Yeah! I'm in better physical condition at 59 than

• Can somebody explain this to me? - Eff
  • they lied. NM - mttm
  • Outsourcing - LoriMT
    • Money is not the root of all evil, the LOVE of money is. nm - Misquote
  • Because people only want specific work types, easy dictators and certain hours... - HappyMT
    • You do know what happens when you assume, right? - Eff
  • In fact you are right and wrong sm - There are shortages and then there are shortages
    • Tired of being called an old lady or aging! - I have had it!
      • Yeah! I'm in better physical condition at 59 than - most people are at 30. ;-)
    • As to your generalizations about American MTs and poor quality, sm - MSMT
      • Wow! - If we don't love ourselves who will?
      • That's fair, but I also wouldn't generalize about Indian MTs - Arlene
        • I'm right there with you - SatisfiedMT
    • Do you actually BELIEVE many MT's - will ever be able to retire?
  • There is no shortage. And as far as the "aging workforce" sm - MSMT
    • "Aging workforce" refers to the population in general - not MTs. - HappyMT
    • So true! And most of us won't be able to afford to - retire, either. I'll be workin til I'm 100.
      • workin, workin, workin .. - Vanessa
      • LOL, I have always said I will die in front - of my computer (NM)
        • I already know 1 person who died at her desk, and - 2 who've jumped in front of trains.
          • A woman who went crazy - fatcat
            • Fatcat, didn't we play chain socks once? - Teardrop
            • Maybe we had the same co-worker? LOL!!! - BellaDonna
            • I've worked with more than my share of head-cases too, - but most of them were management.
  • They say there's a "shortage" to justify sending - work offshore, as if it were a "necessity".
  • Because the shortage does not exist. nm - mt

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If an employee has a preexisting condition from several years back, but has not had treatment of any kind for that same condition for the past years, is that still considered a preexisting condition? The new insurance will not pay for ANY preexisting conditions. Am I right about that?

If anyone has hands-on experience with this, please respond. TIA

Hello,

Does anyone have suggestions for companies that hire for physical therapy or just general transcription/clinic work?  I've tested at several companies and did not score high enough apparently to do acute care, even though I did not leave so many blanks, I thought.  My problem was with the actual transcription; passed the other part of tests.  Really discouraged right now.  TIA--

This was back in 2005 when Diskriter first landed the Florida hospital.  I worked there and had to actually take a three page form to my doctor to fill out.  I had to pay for my own urine drug screen and TB test administered for a local lab and provide the lab with a postage paid envelope to mail the results directly to the hospital in Florida.

I put up a fuss because I thought all that was a little much for a remote MT position, especially when you consider that I would probably never set foot inside the facility so who cared if I passed my physical and got a TB test?

xx

I also am very happy with my employment at OSi.  I think it is a great company, one that listens to the needs of their employees and does their best to accomodate.  It is pitiful to read how so many bash OSi and other companies on this board and you don't even work for them.  If you have in the past and have found employment elsewhere, move on and knock off the infernal complaints.  If you are employed with the company you are complaining about, then find a new job.  We don't need or want your constant bantering.  And if you are still employed here, that tells us you obviously aren't good enough to get a job elsewhere.

about the taxes and sure can't blame you there.

I hope you can reconnect and get the job with him, though.  If more docs start to realize what's happening and leave the companies that do the outsourcing, that will send a huge message to these companies.  Might also force them to treat their American employees better.

In the age of terrorism, I don't see how it CAN'T be a security issue to outsource medical transcription, especially to middle eastern countries.  Think about it.  Besides access to the obvious personal demographics of the patient, they also know which medications the patient is taking.  With the way elderly people order medications from Canada, I can just imagine an elderly person getting an ad in the mail for the medication they're on at less than half the price, order it and wind up dead.  It seems that large groups of Americans could be targeted and harmed based simply on their medical information.  (Maybe my imagination is running wild, but I never could have imagined that anyone would think to use a plane as a missile to kill a large group of people, either.) 

After reading your post I'm sure we do! 

do that.. I just hate to go through resumes, interviews, testing and the whole starting a new company hassle only to find out that they pay decent but you can't make any money because the platform is a hassle, they fed me a bunch of lies and the company is terrible..or you have to kill yourself to get a decent line count, so the rate doesn't matter. On a decent, normal platform where the lines are counted in an acceptable way, I know I should average 250-300 lph without killing myself.. if i can't do that, I'd rather not bother.  I've heard a lot of good things about Keystrokes and have considered going there, but not sure what they pay.  Right now, I'm leaning towards SmartMed..but not sure of their line counts, and I've heard good and bad about Transtech and Webmedx.. and a few others..I'm just sick of company hopping and BS.