somewhere which is not so great just for insurance. You can consider TransTech. That would be my suggestion. Sorry for such a long post. But this hit a nerve and I wanted you to understand some options, as I have gone through it. Good Luck.
Good line rate, benes and ins.
Have been with Webmedx a while and they offer BCBS, Delta Dental, disability and life ins, plus PTOs.  Line rate,  supervision, work platform and company are all awesome in my book.  Been an MT for 20 years....Good luck.  Hope this helps. 
Who are the good companies that do ASR and pay a decent rate?
I have been an MT a long time - 19 yrs and I am interested in learning ASR, but I need to get informed and rate, companies, realist expectations on lph, etc.  If you can help me out and share your knowledge, I would really appreciate it.  TIA.   I am going to try to line my e-mail in here, so you can e-mail me if you would like. 
good pay rate per minute transcription?
does anyone know what a decent pay rate would be when working for paid by the minute transcription?  Also when you are paid per the minute does it just include voice or are all of the minutes included whether voice or just silence.  Thanks so much!.
Are they going to hire you at that rate? Good Luck. nm
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That is good pay for low line rate. I would be happy with that! nm
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What is a good line rate for editing? nm
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Radioogy Question: What is a good rate of pay on a per report
basis for transcribing radiology?  TIA
So what is a good starting rate for an editor with no experience? nm
 
Of course, depends on your line rate, but $700.00 is very good for MT right now. I can make over
that if the work is available, and I put in more than 40 hours.  I think to make $1000.00 you need to have lots of expansions and dictators with which you are familiar, IMHO. 
Radiology pay question..What's a good rate per report for

Radiology reports??  $1.20??  Am considering job offer.


It depends on if this is editing other MT's work or VR. If VR, that is a good rate. nm
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Really? I thought it sounded like a good line rate.
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Is this a good rate for using Dictaphone Speech software?
They offered me 50% per line of what I was currently making back a number of months ago.  Not worth it.
Precyse rate was good but they were always running out of work.
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Your line rate is good for clinic work.
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Good thing they do because their line rate is marginal.
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Great company with good rate offer
nice people in the management too.
That's a pretty good offer. Does the line rate go up for over 175 lph? sm
Will you have VR thrown in there also?
A high turnover rate means all the good MTs

leave and only MTs left at the company are probably the ones who had trouble getting the job they have let alone leaving to find a new one.  That's what a high turnover rate means.  Not to mention, why would anyone want to work for a company with a high turnover rate?  Something's wrong if people keep leaving.


It's called logic and deductive reasoning.  And some people in this neck of the cyber woods are sorely lacking in both.


Saw a 33% QA submission rate - good # of lines. Hummmmm. nm
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No. They dropped me to PT because
to their needs but it wasn't me it was the other girl on the account. Anyway they dropped me to PT, she quit, and now they expect me do to the account on a FT basis without giving my FT status or my benefits back.