TransTech and Medware, are these companies considered large, medium-sized or small companies? (sm)
Posted By: Another Ohio MT on 2008-02-07
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Ever notice how small & medium-sized MT companies - sm
are going the way of the dodo (and family farms), only to be replaced by huge, corporate McTranscription companies? The Wal-Martization of medical transcription is a step backwards for discreet, high-quality medical records.
(American MT) -   - (McTranscription)
They are probably both medium size companies
Um, not exactly - some of the VERY LARGE companies do the same thing!
Trust me. lol
All the large companies do the same thing.
I don't work for WMX. I'm amazed this is the first anyone has heard. I suppose Webber Inc. keeps things quiet.
Really, don't get upset. Just business as usual.
As someone who has worked for many large companies, sm
I've seen this many times before. Companies downsize or streamline or whatever they want to call it OFTEN, especially management level positions. I wouldn't blow this out of proportion.
Large national companies and slow startup.
From the replies I gather the slow startup has been experienced with Focus, FutureNet, SoftScript and Keystrokes. What is the company that starts with an M that someone mentioned? Any others we need to add to the list?
Large national companies and slow startup.
I think more people have experienced this than care to admit. From the posts I think we have Focus, FutureNet, Softscript, Keystrokes........and the one that starts with an M which I'm not sure about. Any others?
Small companies
Please list the names of some small companies. I need to get out of a big national but don't know where to turn. Thanx.
Small companies not for me
I have worked for both and I think that small companies are very, very particular. Not that that is a bad thing, but ZERO room for error (everyone knows perfection is impossible 100% of the time). So if you can QA at 100% every single time with a national, a small company would be perfect for you. In all of my experience my lowest QA score was a 99.2 with nationals. Small company just made me feel extremely inadequate. That is one thing about communication with a small company, you can start feeling attacked for very (and I mean very) minor things.
HTH.
small companies
Anyone give out some names of small good companies?
small companies
Sorry about being so vague. I'm looking for smaller national companies - probably 100-200 MTs (?)
Best of the big and small companies?
Are there companies out there that people really enjoy working for any more?
Look at small companies
When I changed companies last summer, I applied only to companies that had no VR, as that was why I was leaving my current company. I found quite a few by researching this board, and of course they tended to be smaller companies. They are out there. I would just review the info on this board and make a list.
The big companies and the small MTSOs are
what I avoid. Give me a medium sized company any day. The big companies treat you like a number. It's nothing but corporate B.S. The little MTSOs are always stressing out and you're the only person they have to work for them. Both want you available 24/7 and to sit there doing nothing if there's no work or the system is down.
Small national companies
I'm trying to find a new company and it is way more involved than I thought. Earlier I asked about larger companies. What are some of the smaller companies that people work for, say not more than 200 MTs?? Thanks for your replies!!
In general, small companies
I just left one of the big companies because I won't do ASR because of the decreased pay. Smaller companies are usually straight transcription only, and I am now with one of those. There are quite a few out there.
I think it's mostly very small companies that use ftp/Word anymore
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or the small ones do not draw attention. It seems to be the bigger companies. sm
They are the ones mentioned the most, at least the ones that are growing.
Any small companies in Michigan that are nice to work for. nm
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Anyone know of any small companies in Michigan or hospitals that hire MTs that you may be familiar
with the type of work.
Bring up again - companies that allow small pool of doctors versus
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companies change all the time - her info is old, she said. (sm/small message)
A turnover in managers,QA, leads, even recruiters can make an impact and happens all the time, so you never know; old info - grain of salt. newer info more reliable and needs to be found while considering.
small to medium company that works in Word or Word-based program - email me. nm
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Not only Medware, but other companies out there, ahem,
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Usually MANY battles, both large and small,
Food for thought.
Medquist and Medware good companies? NO.
They may be good for their stockholders, but they are not good for their employees....what kind of a list is this anyway?
Doesn't matter. Large or small, they know
They know what it takes to live on in this country. They know because they're making sure THEY'RE making that. And too bad for everybody under them - that's their problem. They didn't have the guts to stand their ground when hospitals started wanting cut-rate transcription. Instead of running to India and Pakistan for cheap labor, and trying to turn American MT's into poorly paid proofreaders, they COULD have lobbied to keep the work in the US by pointing out the liabilities of sending sensitive documents offshore to be processed. If that hole in the dam had been plugged early, while it was small, the hospitals would have had no choice but to pay what medical transcription was WORTH. But nooooooo ---- it was easier to just 'go with the flow', and cheat the MTs who actually produce what it is they're getting paid for, instead.
The one thing that NOBODY ever discusses, while all this uncertainty is bouncing around in our country, is:
WHY NOT CUT BACK ON MANAGEMENT?!
Most companies have far too much highly-paid management, and whenever they want to 'trim the fat', they end up trimming the lean, instead, by cutting out the workforce that produces their product. Of COURSE the auto industry doesn't want to pay it's workers more money. They'd rather give it to all the CEOs who've been so busy, not running a competitive and improving company, but who were getting paid under the table by the oil companies to continue producing cars that burn their petroleum products, even though they knew that someday, that ride would be over.
The union worker didn't drive those companies into the ground, CORPORATE GREED did it. And so now they've been 'bailed out'. How very nice for them. If fewer and fewer people in the country have the money to buy cars at ALL, we may have already reached a point where it doesn't matter WHAT they build - they still may not be able to sell them. So don't be surprized if they end up going under regardless. And who pays the bill? WE do.
'Merry Christmas'? On an MT's wages? Not here. I didn't buy a single one this year. And to spare me the guilt about that, I asked my family leave me out of the gift-exchange. Thank god the price of gas went down a bit recently. Even if temporarily. Then maybe I can use my car for transportation for just a little bit longer, and not have to turn it into an expensive planter, or veggie garden, or something.
There's something very wrong with a business that wants experienced, educated, WHITE-COLLAR workers (we are NOT day-laborers, remember?), and thinks they can get that for 6 cpl. Or even 10 cpl. Those are 1970s wages. It's almost 2009, and after 10-30+ years of hard work, what do most of us have to show for it? Why should this profession pay any less than a paralegal, or a court reporter? Or an architect or a video game designer? (And some of those can work at home too.) I don't believe for 1 minute that just because my computer is in my home, I should be getting paid less than someone who is inhouse. The work is the same.
Actually, it's harder. Instead of an account with 8 doctors with no accents, I now have roughly 250-300 different doctors, 50% of which have thick accents. It doesnt bother me. I can do the work. But please, someone PAY ME what that knowledge is worth, don't insult me and MTs everywhere with what you're currently paying.
Also, Medware switches insurance companies OFTEN, which can be inconvenient. sm
I have had to switch primary providers more than once because of this, and had to switch dentists twice before I finally just dropped the dental plan. I think we have had 4 different health insurance companies in 8 years.
No not TransTech. Believe me, there are many companies out there
doing the exact same thing. For sure.
Wonder if those 30 companies Transtech just got
I really do not think Transcend expected this type of backlash from the MDI-MD MTs. Bet they are scrambling now to figure out what to do. Wonder how those 30 companies feel about being handed over to someone they did not negotiate with? How many doctors do you think are happy to learn new platforms? How many do you think are happy to find out their dictation might be going to India?
That is not real smart on Transcend’s part to lose trained MTs. They paid $16.2 million for 30 customers/accounts. They (eventually) will have already paid approximately $540,000 per customer. Those customers are expecting a certain product in a certain time period. The smart thing for Transcend would be to bring over every single MDI-MD MT/MLS at any price, keep them all on the same accounts, and make the customers super happy for at least a year. The alternative for them is to hire new, untrained MTs/MLSs, and spend days training them based on the current new account specifics of the acquired customer, hoping that it will not take too long for the new MTs to produce as many lines as the MDI-MD trained MTs did before. If reports are sent back late, full of blanks, or are a total disaster, that customer will be gone in a flash. Even if all 30 have to sign new contracts with Transcend, unacceptable work product is always a deal breaker, and they can get out of a contract in a flash if the work is not up to standard or done in the specified TAT. If that happens, Transcend not only loses those customers’ future revenues, but they just burned $540,000 each for nothing, and they now have a bunch of MTs with no work that they have to deal with. Any company that has stockholders has a bottom line, and that means keeping ALL the customers happy, at least until they have paid off their acquisition price.
I would think if all of the MDI-MD Transcriptionists banded together and demanded keeping the same wage, hours, etc., it would be in the best interest of Transcend to give it to them for at least a couple of years. I could be wrong, and probably am, since I am not a multi-billionaire, but antagonizing the people who make you the most money the fastest just does not seem to make much business sense to me. But then again, I am just one of those faceless machines who sit and hit the keyboard all day. HoHum
Any companies have "team mail" type feature like Medware?
I'm sure other companies call it something else, but Medware has team mail which occurs at the bottom of your screen real-time. I found this helpful when asking about sounds like help and made me much more accurate and productive, as other team members can help you out when you draw a blank or get stuck.
Do any other companies out there have this type of feature? Thanks!
Are TransHealth or Medware considered big nationals or smaller
companies? I'm having trouble sifting through some of these companies and trying to find the smaller ones. Thanks.
TransTech- what is considered
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Yikes.. That is only inline with companies like Focus and such. "Real" companies pay their MTs
decent rate. I make over 5 cpl editing. So, if I got that slap in the face, I'd be outta there.
I hear Medware just signed large chain of Hospitals
Should be hiring many MTs in next few weeks, heard from the recruiter. I am testing with them now, what they offer is alot better than the National I am with now. Good insurance and line rate, hope to get on with them.
Do the research...most companies, and not just MT companies, do not pay for maternity leave...
we get time off but not paid...and I really don't even understand the point of you posting this...
Transtech losing large account
Anyone know where it's going?
Transtech losing large account
I'm scared to say. But big.
Transtech losing large account
No, it's a chain of clinics.
Transtech losing large account
I think if you haven't been notified already, then it's not your account. You're safe.
How do you know which companies are Nationals and which are smaller companies.
Is there a list somewhere? I'm new to this.
By "most of the companies", I meant MORE than MT companies.
clarification
Sten-Tel is the platform. Different companies use it, pay and how companies run are different. nm
:P
Nobody said MT companies were not for profit companies. (sm)....
As MTs we are an important segment of what it takes for the company to thrive, but we are still just part of the whole structure.
Not trying to be argumentative, just think sometimes we get that "I'm the quarterback" attitude and forget that we can't get anywhere without our line men.
Companies that outsource to other companies?
Anyone know of any reliable companies that will outsource to American companies and pay a decent line rate? I am amazed at what the companies charge and then want to offer in this business anymore.
TransTech and Medware
I've read very positive things about TransTech, but I went with another company that was a perfect fit for me. Transtech was definitely second on my list. Medware makes me very uneasy. Very high ESL (they outsource big time). That's why it was so easy for them to accommodate me with a 1st shift schedule, mostly ESL, and not enough pay for that difficult of dictation (only 0.08 cpl). I would definitely go with TransTech. I'm not sure about OSi, only that their health insurance is waaaaay high.
Another nat'l (smaller sized) just announced they
are going to voice recognition very soon. Pay now 3-4 CPL. I quit MQ for this. I could cry.
I work for a mid-sized MTSO and have 24-hr TAT, its great!
MID SIZED COMPANY, NO WEEKENDS OR HOLIDAYS NM
KRAZY BUT TRUE
Medware, Stat Transcription, OSI, Transtech, Magmutual
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Medium, friendly co.
 They have around 100 MTs. Jenn (the owner) is above wonderful. She is the best boss I have had. They leave you alone too, but are always available to answer any questions. Platform isn't too hard to learn either, at first it seems like a lot of info to remember, but all jobs seem like that at first. Tons and tons of samples.
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