When Acusis first took over, lots of MTs jumped
Posted By: ship right away. I decided to stay and -SM on 2009-06-01
In Reply to: I hope E is happy wherever - AnonAcusisMT
see how things went. See if what DI said in that first online conference were going to pan out. I hired on with DRC knowing they didn't offshore, which was one of my criteria for an employer. Would never have hired on to it when it became Acusis.
Originally at that first meeting, they were telling us that after a few changes in software, we'd most likely be making more money. Didn't happen, even though we're now SEVERAL software changes down the road. He said the same about VR, but I just knew THAT couldn't be true.
And now this latest little blip on the radar - the outright lie we were told about pay rates going down. It's just so sad to see what used to be a happy, honest, cohesive little company like DRC being gobbled up and decimated like that.
In future job searches, I still intend to absolutely turn thumbs down on any MTSO that offshores. It's a greedy act that just isn't good for ANYONE in America.
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Lots of promises, no follow through. Lots and lots of internal sm
problems. She is recruiting heavy right now as she has a CHANCE at getting a big account back. Even if they get it back, they'll blow it again from poor management.
I jumped ship too. (nm)
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I jumped ship
glad I did.
I too jumped on the Transtech bandwagon
I had more work than I knew what to do with, then they hired a lot of people for new accounts which really hurt my accounts until they were settled in but thankfully that has been resolved and I even volunteered for 1 of the new accounts. They have a very small office staff and trying to get questions answered is like pulling hen's teeth. The manager seems to try to do everything herself instead of farming out some of her responsibilities, they are growing so much but their office staff is not growing with them. They are real nice though and I hope we won't have the work shortage we had the past few months. I had more work than I knew what to do with for a year and then nearly zilch.
I think you are right, but if us Americans jumped ship as soon as
it gets rocky, they would sink, but we hang on and on and wait for it to get better and then it doe not!
If your physician jumped off a bridge...
would you jump right behind him? The bottom line is that the only person you can control is yourself. If a physician is not performing his job correctly, guess what? He will eventually lose his license. Why do you continue to try and justify punishing patients simply because people do not want to do their jobs correctly? However you spin it, it's still wrong.
Already jumped...wasn't going to be surprised again. n/m
What are they doing this time? Another pay cut? Sending us out Foley caths and Ensure so we never have to leave our desks? Putting everyone on 3rd shift Thursday thru Monday? Taking our firstborn children hostage until we make our line counts for the pay period?
Even the long time Cymed recruiter jumped and went to another Nashville company.
i'm totally amazed they are still running but i feel an implosion any day now.
I totally agree, your story is mine and lots, and lots of others, please
believe me when I say Keystrokes has been honest like we used to have in this profession. If I can help one Transcriptionist avoid what we have, this will all be worth it. I worked parttime for Keystrokes at the time I was fulltime with ____ and quit, 2 years later I begged them to take me back after once again my paycheck was cut in half, and they did with open arms. I don't mean to run down anyone but a lot of these transcription companies are getting obscenely rich while paying below minimum wage to transcriptionists, playing with dictation and after working for a couple of them you know who is honest and who is not. Sorry I came down so hard but the reality is there are single mothers out there that I bet cry themselves to sleep not able to give their children a decent life because it is easier to steal from us. When companies have millions of dollar to pay for other transcription companies, open transcription schools in other countries, ect., ect., you know there is a lot of money in it. That is all I am saying.
I don't think we work at the same place, but I have been working lots and lots of hours.
Very thankful to have a decent job.
Lots and lots of recent stuff in archives.
Lots and Lots of info about them in the archives. nm
Lots and lots of work. You will love
XY?Z
Lots and lots of posts in the archives.
Lots and lots of info in archives and several
posts just down the page. Open your original post and near the bottom click on the blue see related posts and you'll get the most recent posts.
Lots lots, cuz I prefer
the OP/PR notes over any report......
Yes, jumped from account to account
Constantly rude office staff (especially payroll who often made mistakes). Poor technical assistance. Poor support on accounts. Very slow to reply to problems. Like to lay the blame for problems on an account with the MT instead of poor training and support by the office. 
Acusis
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acusis
So you're telling me that DRC got sold to Acusis? What phone call is everyone talking about?
Acusis
The hospital we were outsourced from now uses Acusis for about 80% of their transcription work. It is my understanding they are 100% Indian with no U.S. MTs. Also lots of quality issues. They send a ton of work back with blanks which the hospital then has to pay in-house MTs to review and fix. Go figure.
Are you Acusis -
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Acusis dba DRC? nm
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Acusis/DRC
I too am worried and feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop. And it probably will... Perhaps the customers are worried too and have started farming work out elsewhere to test the waters before they drop A/D altogether. One can only guess. All I can do is shake my head and say, what a shame -- DRC was the best -- what a shame.
Acusis??
I am in the process of testing with Acusis. Can anyone give me the good/bad and the ugly about this company.
TIA
ACUSIS US
consistently run out of work. I have my resume out. Been working there fore 6-1/2 years and now it is time to go with no work every week.
There is an Acusis
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Acusis
 Great company!!! It was great as DRC and still is as Acusis. The platform is the best, the pay is higher than most companies, and there is plenty of work. It does slow down around holidays (just like every other company...why doctors think they deserve a vacation I'll never understand :). I have never not gotten my Keystrokes in though...yes, they do pay per keystroke. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to work for a company who expects high quality work!!
Acusis/DRC
What a time to find out about the loss of their biggest client -- just before the holidays. How many will be out of work? 
Acusis/DRC
Appreciate the words of encouragement. Someone posted a note that Spheris got this account. Wonder if that is true. I too loved the account and am so very sorry this has happened. I almost feel like those doctors and NPs and patients are part of a very large extended family. Quite a few got married while I was on this account. Am very worried about loss of benefits though, especially now with a very sick husband. What will you do?
DRC/Acusis
haven't gotten a certified letter, but keep getting the no more files available message when I try to get work from my account for the past 2 days...This is certainly upsetting!
former DRC/ACusis
Yes, I did and I only started this week and love it. It is Landmark Transcription. They use Bayscribe, which is in itself is not the best (I found out there is something wrong with each/every platform) but the company is wonderful, the account I am on is a dream with only 1-2 ESLs. I have only been there a week and so far it has been absolutely terrific. I will let you know if and when things change.
Acusis
Does anyone have any current info on Acusis? How is the workload? How is the new platform?
Acusis
Does anybody work here or have knowledge about the company? At least as far as pay and/or benefits in comparison of some other companies?
Thanks!
Acusis
A friend of mine went there from Medquist and she absolutely loves it. Says she makes good money, is treated well and highly recommends it. I have no first-hand experience but I trust my friend.
Acusis PT
Part time employees must produce 600 lines per day, or 3000 per week. I'm pretty sure you have to be full time to receive health benefits, but I'm not sure about the 401K and PTO benefits.
Hope this helps!
Acusis
Anyone currently working for Acusis? I would really like to find out anything about them. TIA
Acusis? Anyone? sm
I saw someone just asked about this company and no one had anything to say. Is there anyone that works there? Good/bad info? Good dicators? How about insurance? Pay? Thanks!!!!
Acusis pay cut
I'm curious...I have read on here about Acusis cutting pay...Has this really happened to anyone and is it going to be done to all MTs working for Acusis? TIA
Acusis pay cut
Also heard same thing about pay cut from a friend of a friend, but would be very short-sighted on Acusis' part to risk losing good employees if goal is to expand their business, only answer can be is they don't care one bit about how they treat their employees, so no one would be safe, I would think.
Pay cut at Acusis
Yes, it is true. They have cut editor's pay by 0.03 cpl. I don't think the MTs have been cut yet, but don't think for 1 minute it's not going to happen. It will happen. Ohhh for the good ol' days....when life was great at DRC!!!
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, or the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis did
We got a coffee mug with a lid (don't know if it's for travel because the base is too large to fit in a cup holder) that is really very nice. In addition, they had M-F contests with 2 winners each day getting a $25 gift card, along with an essay contest- although the topics seemed like they'd be pretty tough to write on- a positive Acusis experience, why you would recommend MT as a career, and the joys of VR. Needless to say, I'm simply enjoying my coffee cup.
Acusis
Acusis has a program where you can buy a computer through them. If I recall correctly, it's around $900 and does not include a monitor; you have to make $100 payments per pay. In my opinion it's overpriced for the computer you get. I would also say the same for a lot of the computer places where they do no credit checks and you pay weekly; add up the costs, and you end up paying $1500 for a computer worth half that. If I were you, I'd probably try to find a way to check craigslist to pick up a second hand one. Another great place to try for electronics is Tiger Direct. I've seen laptops and CPUs for $300. These may not be as 'souped up', but they're more than adequate for the job we do.
That's why I'm an Ex-Acusis
I started bailing about a month ago and two weeks completed the process. My top tier account was equilibrated down a level, and so to minimize the equilibrating pay cut, I stayed at the top tier and took the account from Hades (I still lost almost 0.005 cpl, which does add up). Over the course of my tenure with them, the M-F 10-6 which they hired me for dried up, and I was putting in my weekend time and working 10-12 hours a day...not so much because there wasn't work (although that did arise on occasion), but because it took me that long to get through the dregs left for us.
So I bit the bullet and took a job that paid a 'mere' 8 cpl. However, I've found that I type more in 5 hours than I did in the 10+ I was giving Acusis. Unfortunately, the pit I dug myself hanging it Acusis has me so far behind I'm only a half-step ahead of the repo man and foreclosure, but I've got the time now to get a second job and hopefully, in about six months when I've hopefully got life on an even keel again, I can shed the PT job and exist quite nicely on my one, which fortuitously happens to be a non-offshorer.
Perhaps if the Axis of Evil (which looks like it's going to become a Rectangle of Revulsion with Transcend's admittance), has nothing but the dregs left to type the dregs, they'll figure out that it might not have been such a wise idea selling out those of us who have spent a lifetime speaking the American language and using our brains rather than just phonetics to really become medical language specialists.
Acusis
I have never worked for them but a woman I knew at MQ went with them when I went with MDI when the Q started to go south. She told me that the company does send work to India and in fact, has offices there. What the ownership is, I am not sure. I think the Indians have at least part-interest, but cannot say for sure; I seem to remember that is what she told me. My friend wanted me to come with her, but, like you, I would not work for a company that offshored, so went instead with MDI. (Fat lot of good that did me.)
or Acusis!
Any information about Acusis
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anyone work for Acusis?
I already know that they outsource. I am just looking for more information about this company.
Acusis bought out DRC . .nm
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RE Acusis Buy-Out, What About US-Only Clients?
Something does not add up here, because many of the bought-out company's current clients vehemently refuse to work with anyone who outsources. Won't they drop new company outright and have to look for a new MT provider?
Acusis bought DRC.
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