Well I didn't get my score yet but it was ridiculous.
Posted By: sm on 2006-04-01
In Reply to: I took their test. - sm
I don't understand it, I've been doing this 20 years and don't necessarily know anatomy like the back of my hand. We are not diagnosticians for pete's sake, we're MTs! If we knew all of that, we wouldn't be typing for peanuts we'd be MDs! LOL. Just a little ridiculous I thought.
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You didn't score an 80 something just
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Sounds like somebody didn't score too well on their
QA audit! 
I didn't receive a score but the test was hard.
I'm almost afraid to ask what I got.
Does MedWare post your score in their email to you? How high a score do you need to get hired?Thx.nm
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Sorry, didn't think it was a ridiculous question. (sm)
Thanks to those who tried to help.
Hm, well if that was my score, it was better than a
I have no clue. Maybe someone will come along that knows if that was, in fact, the score or not.
QA score
Honestly, I've never seen a QA score since I've been there. They probably have one somewhere and if it gets too low they probably alert you or something, but I've never seen one. I'll get occasional random QA'd reports to review or occasional emails from QA about remember to do this. I can also go into the system and review ones that I knew I had a hard time with that have already been through QA and review them myself. So, I guess they're strict in a this-report-needs-to-be-perfect way but not in a you're-going-to-get-your-pay-cut-if-you-don't-get-your-commas-in-the-right-place way.
I do know and I score MTs when I QA them sm
I asked for an updated weighted scale the other day and got one. I know where my full time job is my QA runs about 99.7% or a little better. I have been off my game of late and I think I have dropped to 99.4%.
Now...where I QA I go ballistic with errors. I have an MT who will not WILL NOT look up anything. She had Asthmanex for Asmanex and transcribed NovaLog when the doc said Novolin. The insulin problem could be life threatening!!! She has doctor names misspelled all the time when we have an easy datatbase to use. It is not perfect, it is convenient and not hard to use. She has semicolons when commas and periods are better. I have not counted her punctuation otherwise, don't care where she sticks a comma. She can't use a compound modifier properly and she has a habit of hyphenating every instance of a number (q.8.hours. or 3-days time instead of 3 days' time, etc.) I can't score her above 92% at best and she is often at 88%, not acceptable.
I completely agree, punctuation can't get you down to the 80s. I am tough and the MT above might get worse out of others who are sticklers in ways I am not, but still.
Ask for specifics and examples. QA gals are not perfect. We do the best we can.
I'm sure not going to get into a credit score war w/you, BUT....
I can guarantee you that mine is way higher than yours - and it didn't get that way by allowing whomever wanted to look at my credit report to send me a bunch of BS through the mail or call me! I have never heard of the person to whom you referred in your last posting, but I guess there is only one expert or advisor in the world, correct? I will continue to use the freeze on my account and know that I'm protected while you on the other hand..................
You don' know what you are talking about. My QA score was 99.9. nm
I was QA'd on training every day I'd see my score.
Did you forget about the training review reports? You review your reports daily on QA during initial time period.
Why should I ask about my score if I passed....sm
Usually one asks why one did not pass.
Yes, and passed with a high score -
but that was a while ago (last summer). I don't know if the test has changed at all. Good luck.
It should have instantly sent you a pretty low score.
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what is the minimum QA score required
Thanks!
Execuscribe On-Line Test Score
Hi! I just tested with Execuscribe yesterday and recieved a score of 88%. Does anyone know if this is a passing score? Thanks!!
I got an email stating my score within a few days.
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That score is with current company. I also have e-mails from
my STM at Webmedx telling me how pleased they were with my work. Someone is always wanting to say that you just couldn't cut it when you leave a company, but that wasn't my situation. Actually the lack of work was a blessing. I now work for a company whose QA is very strict, even more so than Webmedx, where my score last month was 99.9%, there is lots of work 24/7, and the pay is better. I was also making my line count after 3 days. So the story had a happy ending. When one person leaves that might be chalked up to a quality issue, but when several leave at the same time then that likely isn't the case. The numbers showed what the workload was like.
On that score, you are 100% correct, just slow with the flow.
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It would be nice if they would provide an applicant with their test score.
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Your line count varies based on QA score.
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Maybe the trick was to NOT show a score, like the poster below? Who the frig knows?!! I thought
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That is ridiculous
I never heard anything so ridiculous - none of the companies do what? want you to earn too much? LOL. Every penny you put in your pocket is probably two in theirs. Companies want you earning as much as you can.
This is ridiculous...sm
I received an email today regarding an employment application I had submitted some time ago. I currently work as an IC and am very happy with my job, so the application must have been submitted at least 6 months ago. First of all, the email does not state the name of the company that I supposedly applied to. It is three sentences long and states that they are looking for ICs to work from home. They will pay 6.5 cpl without spaces! Attached is a list of their computer requirements. The email states that if I meet the requirements to contact them and they will direct me to their testing site.
I have about 20 years of experience as an MT. What is going on with this field that a company thinks that 6.5 cpl is a respectable rate for a seasoned MT? Not to mention not putting the name of the company in the email...so I don't even know who I'm dealing with. And, not paying for spaces?!?!? I will not work for a company that does not pay for spaces. A space is a keystroke. It should be counted. Spaces don't get into a document by magic!!
I have a good mind to respond to this email and tell them exactly what I think of their offer, but then again, it probably wouldn't do a bit of good.
ridiculous
That statement is absolutely ridiculous. The QA manager is the most easy person to get along.
That's ridiculous
I have to say that I used to be MTSO and while I was not rich, I definitely made more than the people who worked for me...if you don't, even part of the time, then you are doing something wrong and why be in business? And yes, most of the MTSOs that I know (and I do know 5 of them right in my general area) do live in the very best neighorhoods, have 5000 sq foot houses, and if not vacations homes, then quite a bit of money in the bank.
This is ridiculous
3.5 cpl is ridiculous! The only way it could be any good at all is if you JUST had to fill in the blanks (nothing else). No 100% proofing. No new MTs. Maybe one or two accounts at most. And IF IT IS NOT being transcribed by offshore MTs. That's the only way 3.5 cpl would be worth it. Also, if companies would STOP paying QA on a production rate, it would help the industry! Being paid on production to ensure quality is an oxymoron. It makes no sense. It says hey, do your job perfect but the more the merrier. Its a sore subject with me, and I'm hoping that we stand up and stop accepting QA positions on a production pay. Maybe eventually the companies will have no choice but to go back to hourly pay and pay as what we are worth! If you have to proofread any more than filling in blanks, you're getting ripped off big time at 3.5 cpl. (mtsunite.com)
that is ridiculous IMO. SM
They are definitely short-changing you by giving you $3.00 for the first page and then $1.50 for subsequent pages in a report. That would be equivalent to being paid, for example, .08/per line for the first page( working for a company) and then .04/line for each subsequent page of a report. That is extremely unfair. Charge for what you produce. I had my own clients for years, and depending on the going rate in your area, I certainly would not go lower than .10/line (or figure out the equivalent if you have to charge per page). I am being conservative here as this is low rate. Also, if printing each page, add a percentage to that line rate. Whole different ballgame when you have to print and deliver reports. Time consuming and more cost to you. Their offer per page is ridiculous. Think how much money that patient is billed for the visit, and then see the pennies that you would make by producing one of the most important components (the medical report). The medical report is as important as the actual care the patient receives. If they do not agree with your charges, let them go with a company who will charge them much more, and they will likely call you back. I once had a client who wanted digital dictation so I footed a hefty TASP service bill every month so my docs could call in their dictation. They then requested that I print and deliver the finished reports. Not! They were upset because I denied their request, and ended up going with a large national and pay a much higher line rate. They still did not accomplish having their reports printed for them. They called me back, but I was already involved with a new client who appreciates me and does not try to get everything for nothing. Good luck in whatever you decide, but don't settle for less than you are worth!
7 cpl is ridiculous! sm
I was thinking about applying here, but I definitely will not be wasting my time taking the test and interviewing with them now! I don't have the experience you have (I have about 11 years now), but there is no way I would work for that!
Thanks for posting that and saving me some time.
ridiculous is right
You're not the only person I've heard say this and it's a shame this is happening. I realize we MTs cannot expect to be paid higher wages when the services are suffering as well.
But I see too many ways for this whole mess the transcription profession finds itself in now to just fail and do a turnaround. The government insists on privacy protection of medical records, then allows us to send them overseas with little if any regulation. What about taxes and Social Security loss due to this? The Department of Labor gives us our own classification (a bit of recognition for us) but our pay is not on par with other professions in the same classification. AAMT wants certification to be mandatory but what's the incentive to study and work so hard for it if it doesn't make a much more substantial increase in our salaries than a penny a line? Yes, that can add up, but it should be more, way more. Physicians want cheap rates with excellent quality but how many qualified MTs are willing to work for pennies before feeling used, frustrated, burned out? How many young people are willing to enter a profession with such low wages and have to work hard and wait years to achieve even that?
In the end, I don't see how all this VR and offshoring and underbidding it is going to benefit anyone except lawyers who will profit from suits brought about by privacy violations, malpractice suits due to the result of physicians depending on missing and/or wrong information in the medical record, misplaced records, dictation getting lost in the process of transfer between here and there, etc. How many service owners will want to continue making as little profit as they do now (small ones)? I also see coming an overall shortage of qualified MTs who can understand the American physicians who are impossible dictators and the ESLs. What incentive do the new MTs have to hang in there and strive for this other than a sense of accomplishment but that doesn't pay the bills. Yes, if you work long hours and/or multiple jobs you can do well, but is this what it has come down to? And how many will be willing to do this for any length of time when they have other options?
It's all going too fast to prevent errors, serious errors. I think we will be needed again, hopefully paid a higher salary again like so many years ago, but not until a tragedy happens and America wakes up to how these allegedly cost-saving methods of doing medical transcription is hurting the economy and the physicians start getting only what they are willing to pay for. There are the lives of the human beings (patients) involved here. This isn't about producing just a product (like a garment) in another country. Medical transcription involves too many people in too many areas of medicine to let it totally falter. Something has to give at some point.
One thing I'd like to see is for the insurance companies to raise the fees for physicians and services who offshore since their transcription is more prone to error than if it was done by a knowledgeable native American MT who knows our language, and also because it leaves the country thereby jeopardizing the patient's protection and privacy since these other countries do not have the security measures that America does.
This is ridiculous.
Two MTs fighting like children.
that is ridiculous!
I do not work for TT, but for DRC. We get morning reports and in one it said to enjoy this downtime. We are employees, not ICs. I think if you told employees who physically come to work everyday to go home and just enjoy time off they would probably start looking for another job. People become employees so as to have steady work, not to get stupid enjoy comments.
Ridiculous
I sure think it would be a mistake to take a job for this amount with your experience!
Ridiculous
There is no way any MT in their right mind should take this position. MTs transcribing heavy ESL at most companies are paid at least 9 cpl.
That is ridiculous.......sm
Diskriter is always placing ads, I just started and I have 3 accounts I work on, NOT ENOUGH WORK ON ANY!! grrrrr. I guess i will be saying bye bye soon.
This is getting ridiculous....
Totally wrong management.
The right hand does not know what the left is doing!
That's ridiculous!
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Yes, it seriously is ridiculous but
I have to reiterate that I really do like working with MDI and other than the disappointingly poor cpl they are paying for these VR accounts I think they are one of the best companies out there to work for. Just don't work on a VR account . I was told, though, (of course  ) that we should be able to do triple the line counts on eScription;however, I STRONGLY question this and do not believe it possible but I guess I'm gonna find out.
Ridiculous
I'd consider that an absolute insult. I don't care how good the company has been, I'd be out of there as fast as I could. Companies that offer pay like that are driving the MT field into the ground, and good MTs shouldn't stand for it.
Ridiculous
I just keep the insurance for doc visits and meds, God forbid IF i would ever need to be hospitalized for surgery or a procedure, I would have to go to the University medical center as an indigent patient because no way I can even come up 2500 deductible....We really need health care like Canada has...it may not be great but it would help so many people who are dying because they cannot afford any type of healthcare
she said 8 cpl typ and 4 for VR, ridiculous... sm
you sure proved your point... she ain't making better than typing. Everyone knows that VR is a loser for the fast typing MT.
that's ridiculous
No one plays favorites. If you don't show up for work, you get written up. If you fail your QA, it is addressed. Get a job on site somewhere and try not showing up or come in late or leave early and see what happens. Do sloppy work, make extremely careless and dangerous errors. You'll be in the unemployment line. Transcription companies should be no different.
That's ridiculous (sm)
It's called work flow. If you've been in this industry for even a while, you should realize that this is the nature of the business. Recruiters are told by management to hire or stop hiring based on the flow of work, and, yes, it changes from day to day. What is suspicious? They have the right to not hire you based on any whim, so there is nothing suspicious. Silly post. It's not all a plot, you know.
Ridiculous
I'm that person. This is a frivilous lawsuit and will be proven as such.
RIDICULOUS!!
OMG $10 per hour for QA with 5 years experience. IC, acute care. Are you kidding me???
It's getting ridiculous
The company I work for just went to a bigger quota and they won't count by lines, which is not fair. There are a few accounts which are short clinic notes, fill in the blank only, and radiology, those are simple to get out. All the rest, ALL of them are 100% listen, give feedback, and are multiple pages long and it's absolutely not fair. They are forcing people not to look over the entire report thoroughly AND asking for 99.5% quality at the same time. Puleese....just another excuse. A 7 page discharge counts the same as a one paragraph clinic note.
Ridiculous!
Geesh! Is this what is has come down to? This industry was frustrating when I left 2 years ago; but my goodness, this is just unreal. So I'm going to type important medical documents for .055 a line. Unreal. I need a job desperately, but if I had to choose, I'd rather wait tables than work in a sweat shop. Unreal. If the line requirement is 1000 at .08, that would actually be 1300 lines at .055 a line. No thanks. I knew it was too good to be true.
That is ridiculous
So they paid you what every piddly amount they are paying for actual transcription! That is why I don't want to do editing/VR - we are just being taken advantage of. As it seems most doctors are ESL and sometimes we can barely understand them - how the heck is a machine supposed too. I would definitely keep track of those job #s and say something.
Ditto -- that's ridiculous to go through
for an at home position. I found out that the companies that are doing all these testing and background checks, take the info you give them and sell your name to ------- MARKETING COMPANIES! ----Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Like we don't get enough crappy phone calls during the day and evening !!! LMAO
4 cents?!?! That is ridiculous!
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Unprofessional and ridiculous! sm
Unless it is done in conjunction with a real test.
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