To be specific, how they deduct for headers
Posted By: Independent MT on 2007-10-24
In Reply to: PS, I was a supervisor in the home office - Independent MT
They deducted a flat 17% from the line count. You all know that all headers are not created equal and some have hardly anything in them and very few of them are 17% of the total lines typed. I remember when this head honcho went in one day and revised all the headers to make them with even fewer characters but that 17% did not change. I could not accept the politics of this company any longer and immediately started pounding the pavement for my own accounts because I didn't need the benefits anyway. This company was not Transtech by the way. I don't know what percentage Transtech deducts because I have never worked there.
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Maybe it was just directed to the people on specific accounts or a specific software platform. nm
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All compaines count lines different--with spaces, without spaces, headers or no headers, 65 characte
a line, 75 characters, etc. I would ask each of them how they count their lines. Sometimes the way lines are counted does not make a company worth working for.
How do they deduct for time? NM
nm
What companies Deduct....
I was just offered a job by a company as an IC. I almost took the job until I read in the contract that you will have pay deducted if you accuracy drops below 98%. I am still new to this profession and was a bit nervous to take the job as an IC. I was just curious if this is a standard practice for companies to do this? I thought maybe that was why I got the job offer because they know I am still new and if I did mess up then they wouldn't have to pay. But, maybe I am just paranoid?
Thanks,
Plus, how much will they deduct for errors? (nm)
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I did not test with them either, because they deduct
2 cpl if for some reason you do not meet TAT. I really did not want to work for a company who deducts from an already low rate, even though I doubt it would ever happen, but if there was an emergency or something, you just never know.
They deduct points for that?
The company I worked for did not deduct for punctuation. I believe in the AHDI guidelines there is no deduction for punctuation, unless of course it changes the meaning of a statement or something like that. Alot of the commas are open to interpretation, but some QA people are really picky about the hyphens.
The companies do get paid by the lines, so if your accuracy is 98% they should not care that your line count has increased significantly. I would say take note of what it is they are complaining about, and keep up the good work. As far as running out of work, I would wait and see how often that happens. Could it be another case of offshoring what is out of TAT?
This is also an IC position so you can deduct....sm
another 2 cents a line for taxes etc., and you need to have unlimited long distance. I wouldn't touch this with a 10 foot pole, 5 cents a line is not going to pay my bills no matter how big my expansion file is.
NO, you are wrong. They deduct half of the 15%
the other half. So 7.5% is deducted from your check, then they pay the other 7.5% themselves. My company does not withhold any federal or state taxes, only 7.5% for SS and then Medicare tax.
Do they deduct taxes from checks?
I forgot to ask, do they take taxes and social security out of your pay checks or do you have to pay those yourself at the end of the year? Thanks!
You can't deduct insurance premiums if
they are taken out pretax if FT employee.
They refuse to deduct state taxes, if that's
nm
you don't have to be IC to deduct that - just do an itemized 1040 and it is deductible even if yo
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Not when you have so many accounts and no work. How do you like the picky nothing stuff they deduct
off for the 98% QA. I have never seen such BS in my life. It makes absolutely no sense at all. Has no bearing on what an MT can or cannot do. It is all designed to get rid of more QA people and to make sure no one makes the bonus. No doubt about that. Has anyone tried to discuss this with them or is that impossible.
My thoughts exactly. Need an IC job so can deduct equipment, etc without having to meet 7.5% rule.
My normal company gives garbage as equipment, and I can't meet the rule for unreimbursed employee expense because I'm a high producer and don't have the other expenses that you can add to it.
I agree platform awful and they deduct for mistakes, to the tune of $10 per report.
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Headers
It is all the patient data, name, MR#, doc who dictated, time dictated etc., and no you are not paid for entering in any of it.
headers
If you fill in the header and then it ends up being a no-report/hang up, the rest being blank, Bayscribe shows that report as a 0 line count.
Headers
I would be cautious about headers and demographics. Too many clients want the transcription companies to do their research for them. A good company requires the demographics to be pretty well filled in before they go to transcription. I was with one company where I could spend up to 2 minutes trying to get the demographics, and then get stuck with a one-liner for a report. Some companies want you to use their pre-programmed headers from a drop-down list, and you get nothing for the trouble. Just my 2 cents worth.
Headers and footers
Have you spoken with your manager about this? Are you not getting the demographic info from the hospital?
YES they pay headers and footers nm
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Headers and Footers
This really hits my hot button and I think a lot of companies have found this as a big time way to rip off the MTs. I wonder how many are charging the client for this data which most times does not load in and even if it does you are still verifing that it is correct, doing carbon copies, etc. All clerical functions the MT is not being paid for. I just left a company to go to a company where we get headers, but no spaces. Even with no spaces, my production in 4 weeks is up almost 50% so I have no doubt it makes a significant difference. To actually get back to your question, the 30% would depend on the size of the document. It should not be a % but a flat line rate, such as 8 lines per document or whatever. 30% of a 3 100 line document would be 30 lines and no way would that be fair for headers/footers.
Headers and Footers
I nearly had a panic attack when my paycheck had $450.00 deducted from it. They kind of mentioned it in passing when I was hired there was a small deduction for information we did not type that went into the header and footer, but had no idea it would be 30% off my total line count.
Not about headers/footers
This goes above and beyond the headers/footer. Needless to say, they are safe with having to pay out a bonus. Not very many good standing employees are left from what I understand. Interesting, you sound exactly like a manager employed by them.
24% OFF FOR HEADERS/FOOTERS
167.28/683 X 100 = 24%
683 - my count (Tools/Word count/Lines)
admin.ichart count: 515.72
-167.28 difference
They most certainly do pay for spaces and headers.
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do they pay for headers and footers for ER?
Headers/footers
They don't pay for them but you don't have to type them. Line counting appears to be what you would expect and I think is accurate.
No headers/footers
Since you don't actually type the header/footer, makes sense you don't get paid for them. If you have to look up an ID or something it really only takes a few seconds, so that's not a problem. I've been with them over a year. My production went up. It was a good move for me. They are very honest with their MTs and will address any concerns you may have. Of note, QA and Tech support are really good. Pay is on time, every time. Good incentives.
any companies pay for headers, etc.
new and wanted to know if headers are paid.
eScription Headers
It depends on the MTSO and the account. eScription is a software company that provides a platform to hospitals. The company that you work for determines how you are paid.
Headers/Footers
I agree with you about the headers and footers. Did a recent count and found it to be about 13%. That is excessively high when losing time looking up demos because they are too lazy to input the info. This header/foot thing has gotten worse. I believe I had previously figured 11%. It is morally wrong to take out a percentage. A true character count would count the whole amount and take out for whatever is pre-printed on the page. This is especially horrible when doing 30, 40 or 50 small jobs, don't you think?
Headers and footers
None anymore probably, but that's not the point. When you work for companies that count lines at the remote IC site, go ahead and subtract those lines from your total at Control I. Does 13% difference seem fair to you? Don't you think a fairer thing would be an actual count of characters subtracted?
If they don't pay for headers/footers, it's
easy enough to highlight & delete the block before running the count... It's not rocket science.
they said they pay headers and footers at Transcend??
You better double check that.
headers and footers are paid too. nm
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Do you really get paid for headers and footers with
About how many headers and footers are per report?
Should you get paid for headers and footers.
I was called in to test for a company who do not pay for headers or foots and starting pay is 7 cpl. They do not pay for bolding, underlining, nothing. Is this still a good deal? Should I waste my time testing?
thanks.
i agree, go, go, go (with or without spaces, headers, etc)
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And no pay for headers you type or templates they add
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headers footers lines
There are many different platforms that cheat you out of lines. If you saw what actually printed at the facility you would see a completely different page. The headers and footers you don't see on your page, magically appear - the lines that were single space are now double space and formatted I am sure to give the company the most $$$$. WHere in the world do you work at 10 cpl? Thats really good!
Doesn't it block some of your headers?
nm
Most companies don't pay headers & footers
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Well what companies do pay for headers & footers?
You do not have to use the pulldown menus for the headers...
...on ChartMatrix. You can if you wish, but you can also just use your expander, or straight type into the header field.
Keystrokes headers and footers
Does Keystrokes pay for headers and footers?
Does Keystrokes pay for demographics, headers,
Thanks!
Not all CyMed accounts pay for headers and footers.
The account I'm on does not and also you get paid 2.3 lines less than the report line count.
What companies pay for spaces, headers and footers?
I've been an acute care Transcriptionist for 27 years now, pushing age 50, and
"burned out" I suppose. Anyway, looking to maybe do some easy multispecialty clinic work or pediatric clinic with little or no ESL, making at least 9 cpl with benefits, with 12-24 hour frame to finish a predetermined amount of lines.
Are there any jobs out there that would offer me this? 
Does Precyse include the ADT entries or headers in
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It would be hard to come up with 2 lines worth of headers..nm
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